Train and Track
Owing in-part to the glorious weather of yesterday, and in part to the innumerable attractions held out to all classes of pleasure-seekers, the various means of transit and locomotion were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
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The Railway and Tramway Traffic
The number of persons carried on the railways yesterday was about 55,000. Of this number 30,481 were carried on the Illawarra line to the National Park. There…
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On Friday, soon after midnight, two rough-looking men bailed up the porter in charge of the railway platform at Lewisham with the apparent intention of robbing the station. The officer…
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ALBURY, Monday.-Great satisfaction is expressed by the overland passengers at the convenience afforded by the Railway Commissioners in consequence of the express train going through…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Railways and the Old Markets. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I suppose we may all exhaust ourselves in suggesting, proposing, arguing, pleading, and expostulating about our city railway extension, and to no purpose during the next 20 years, but I have not yet had a "go in"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →That Three and Sixpenny Tram. an Expensive Mistake
At the Water Police Court this morning a respectable-looking young Bathurst resident, Thomas Wright, was charged with having refused to pay a tram fare. He…
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Mr. EDDY and Mr. Oliver, the two commissioners who went on a visit of inspection over the route of the proposed Grafton and Tweed railway, have returned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Shore Railway. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--A visit to the present terminus of the North Shore railway, across which there is a fence, together with the knowledge that its extension to Milson's Point has not as yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Shore Cable Tramway. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir.--I was surprised and disappointed at reading in your paper this morning that the Railway Commissioners had decided not to interfere with the existing fares on the above,…
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The following is the official description of the Hawkesbury Bridge:- This bridge is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, and as regards its foundations, one of the…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- The Railway Commissioners last night wired to Mayor Buchanan, stating that they could not see their way clear to run a special train to…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day, -- Hundreds of people here are anxious to witness the official test of the Hawkesbury bridge to-morrow, and Mayor Buchanan intends…
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BROOKLYN, Wednesday.-An unusual amount of animation has been noticeable at and in the vicinity of the railway station, which is situated upon the southern bank of an arm of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lennox Bridge Nuisance
IN view of the outbreak of typhoid in Parramatta, and because there is evidence that the nuisance in the river between Lennox Bridge and Charles…
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TO-DAY the test is being made of the new bridge over the Hawkesbnry, which is to afford direct rail communication between Sydney and Newcastle, and thence on to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Dispute About the Auburn Bridge. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Knowing that your columns are always open, for the ventilation of public matters, and believing that you will extend to me the sam privilege that you have to "Resident," I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Strikes in Vienna
LONDON, April 23.-Serious strikes have taken place among the tramway employees in Vienna. There have been frequent collisions between the military and the rioters, and many casualties…
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