Government Tramways Brass Band
A concert took place, on Friday evening, in the New Masonic Hall, in aid of the funds of the new brass band connected with the Government tramways. The band was organised about three…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
5,500 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250
Electric tramways
Sir John Fowler has been for some time engaged in preparing for the Government a report on the working of electric tramways, and it has now been made public. The report goes largely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rival Railway Routes. the Molong to Parkes and Forbes Railway
PARKES, Friday.—The Sectional Committee of the Public Works Committee took evidence on Thursday on the Molong to Parkes and Forbes railway line. Mr. J. A. Rose, Mayor, was…
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The Minister for Works received, on Thursday, the last answer to the imitations to leading citizens to serve on the City said Suburban Railway Commission. Following are the names of the gentlemen who…
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THE contract let by the New South Wales Government to Messrs. Monie and Angus for duplicating certain railway lines comprises a total area of 66 miles of railway making, namely—…
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London, Feb. 22.—Active steps are being taken by a powerful American syndicate to promote the construction of a line of railway in Palestine, which, when completed, would connect the sea…
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The sectional committee, consisting of Messrs. Tonkin, Cos., Dowel, and Lee, sat at the courthouse on Saturday for the purpose of taking evidence as to the proposed railway from Molong to Parkes and Borenore…
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Our Victorian friends, who were lately a little discomposed at being told that their great surplus had disappeared, have now further to bear the uncomfortable news that their railway returns…
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A PRESENTATION took place at the home of the late driver Logan of an address of sympathy to his widow, from the drivers and firemen of the Tramway Department. A…
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THE following gentlemen will comprise the commission to inquire into the question of the city and suburban railway :--President, Mr. Sydney Burdekin, M.L.A. (Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Railway Matters. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Friday.--Tenders for the fourth section of the North Coast Railway are to be called within a fortnight. The official opening of the North Coast Railway from Caboolture to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Railway Engine. Boiler Tubes Burst. (By Telegraph.)
QURANBEYAN, Friday.--After the arrival of the tubes of the boiler in the engine burst and almost put out the engine burst and almost put out the engine fires. In consequence…
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For the information of those who have suffered from the want of fresh water to drink during long railway journeys it may be stated that in the new railway carriages which are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Molong-parkes Railway. (By Telegraph.)
PARKES, Friday.--The sectional committee of the Public Works Committee continued the taking of evidence to-day on the Molong-Parkes railway. Mr. F. Nicholls, selector, was…
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The Minister for Works yesterday forwarded to the Public Works Committee the report of sir John Fowler, K.C.M.G., on the working of tramways by electricity. It is intended that a…
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Mr. Bruce Smith has received from Sir John Fowler, K.C.M.G., a special report made to the Agent-General of New South Wales on working tramways by electricity. The report is dated January, 1890, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Farm Railway. (See illustration on this page.)
At the recent agricultural show in Windsor Park (England) there was exhibited a light railway for farm purposes. It is the invention of Herr Dolberg, of Bohemia, and is much employed in Austria and…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A waterspout on the Cooktown railway washed away 20 feet of rails, and inundated the lino to a depth of 80 feet. The northern line is partially submerged near…
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