Trades and Labor News. Railway and Tramway Association
The usual monthly meeting of the committee sick and accident fund of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held oil Thursday,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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The Accident to a Mail Train. the Australian Mails Not on Board
LONDON, Monday Night.--Later reports as to the accident to the mail train on the Union-Pacific Railway, United States, show that the Australian mail bags were…
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Sir,—The second of the series of the cheap monthly excursion trains initiated by the Railway Commissioners is advertised to run during the present and following week. While there are hundreds of people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Brisbane Tramways. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
A considerable rise has taken place in Metropolitan Tramway Company shares during the past week, and good sales have been made to 31s. 6d. It is presumed this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Accident in America. the Australian Mails Partly Rescued. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 13
It is now ascertained that the official portion of the Australian mails supposed to have been burnt in the fire at Sydney, N.T., were rescued, and will be forwarded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Free-trade and 53. an Hour on Our Railways. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--Fivepence and sixpence an hour for railway work in Sunny New South Wales This is indeed too true, and your journal deserves the thanks of thousands of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Marrickville Burwood Railway. (To the Editor Op the " Australian Star.")
Sir,--In reading your comments on the proposed tramway to Watson's Bay I see you affirm quite a different principle to what you did in the case of the Marrickville…
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THE appointment of the committee to inquire into the schemes proposed for extending the railway into the city was further considered by the Cabinet to-day, but no…
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Bathurst, Wednesday. -- The railway booking-office at George's Plains station was entered yesterday, and the till robbed of about L2 in cash. The police have a clue to…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. -- Yesterday afternoon a miner named Thomas Rhoden was killed on the railway line between Robbinsville and Austinmer through being run over by a ballast…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Shares in the Metropolitan Tramway Company advanced considerably in value during the past week, but in the absence of the chairman from Brisbane no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pedestrianism. the Botany Gold Cup. Frank Arnold Scores. Great[?]Sport. Botany Hurdle Race—Carrington New Years Gift—Willey Wins—Tips for Lille Bridge—Tips for the Carrington 10days—Gleanings—Amateur athletioa
"Who won Botany? Did Stave Donovan try? Botany £50 will be run on Saturday. Entries for Slowgrove's Ninth Novice Handicap of £10 close on January 18…
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Success attended Mr. Murley at yesterday's sitting of the Parliamentary Committee of Public Works in his endeavor to have the proposed Marrickville Burwood-road Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Narrow Escape. Fall from a Train. NEWCASTLE
The driver of the northern goods train, which left Dora Creck at 2 o'clock yesterday, had a narrow escape from losing his life. He fell from the engine through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident on the Railway, Near Bulli. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bulli
An inquest was held last evening on the remains of Horny Rhoden. The evidence of the engine-driver and fireman showed that deceased was knocked down whilst attempting to cross the line, and he fell outside the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mount Morgan Railway. Private Enterprise. BRISBANE
Everything possible is being done to expedite the construction of the proposed private railway to Mount Morgan. The line will be on a slight modification of the…
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THE appointment of the committee to inquire into the schemes proposed for extending the railway into the city as further considered by the Cabinet today, but no…
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Messrs. J. Matheson and A. Johnson, the Queensland Railway Commissioners, who have during the past fortnight been inquiring into matters connected with railway communication…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A first-class passenger in the train which left Melbourne at a quarter to 3 o'clock this afternoon shot himself dead with a revolver while the train was…
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