COUNTRY. Railway Traffic Arrangements
NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- It is looked upon as a settled thing that Traffic Manager Higgs will retire at the end of the month on a pension, and that the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 233
City Railway Extension
A deputation from the City Railway League waited informally on the Minister for Works to-day, and brought under Lisnotice the necessity for pushing forward…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Are the Railway Commissioners Protectionists. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Quoting from last Saturday's paper I take the following:--"S. M. Herald": "The demand for brendstuffs is soley for the needs of the day, roller brands selling at from £11 10s to…
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A deputation from the City Railway League waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to urge upon the Government the necessity for undertaking the carrying on of the City…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Fletcher and the Railway Commissioners. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Now that the elections are over it is the public should say something about the recent audacious attacks made at Dubbo upon the Railway Commissioners by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Pension Fund. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your well-known love of fair play prompts me to send you this for insertion in the widely-read columns of your valuable paper. Our worthy Commissioners' proposals for the establishment of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Troubles. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—"Epit's" letter in this morning's paper about tram mismanagement is quite to the point, and I sincerely hope that the complaints made therein will receive a prompt remedy at the hands of the proper…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Construction in Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth
It is stated on the authority of C. Bethell and Co., of London, that a considerable qnantity of the capital necessary for the furtherance of the Midland Railway project has been privately subscribed in…
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IN the political contest that was decided at Newcastle on the the 2nd instant, Mr. J. C. Ellis, a member of the last Parliament, was one of the defeated candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Smoking Upon Tram-cars. (To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.)
Sir,--By-law 6 of the New South Wales tramways code says, 41 No smoking allowed in or upon any car, except such compartimeuts as are set apart for the purpose, any person…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collisions and the Rule of the Road
If two ships under steam are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way. Such is the wording of rule 16 in the Board of Trade regulations. It is held by…
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For some time during the early part of yesterday morning the up line in the vicinity of the Croydon Railway Station was blocked. The delay was caused by an accident to a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Railway Station. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--While sanitation is taking up the attention of the City Council and suburban municipalities, though there is often much ado about nothing, I think the cabstand at the railway…
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Henry Coates, of 11 Cheatham-place, Adelaide-street, in the borough of Kingstonupon-Hull, railway employe, appeared before Mr. E. Singleton, a Commissioner to Administer…
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The death of the man named Isaac Castle, who was killed by being run over by a railway truck at Darling Harbor on Thursday, formed the subject of an inquest before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smoking Upon Tramcars. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--A letter appears in your issue of to-day in which "Smoker" ventilates an imaginary grievance. He complains that "one cannot ride on the outside of any tiamcar without being…
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A must serious conflagration occurred in Darling Road on Wednesday night, involving the destruction of five buildings. The outbreak was observed by a passer by, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accident on the Nepean Bridge. Two Horses Severely Injured
The Government, as many of our readers will be aware, have been for some little time past repairing the road track of the bridge that spans the Nepean, the worn planks being taken up and replaced by…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—From the balance sheet to be submitted to the Melbourne Tramway Trust to-day, it appears that there was borrowed from 1884 to 1888 inclusive, the sum of £1,450,000, or…
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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, sickness, accident, or…
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