Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 233

Barricading the Road. DUNLOP v. Waverley Borough

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 6

This case, to which peculiar importance seems to be attached by the lawyers, who have asserted that it would form quite a new precedent, was again brought into court eysterday, this time…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Collingwood Railway Accident

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Three persons injured in the railway accident at Collingwood on Sunday have given notice of claims for compensation for injuries. The board of inquiry appointed…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Northern Railways. a Protest From Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A public meeting of tie citizens of Newcastle was held on Tuesday night from, the balcony of the Criterion Hotel for the purpose of protesting against the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

COUNTRY. Newcastle Railway Matters

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--In reference to the agitation on local railway affairs, Mr. A. Brown, M.L.A., telegraphed to the Mayor yesterday :--"Mr. Eddy assured…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Northern Railways. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Mr. Alexander Brown, M.P, for Newcastle, has wired to the Mayor, Mr. Buchanan, that man interview with the Chief Commissioner of Railways last night,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

A Railway Collision. Several Persons Injured

Australian Town and Country Journal · Thursday 28 February 1889 · page 19

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…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

The Sunday Milk Train

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, This Day.--The Sunday milk train is proving such an unqualified success that arrangements should be made for the regular running of a fast milk train…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Hawkesbury Bridge. the Last Span in Its Place

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

The huge pontoon bearing the last span, 410ft in length, was successfully floated from Dangar Island into its position at the Hawkesbury Bridge…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Hawkesbury Bridge. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Reporter.) Brooklyn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 6

The wind was too strong this morning for locating the last span of the Hawkesbury Bridge. The ceremony takes place to-morrow morning…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Newcastle Railway Workshops

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Mr. Alexander Brown, M.L.A., on Wednesday, telegraphed to the Mayor, stating he had been assured by Mr. Eddy that the local railway workshops would not be…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

City Railway Extension

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 8

The various schemes which have been submitted to the Government for the extension of the railway through the city are to be handed over to the Railway Commissioners for their…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

City Railway Extension

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

This matter has had the further consideration of the Cabinet, and it has been determined to submit all the various schemes which have been proposed for the extension of the railway into…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Tramway to Dulwich Hill. the Work to Be Carried Out

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

At the deputation re the extension of tramway to Dulwich Hill, which, waited on the Minister for Works this morning, Mr. Fletcher said that the works were authorised by the last Ministry,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Railway Report

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 4

THE first quarterly report of the new Railway Commissioners affords cheering evidence that the work of reform which they have been appointed to carry out…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

City Railway Extension. Railway Commissioners to Report

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 6

THE Cabinet has, we understand, decided to submit to the Railway Commissioners the consideration of the various routes which have been proposed…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Proposed Dulwich Hill Tram

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

A deputation was introduced to the Minister for Works to-day by Sir. Ca[?]thers, M.L.A., to request that the proposed extension of the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

DEPUTATIONS. Proposed Railway

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

Messrs. Dawson, Cass, Wall, Barnes, Stephen, Barbour, Ryrie, Kidd, and Colls waited as a deputation on the Minister for Works to-day, and requested that a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Railway Department. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 8

Sir,--Permit, me, through the columns of your valuable paper, to bring before the public a grave injustice that has been inflicted upon the engineers of the Railway…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Illawarra Railway Contract

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 5

THE affairs of the contractors for the Illawarra line are still unsettled, so far as regards their dispute in connection with it. This morning Mr. Ralston applied for…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →