Fatal Railway Accident
A shocking railway accident occurred on the new railway line near Gordon. North Shore, shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, when a navvy named, John Lyons met with a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
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Culcairn-Corowa Railway
ALBURY, Jan. 11.—It is stated on good authority that the owner of a large estate abutting on the route proposed for the line of railway from Culcairn to Corowa will cut up the land into…
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TEMORA, Monday,—The adjourned meeting of the Temora Railway League was held on Saturday night at the league rooms, Simpson's Royal Exchange Hotel. The president, Mr. Deutscher…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A goods train ran into a sheep train at Geelong station on Saturday. Three of the trucks of the latter were completely wrecked and forty-four sheep killed. It is alleged…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The New North Sydney Bridge
The above sketch shows the bridge proposed to be erected across Long Bay in connection with the extension of the tramline from the present cable terminus in…
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The following is the evidence of Mr. C. W. Bennett, Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, before the select committee on the work of the unemployed at Hornsby and Holt-Sutherland Estate:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Roads and Private Estates. the Work of the Unemployed. the Evidence Taken by the Select Committee
In continuation of oar report of the evidence taken by the Parliamentary Select Committee on the work of the "unemployed " we now give the principal portions of the evidence obtained…
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In the case of the man, Morton Matthews, who remanded from Friday at his own solicitation, for the purpose of obtaining witnesses, a conviction was obtained in the Water Police Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Those Trams
The 6.6 p.m. Botany tram from Bridge-street is the curiosities of this extraordinary tram service. Every night it is crowded inside and outside, yet the powers that be, only put on two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Extraordinary Circular. Railway Employes' Debts
The paragraph which appeared a few days ago in the EVENING NEWS, drawing the attention of the public to the fact that the Railway Commissioners had ordered their employes to send in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners in the North. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Gunnedah
The Railway Commissioners arrived here this morning, and were interviewed by the Mayor and several residents. The principal complaints were the irregular running of the trains, the running of a mail and…
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Sir,—Can you tell me how many passengers the seats on top of the tramways are supposed to carry? I was a passenger by motor 86, Bondi to Sydney, on Sunday evening, and noticed on one side eight passengers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tram Registers. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In reference to the report in to-day's Herald of the prosecution of a man named Matthews, at the Water Police Court yesterday, for stealing a tramway bell register, I notice that Mr. Roberts, tramway…
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A statement has appeared in an evening contemporary .to the effect that the Railway Commissioners had sent out a circular to the. various officers employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Alleged Railway Circular. the Truth About It
A STAR REPORTER succeeded in getting from' the Railway Commissioners to-day the truth about the circular which was alleged to have been Bent out to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public Roads and Private Estates. the Work of the Unemployed. the Evidence Taken by the Select Committee
We now conclude our report of the evidence so far taken by the Parliamentary Select Committee on the work of the "unemployed" by giving the principal portions of the evidence of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Robbers. Burglary at Merrylands Station. an Exciting Chase
Late on Sunday Bight the repose of the little railway station at Merrylands, on the Great Southern line, was rudely disturbed by one or more ruffians, who burst open the door of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway By-laws
AT the Newtown Police Court J. E. Bray, for travelling in a train from Lewisham to Petersham without first having paid his fare, was fined £2. Another fine of £2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Australian Inventor. No More Tramway Frauds. the First Perfect Register
SUBSEQUENT to the exposure of the tramway frauds by the STAR, and tho disclosure of the inefficiency of the registers then and now in use on the lines, various means…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Railway Department have provisionally accepted the tender of Buscombe and Chappel for 22 miles of line from Camperdown to…
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