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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—Doubtless a lot has been written upon this vexed question, but at the present time there is more ground for complaint than previously. The following is an example of what has already come under my own…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Permit me briefly to direct offcial attention to a very lax arrangement on the Bondi tram leaving Bondi at nine minutes past 8 a.m. Only one conductor is with the tram, which, after leaving the Tea Gardens,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous floods have occurred in the West of England. Taunton, Bristol, and Exeter are inundated, and railway lines and bridges have been washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Railway Commissioners have still under consideration a proposal to lessen the excessive length of time which is now occupied on the journey between Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The commissioners have not yet been able to come to any satisfactory arrangement with the Brisbane authorities regarding an accelerated service to and from Brisbane. If they could arrange…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A statement appeared in the leading columns of an evening contemporary yesterday to the effect is about to be raised to a high position in the service over the heads of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TEMORA, Monday.—A meeting of the members of the Temora Railway League was held at Simpson's Royal Exchange Hotel on Saturday evening to consider the advisableness of sending…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A man named James Campbell was picked up on the railway line between Ironbark Creek and Hexham on Sunday. It is supposed that he was walking along the line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Will you kindly afford me space to complain of the disgraceful state of the carriages forming the special train to Como on Saturday. They were literally smothered in black dirt; one could not even place a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A man named William Cooper was killed on the railway line near Austinmer by the 11 p.m. train on Saturday. An inquest was held to-day, and the jury returned a veidict of accidental death…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CLIFTON, Monday.--A fatal accident happened to a man named William Cooper on the railway line between Clifton and Austinmer on Saturday night. Cooper had been in Bulli,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The matter of lessening the time occupied on the line between Sydney and Brisbane is still under the consideration of the Railway Commissioners, whose object is to provide that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Railway Department to-day accepted the tender for the last section of the Port Albert line, which will complete the Great. Southern line. The section is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- At the inquest yesterday on James Campbell, found dead on the railway line near Hexham, a verdict was returned that deceased was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A representative from the EVENING NEWS has had an interview with the Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Eddy, on several railway matters, and the following is an outline of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BULLI, Tuesday.—A man named William Cooper was killed on the railway line near Austin-mer by the 11 p.m. train on Saturday. An inquest was held on Monday, and the jury returned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new Government will reverse the policy of their predecessors, and place the Ministerial control of the Government railways under the Minister for Finance, for the reason, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Commissioners for Railways hare lately been considering the staff of the Engineer-in-chief for Existing Lines, with a view to retrench to abolish the office of architect and resident…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Wednesday.—During last week tow officers of the clerical staff of the Government have been investigating the accounts of a clerk in the railway goods-shed, named Webb. for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway station at Liverpool was lined yesterday afternoon with a sympathetic crowd, who deplored, in feeling terms, a melancholy accident which had taken place near by. An…
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