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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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At a large and influential meeting, held at Burragorang on Saturday last, presided over by Mr. Maurice Hayes, the following resolutions were unanimously carried:—"That it is the opinion of this meeting that to relieve the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir,—The allusion of "Observer" in your issue of to-day to my letter of 7th instant affords me an opportunity to correct a mistake into which my va[?]eness has led him. The car of which I so bitterly complained was not part of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The candidates for the position of Chairman to the New Zealand Railway Commissioners are regarded as unsuitable. Sir F. Dillon Bell will probably select a gentleman for the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cheap and light railways have often been recommended for the benefit of some agricultural districts in Ireland. On February 29, a new single-rail line of 10 miles, from Listowel to Bullybunion, in North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A man named M'Marra, employed on the railway line, was run over" and killed by the 7 p.m. train from Newcastle on Sunday evening between Woodford and East Maitland. When picked up the body was found to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1032 →SIR DANIEL COOPER, the acting-Agent- General for the colony, has submitted to the Premier the name of a gentleman whom he recommends for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE City Coroner, Mr. Shield, held an inquest at the Coroner's Court this morning, touching the death of Henry Grady, who died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A RAILWAY porter named Frederick Norris, stationed at Bundamba, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself. £122 in cash was found in his box…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANOTHER fettler, named Henry O'Grady. age 42 years a resident of Concord, was killed at the Strathfield railway station yesterday morning. He was crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE subject of Government railway competition with the various steamship companies was discussed yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Shipowners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CROOKWELL, This Day.--At a meeting of the Progress Committee yesterday, Mr. Orkln, the secretary, was instructed to write to Mr. Sutherland, Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--The body of an elderly man, who is supposed to be a person named Brightwell, was found on the Sandhurst railway line this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir Henry Parkes yesterday received a cablegram from the acting Agent-General, recommending a gentleman (not the one referred to in recent rumors) for appointment to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the meeting of the Steamship Owners' Association of Australasia yesterday afternoon, at which all the various intercolonial and coastal companies were represented, Mr. H. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Thursday afternoon a woman named Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke jumped off the platform at the Demondrelle Junction, near Harden, on the Southern line, and was killed immediately by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Sir F. Dillon Bell, the Agent-General for New Zealand, has submitted to the other Agents-General the draft of a bill dealing with unclaimed LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Sir F. Dillon Bell, the Agent-General for New Zealand, is not satisfied with the applications which have been received for the position of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is understood that Mr. Kempt, coaching superintendent of the Caledonian Railway Co. in Scotland, has been appointed Chief Railway Commissioner for this colony. This is the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J. P.) held an inquest on Saturday, at the Court, Chancery-square, regarding the deuth of a man named Henry O'Grady, a fettler, who died in the Sydney Hospital, on Friday, from injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A RAILWAY porter named Frederick Norris, stationed at Bundambe, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself. £132 in cash was found in his box…
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