Kiama Railway Requirements. Kiama, This Day
A meeting of the residents of Kiama, convened by the Mayor on requisition, was held at Kiama yesterday to see what steps could be taken to secure the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 233
The Seizure of a Railway. an English Company's Property. London, January 9
The Tumid railway, in Asiatic Turkey, which has been seized by the Turkish Government, was leased by the latter to an English company. The company, it…
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Mr. Thomas Archer, C.M.G., Agent-General for Queensland, is engaged in selecting two railway commissioners for the new railway board to control the…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. Archer, Agent-General for Queensland, is inviting applications for two Railway Commissioners for that colony…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Confirmation has been received of the report that the Turkish Government have seized the Ismid Railway, in Asiatic Turkey. The matter is…
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LONDON, Monday Night.--It is reported that the Turkish Government have resolved upon seizing the Ismid Railway, in Asiatic Turkey…
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DUBBO, Thursday.-The up train from Sydney was an hour and a half late in reaching Dubbo on Wednesday night, owing to the engine breaking down near Mullengudgery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fall from a Train
PARRAMATTA, Thursday.-A Chinaman named Ah Yong, gardener, Parramatta North, was going to Sydney by the 8.25 train last night. As the train was passing Black Bridge the door of…
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A CHINAMAN named Ah Yong was admitted late last night to the Parramatta Hospital, suffering from a broken arm and other injuries, sustained by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accidents
MELBOURNE, Thursday.-A young man named Amos Wilkes was run over by an engine near the Newmarket railway station on Wednesday night, and seriously injured. A man named Geddes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Railway Accident at Gordon
A shocking railway accident occurred on the new railway line near Gordon, North Shore, shortly before 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when a navvy named John Lyons met with a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Commissioner of Railways for Queensland. London, Jan. 8
Mr. Archer, the Agent-General for Queensland, is making arrangements for the engagement of a Commissioner of Railways for Queensland, at a salary of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wanted-- Railway Commissioners
BRISBANE, This Day.-- The Government are advertising in England for a railway commissioner at a salary of £3000, and another at £1500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident
AT the new railway-line near Gordon, a fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon to a navvy named John Lyons, aged 45 years, and unmarried. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Culcairn-corowa Railway
ALBURY, Thursday.--It is stated on good authority that the owner of a large estate abutting on the route proposed for the line of railway from Culcairn to Corowa will cut up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Railway Board
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. Archer, Agent-General for Queensland, is inviting applications for two Railway Commissioners for that colony…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seizure of a Turkish Railway
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Confirmation has been received of the report that the Turkish Government have seized the Ismid Railway, in Asiatic Turkey. The matter is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Accident
A tram accident happened on Wednesday afternoon, in Collins-street, Melbourne. A lorry carrying, a large load, on the top of which the driver was seated, was descending the hill…
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The city of Bilboa is on the north coast of Spain, and situate about twelve miles from the mouth of the river of the same name. At the river entrance, on each opposite side, are the…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →"What the "Private Roads' " Job Has Cost the Country
A POINT upon which the Hornsby Committee should diligently seek further information is as to the amount which those roads giving frontage to the Burns estate at North Shore actually cost…
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