The Railways Commissioner
THE Premier is experiencing difficulty in obtaining the services of a suitable person to occupy the position of chairman of the Board of Commissioners under the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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Crookwell Railway
CROOKWELL, This Day.--At a meeting of the progress Committee yesterday, Sir. Oram, the secretary, was instructed to writes to Mr. Sutherland, Minister of…
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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…
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THE City Coroner, Mr. Shield, hold an inquest at the Coroner's Court this morning, touching the death of Henry Grady, who died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday…
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CHOOKWELL, This Day.--Our residents are pleased to hear that there is at last a prospect of the Government railway proposals being brought forward. We have…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday,--Mrs. Morrissey, railway gatekeeper at Golden-square, Sand bunt, was killed on Saturday morning by being knocked down and run over by a…
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The City Coroner held an inquest at his court, King-street, on Saturday concerning the death of a man named Henry Grady, aged 53, who on Friday last was killed by a passing…
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CASSILIS, Friday. -- In support of the railway agitation for the line from Muswellbrook to Cassilia, the following statistics of selections in the local land office have been obtained: --…
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Rumours have been circulated for some days past that the accounts of the stationmaster, Mr. William M'Kee, were wrong. An officer from Sydney came to investigate the accounts, and Mr. M'Kee was suspended on Thursday last…
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No further communication has been received from the Acting Agent-General in regard to the cable message which was forwarded to him by the Premier on…
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Passengers by the Nicholson-street tram had a very narrow escape from a dreadful death last night Whilst crossing the railway line, a train dashed round…
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THE Ministerial railway proposals were discussed at considerable length in Cabinet yesterday, but no decision of a definite character was arrived at. The matter…
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MINISTERS will meet in Cabinet again this afternoon, when the railway policy and the tramway question will come up for discussion. The Premier hopes to be in a position…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The body of the man found on the Sandhurst railway line has been identified us that of William Bregatwell, who served three months in…
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The advisableness or otherwise of submitting for the approval of Parliament the construction of certain suggested lines of railway in various parts of the colony was again…
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A DEPUTATION, accompanied by Mr. Campbell, M.L.C., and Messrs. Garland, Jo[?]erct, Jago Smith, and Penser, M.'sL.A., waited on the Minister for…
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IN the proposal to soil the trams for 21 years to a syndicate, there is an exuberance of ghostly, though somewhat [?]cure, humour. For the proposal comes…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day,--West Welland Colliery sent its first cool by train into Newcastle yesterday. Bunting was displayed from the waggons, making things…
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Sir,—It gives me great pleasure to witness the able and untiring way in which a Mr. J. W. Partridge, of this city, has from time to time written on this subject. I certainly am in accord with all his statements on this important and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. the Chinese Question. Australian Mutual Provident Society. the North Shore Railway. Sudden Death at Parramatta. Our Norfolk Island Letter
LEADERS: THE NEW CHINESE RESTRICTION BILL. LORD WOLSELEY'S COMMENTS ON THE DEFENCES OF ENGLAND…
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