North Shore Railway
The Railway Commissioners yesterday were waned upon by Messrs. J. F. Cuilen, M.P., E Du Faur, J. S. Reed and P. F. Richardson with the purpose of having certain representations…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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Electric Tramways
Since the advent of the present Minister for Works to office the question of providing additional tram accommodation has occupied much of his attention, and on his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter’s Hill. Deputation Re Tram
A DEPUTATION, representing the Municipal Council of Hunter’s Hill, was introduced to the Minister for Works on Thursday morning, to ask for the construction of a tramway from…
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MR. [?]UCE SMITH has come to the conclusion that on account of the great distance, a railway would suit the locality far betterthan a tramway, and would have a much better chance of giving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Austrlalian Town and Country Journal. "Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday, January 11, 1890. Railway Extension
The Government has decided to appoint a special commission, consisting of ten members, to make a general inquiry into three questions— first, the extension of the railway into the heart…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Serions Railway Collision. a Passenger Killed
MELBOURNE, Monday.—At the Oakleigh railway station on the Gippsland line, an accident occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning. A goods train from Warragul rushed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Queensland Railway Commissioners. (See portraits on page 26). Mr. John Mathieson
The chief of the Queensland Railway. Commissioners, is a native of New Cumnock (Scotland), and entered the service of the Glasgow and South-western Railway Company as a boy in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Railway Accident. Collapse of a Bridge. Fourteen Killed
LONDON, January 10.—Another terrible accident is reported from America. While a number of men were at work in a caisson of a bridge in course of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Shore Railway and Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Mr. Edward M. Clark has honoured me with some notice in this morning's Herald, and "Chatswood"—I beg his pardon for the slip I made—again seeks to demolish me; but both correspondents get…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Train Wrecked. Australian Mails Burned
LONDON, Sunday. The Canadian-Pacific mail train, running between Montreal and Vancouver, met with an accident at Sydney, Nebraska, which resulted in the cars being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Train. Australian Mails Destroyed. LONDON, January 12
A despatch from America states that a railway accident happened to the mail train at Sydney, a settlement on the Union Pacific railroad in Nebraska, U.S. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ballast Train Derailed. Considerable Damage to the Permanent Way. (By Telegraph.)
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--An accident happened on the railway line a short distance to the northward of Bellambi station yesterday afternoon. Shortly after passing that station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Train Near Bellambi. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bulli
Engine No. 47, of a ballast train from Kiama, comprising six dump-cars laden with blue metal and brakevan, the whole weighing 189 tonn, left the rails at a straight and level section near Bellambi, and 44 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Child Killed by a Tram. the Inquest
An request was held in the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, on Saturday, into the circum-stances attending the death of the child William Slattery, aged 3 years, who died in the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accident in America. Burning of the Australian Mails. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12
A railway accident has occurred at Sydney, a settlement on the Union Pacific Railroad, in Nebraska Territory, U. S. The train caught fire, and the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway to Ryde and the Field of Mars Common. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In to-day's issue Mr. C. E. Jeanneret, signing himself the chairman of the Field of Mars Purchasers' Committee, says that persons interested in the Field of Mars Common will not welcome the announcement that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suburban Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The agitation in favour of the rejected suburban railways deserves a little more consideration than the public have given the subject. So far the talk has been confined to the few disappointed agitators, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Cadets
THE two railway cadets--Messrs. H. Quodling and W. Filmer--whose appointment was referred to in our Friday's issue, leave by the R.M.S. Orient on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric and Cable Trams
IT is probable that before very long the Government will decide upon substituting cable or electric trams for the unsightly cars which are doing duty at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Melbourne Tramway System. Financial Operations of the Tramways Trust
The financial operations of the Melbourne tramways, as disclosed in the balance-sheet just prepared by the treasurer, Mr. Hugh T. Jordan, and which will be presented at the half-yearly…
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