Railway Boiling Stock
Mr. Thow, the South Australian engineer, has now been engaged for about a week inspecting the rolling stock of the New South Wales railways and tramways. As this inspection will…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
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Railway Management. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Anyone constantly travelling on our suburban railways must be struck with the amount of grumbling indulged in by the passengers anent the management of the line. Nearly every second man, although he has…
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MR. THOW, the locomotive engineer on the South Australian Railways, whom the South Australian Government permitted to visit this colony to inspect the…
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The railway traffic on Saturday wa s somewhat heavier than usual. This was, in a great measure, owing to the Canterbury Park Races, for which three special trains were brought into requisition…
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HOBART, Monday.—An accident of a somewhat serious character occurred on the main line on Saturday morning. The railway employes had arranged to celebrate their annual holiday by a…
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HOBART, This Day. -- A train on the mainline on Saturday, which was taking a number of railway employees to a picnic at Lindisferne, ran into the Midlands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Narrow Escape of a Party of Excursionists. Rolling Stock Badly Smashed. (By Cable.)
HOBART, Sunday.--A somewhat serious accident happened on the main line on Saturday morning about 10 o'clock. The railway employes had arranged to celebrate their annual…
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BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--Mr. Isaac Lloyd has written to the corporation asking on what terms they will grant him permission and right to construct and maintain a certain tramway in…
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LISMORE, This Day. -- The opening of the Centennial Bridge, on the road from Cowlong to Tintenbar, took place on Thursday, when a banquet was held. Mrs…
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The Railway Commissioners, while they feel themselves bound to reduce by every reasonable means the expenditure in the railway service, are at the same time not unmindful of the…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The tender of Messrs. Johnson, Billings, and Money Teas to-day accepted for the construction, of 17 miles 64 chains of railway between Lancefield and Kilmore, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Mismanagement. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—On Saturday last I had an experience which is a disgrace to our system of railway service Travelling from Svdney to the Blue Mountains the train made its first stopping place at Penrith after an hour's run…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Officials. Allowances and Superannuation
FOR some time past the Railway Commissioners have been drawing up a scheme for establishing a kind of provident fund in connection with the Railway…
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For some time past the Railway Commissioners have been engaged in the elaboration of a scheme of relief for the employes of the department in time of need, either through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Whaling-road Case
In the St. Leonards Court yesterday, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., John Loxton proceeded against William Thomas, George Von Meyer, Malcolm Wilson, George Simpson, and William Button for forcible entry into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Whaling Road Case. a Reserved Judgment
This celebrated cass, after having been adjourned no less than twenty-seven times, was brought almost to a conclusion before Mr. J. M. Marsh, S.M., at the St. Leonards P. C…
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An informal deputation, consisting of the secretary of the City Railway Extension League and other gentlemen, waited upon the Minister of Works on Tuesday to urge upon him the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Are the Railway Commissioners "Protectionists"? to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Quoting from last Saturdays papers, I take the following:—Sydney Morning Herald: "The demand for breadstuffs is solely for the needs of the day, roller brands selling at from £11 10s. to £12. There is little…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Troubles. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have lived for some years at Redfern and have always avoided troubling your columns with the grievances of tram travellers, but my recent experiences have been so ludicrous that I feel at last the rule must…
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