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Sir,--A considerable amount of correspondence has taken place in the daily press in connection with the above-mentioned railway. I observe that a number of correspondents…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a fairly good attendance at the Lillie Bridge Grounds on Saturday night, and an excellent evening's pony racing by electric light was witnessed. Backers had not all the beet of the luck;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A resident of Hamilton named Gibson attempted to cross the bridge on which a train was standing, at Farley; on Saturday night, when he fell to the ground and broke his left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KIAMA, Saturday.—The works sectional committee, consisting of Mr. Humphery, chairman, Dr. Garran, and Messrs. O'Sullivan and Hurley, commenced taking evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday morning a shocking accident happened on the railway line, a few hundred yards from the Redfern Railway Station. Information was given to the railway officials that a man had been run over in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—The new horse train line between Richmond and Auburn was opened this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Monday.—It is rumored that the commissioners have decided that the Bowen railway shall join the northern line at a spot six miles from Townsville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the inquest held to-day on the body of the man who was killed in the Redfern tunnel on Saturday morning through being knocked down by a passing train, the jury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KIAMA Saturday.-- The sectional committee of the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messr. F. T. Humphery (chairman), Dr. Garran Ms.L.C., Messrs. Hurley and E. W. O'Sullivan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A South Australian, board being about to sit to examine into the relative merits of the Westinghouse, Vacuum and other brakes, the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shocking accident whereby a young man lost his life occurred yesterday morning at about half-past 7 o'clock on the railway line a few hundred yards distant from the Redfern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The traffic on the railway yesterday was heavy. Numerous special and excursion trains were run, and the arrangements made for the day were satisfactorily carried out. On the main suburban line the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last night by the aid of the electric light a pony racing meeting took place at the Lillie. Bridge Grounds, Forest Lodge. There was a fair attendance of spectators and the programme consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—A serious accident happened $o a man named Gibson at Farley, near Maitland, on Saturday night. It appears Gibson was walking along .the Railway line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To meet the increasing traffic which always takes place on holidays extra trains and trams were despatched on Anniversary Day to the various picturesque resorts in and around the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named William Eyan met with, a serious accident near the entrance to the Randwick racecourse on Monday afternoon. Ryan had been, to the races, and was in the act of crossing the road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The sectional committee of the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. Humphrey, Hurley, and O'Sullivan, met at 10 o'clock this morning, and resumed the hearing of evidence on the Kiama to Nowra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charles Ryan, who for 34 years has been em ployed as a guard in the railway service, was engaged at Heyfield shunting trucks, when he slipped from the buffer of a waggon, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hon. W. M'Millan and Mr. Eddy left for Sydney by this afternoon's express. Mr. M'Millan states that his stay in New Zealand was too limited to afford much time for observation. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held yesterday morning br Mr. J. C. Woore, City Coroner, at the Coroner's Court, Chaacerysquare, on the body of a man whose name is as yet unknown, found on the railway line in a mutilated…
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