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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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This morning the two boys, John Clifford and Arthur Manns, who were found stowed away last Friday on the Sydney express train, were brought before the police court. The police stated they had ascertained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Entries for the Cartington March Handicap. Cartington 75yds Handicap final this even in if. Carrington Hurdle Race to-morrow, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held in the Town Hall this evening to consider the report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed Goulburn to Crookwell railway. The attendance was good, and most influential…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Very large and influential meeting was held in the new Town Hall last night, at which a resolution, without amendment, was carried unanimously, condemning the route…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A deputation of railway employee to-day waited on the Chief Commissioner of Railways to ask why the 6d per day extra pay which had been voted by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the Burwood station yesterday afternoon a man jumped from a train, which was travelling at a very rapid speed, and fell very heavily against the past supporting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE extraordinary rainfall of the post 24 hours has had the effect of thoroughly disorganising the tramway service, and it has been found absolutely impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The verdict of the Coroner's jury at the inquest on the body of the little girl, who was cut in two on Saturday last by one of Waverley trams may be Admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The unsettled weather of the past few days still remains with us, and if it leaves off raining for an hour, and betrays people into putting on dry clothing, it later on conies down with,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a man, whose name is unknown, jumped from a moving train at Burwood station, and received serious injuries to his head and body. The train was travelling at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An influential meeting was held to-night, the Mayor in the chair, protesting against the proposed railway from Molong via Manildra and Parkes. Mr Torpy, M.L.A. proposed, "That in the opinion of this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GOULBURN, Wednesday.--A meeting convened by the mayor in response to a requisition was held in the Town-hall last evening, to consider matters in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--A telegram in your paper of to-day states that Mr. Speight, the Chief Commissioner of Railways in Victoria, had told a deputation of railway men that the increase of 6d per day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ORANGE, Wednesday.--A meeting convened by requisition to the Mayor was held in the Town-hall to-night in view of the visit of the sectional committee of the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Having to come from Bathurst to Sydney in my buggy I was much surprised on my way to find several bridges marked unsafe, and notices put up to cross the ford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I have read the correspondence and the reports of the meetings on the above railway that have appeared in your valuable columns. Anyone at all conversant with the urgent wants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE century has been (Mr. Gladstone says, writing in the new London publication, THE SPEAKER), distinctly and beyond question a great poetic ago. Before the century was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Friday.—A waterspout on the Cooktown railway washed away 20 feet of rails, and inundated the line to a depth, of SO feet. The northern line is partially submerged near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.—An extraordinary accident happened on the Central railway to-day, when a man named Brisbane had a miraculous escape from death. It seams that Brisbane and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ORANGE, Thursday.—An influential meeting was held in the town hall on Wednesday night for the purpose of advocating the construction of a railway from Borenore to Forbes. The Mayor…
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