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London, Jan. 28.—A shocking railway disaster has taken place at Louisville, in the United States. A train ran off the rails, and some of the carriager caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A gratifying increase in the railway and tram traffic receipts for the quarter ending December as compared with the like period last year, is presented by the Railway Commissioners in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The hydraulic railway is a novelty attracting much attention at Paris just now. It is the development of an old project of Girard, the well-known French hydraulic engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TEMORA, Friday.—A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Temora Railway League was held on Thursday night, at the league's rooms, to prepare evidence to be given before the sectional…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PARKES, Saturday. -- A very large and representative meeting of the inhabitants in and around Parkes was held in Fletcher's Hall on Friday night, many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners propose to make a change in regard to tram conductors, where by youths may be employed as assistant conductors. It is not contemplated by this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--I notice your correspondent Mr. Price-Howell has been describing the "Series" electrical tramway system in this morning's paper. While I have nothing to say against this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A peculiar railway accident occurred to-day. As a ballast train was proceeding from Mordial[?] to Melbourne, one of the studs of the fire-box blew out. This was followed by a rush of steam, which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—I notice you say that " arrangements have, we learn, been made to have Mr. Pu[?]n's system of electric lighting applied to the Governor's state carr[?], as well as to a sleeping car." This is very…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEWCASTLE, Jan. 24.—A young man named George Alexander Lindsay, son of Mr. Alexander Lindsay, of the Junction, died in a railway carriage, between Wingen and Scone, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →BOWRAL, Saturday.--Mr. A. Mansfield, a surveyor from the Roads and Bridges Department, has arrived and started to survey a road on a tramway grade, limited to 1 in 20, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARKES, Saturday.—One of the largest arid most representative meetings ever held in Paries took place on Friday night in the Royal Hall, which was packed, and numbers could not obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The writer of the "Colonial Gossip" in the AUSTRALIAN TIMES says: I hear that there is a prospect of a great railway strike throughout the United Kingdom about April next. I don't know…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.—A sectional committee of the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. Humphreys, Copeland, and O'Sullivan arrived by the mail train this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Information has been received at the Railway Department to the effect that in consequence of the continuous rains a slight landslip occurred on the Hornsby line,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night one of the most important meetings ever held in this district took place at Fletcher's Hall, the business being to urge the construction of the proposed railway from Molong, via Parkes, to Forbes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday the Sectional Committee of the Public Works Committee held their first meeting to collect evidence on the proposed railway from Cootamundra to Temora. The members are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE public examinations of candidates for clerkships in the Government Railway Department, were held to-day at the Wesleyan schoolroom, Regent-street, Redfern,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A CLERK named Thomas M'Donald was, before the Central to-day, charged with having refused to pay his fare as a tram passenger when asked to do so, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COOTAMUNDRA, Sunday.-- The sectional committee of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee held their first meeting here yesterday to collect evidence on the proposed railway…
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