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[FROM OUR MELBOURNE REPRESENTATIVE.] THE historic conference continued its career on Tuesday. The meeting was slightly different from tho preceding day--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GEORGE MORRIS, 23, a shunter employed at the Redfern railway station," met with a somewhat serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was engaged shunting, and got…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--Referring to your sub-leader to-day I agree with your statement that the salaries offered were "pretty good for beginners." I wish, however, to point out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The work of duplicating portions of the Northern, the Southern and the South Coast railways is making substantial progress. It will he remembered that some time ago the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. J. P. Howe, W. Stephen and W. F. Schey, Ms.P., accompanied a deputation to the Minister for Works yesterday with respect to William-street and Wilson-street and the road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →John Long, a boardinghouse-keeper at the Trans[?] tinental Railway head camp, was run over by a constructor train yesterday morning. He was lying between the rails, and death was instantaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received here that the mail train ran off the line near Wallendbeen, causing a delay of three or four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following clerks have been appointed in the Locomotive Office of the Government Railways: G. A. Gilder, J. F. Fisher, A. M. Grey, W. G. Easterling, J. D. Hayes, J. Broadhurst, C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HARDEN, Friday.—Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the railway arrangements from this junction. On Thursday night all the trains were late. Cook's special from Melbourne was twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Works has approved of the construction of a tramway between Yass Station and the distant town of that name. The length of this tramway will be about three miles; and,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—No more convincing argument could have been brought forward by the most ardent advocates of this necessary and profitable line than the paragraph in your report of the Transit Commissioners' meeting in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I have only just had the opportunity to peruse the document, dignified by the title of a report, on the above subject, and without trading too much on your space, I wish to confirm the statement of your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners have sent in a report on the inquiry held as to the cause of the accident to the northern train resulting in the death of Mr. Ramsay. The entire document was read and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. GARRARD, M.L.A., has been appointed an additional member of the sectional committee to take evidence in connection with the Mudgee to Gulgong railway. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Minister for Works has just approved of the construction of the Yass tramway line, the want of which has been felt for some considerable time. The work, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An influential meeting was held in the School of Arts, Cadal, on Monday night, and although the night was wet and dark a great number of selectors and others mustered up, some of them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HOBART, Thursday.--The tender of Mr. R. C. Patterson of £52,807 for the construction of the Sorel railway has been accepted. The work is to be completed by June 30, 1891. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Thursday, last week, tram motor No. 37 suddenly left the line near Bay-street, Botany, drawing two cars with it. The couplings broke; and the cars were left behind. But the motor ran across the street…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A CORRESPONDENT writes from Tintenbar, Richmond River, complaining of the wretched condition of the apologies for roads leading to Ballina and Byron Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Persons in the habit of travelling along the Bulli-road will be familiar with the spot shown in our illustration. The road winds round a hill, not far…
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