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Sir,—I was much pleased to notice in your paper that the Railway Commissioners had made a great reduction in the rates of farmers' produce (wheat), but in studying the matter I find the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Few subjects have worried our Railway Commissioners, past and present, more than the inadequacy of our principal railway station to the requirements of the public. From the clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sectional committee appointed to inspect the routes and take evidence in regard to the proposed branch railway from Moss Vale to Robertson, arrived here last night. The committee are Dr. Garran,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—In your report of the inquest herein and touching the evidence of Mr. Albert B. Brown it is stated " the motor was in good order and the wheels were perfectly sound." I think that some information should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. H. TENNENT DONALDSON writes: -- " In a recent issued you referred to the rush that occurred for the appointments at the disposal of the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. received a telegram from Normanton dated Saturday stating that the first trains have travelled since the flood. Phillip's steel sleepers, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DUNGOO, Monday. -- At a meeting held on Friday afternoon it was resolved to invite the present Ministry to visit Dungog at show time, when the Railway League…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The funeral obsequies on the body of Jas. R. Logan, the victim of the recent sad tram accident, were carried out on Saturday afternoon last with much solemnity. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The South Australian Parliamant recently passed a resolution to the effect that the Australian colonies Should be invited to take partin an intercolonial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOWRAL, Saturday.-- Dr. Garrau, M.L.C., and Messrs. W. S. Dowel and J. Garrard, Ms. P., the sectional Committee of the public Works Committee who are inquiring into the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some little time ago the Railway Commissioners accepted the tender of Messrs. Morrison and Son, of Strathfield, for the building of five or six trains of railway carriages. The first of these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOWEAL, Tuesday.—The sectional committee in connection with the proposed Robertson Railway (Dr. Garran, Messrs. W. S. Dowel, and Jacob Garrard) took evidence in the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 10.—The Siberian Railway which is to be at once commenced by the Russian Government will be four thousand miles long, and cost for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday evening a quarryman named John Robson, 42, residing at No. 36, Palmer-street, Balmain, had a very painful accident, which might have resulted far more seriously. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The sectional committee, consisting of Dr. Garran (chairman), Jacob Garrard and W. S. Dowel, took evidence at Moss Vale on Saturday concerning the proposed railway to Robertson. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILLIAM LAW, a middle-aged, paralysed, stuttering individual, was charged, at the Sessions this morning, with attempting to steal Is. from Charles Johnston, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tho Railway Commissioners yesterday received a train of sir carriages which have just been turned out by Mr. J. Morrison, of Strathfield. The carriages have been built on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE, Monday. --The Railway Commissioners are experimenting with mineral colza oil for lighting trains instead of kerosene, the employment of which caused the death of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Monday. --Isolated thunderstorms of great violence continue to be experienced in South Australia, and they are a puzzle to the meteorologist. One occurred between Coward's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The 250yds Handicap was run at Forest Lodge last evening, in the presence of a vary fair number of people. The runners ran on the circular track, starting from the beginning…
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