The Tramway Bill
A special meeting of the Darlington Council was held on Friday evening, presided over by the Mayor, for the purpose of considering the proposals laid down in the Tramway Bill of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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Railway Collision Near Goulburn. (By Telegraph.)
GOULBURN, Monday.--A railway accident occurred on Saturday morning about 8 o'clock at Bungendore. The engine of the train which runs to Goulburn every Saturday morning ran…
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It was believed that the railways would before this have been put in thorough working order again, but we learn that there is still a small break on the Mudgee line just beyond…
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Sir--The Government, with the formal approval of Parliament, have submitted two cable tramway lines to the consideration of the Public Works Committee. Since these proposals were…
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The following letter has been forwarded to Messrs. Farnell, Nobbs, and Dale, Ms.L.A. (Contral Cumberland):—Department of Public Works. Sydney, March 17, 1890.—Gentlemen,…
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ADELAIDE, Monday (delayed).--The train from the north arrived half an hour late tonight at Petersborough. A crowd of locusts was met with and the insects, being crushed by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A serious railway accident occurred late last night. A cab running with passengers to South Melbourne was crossing the loop lino which connects the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Further News of Distressed Settlers. a Change to Rain in Places. Many Roads Still Impassable
Some rain fell at a few places between 9 o'clock on Monday morning and 3 p.m. yesterday, as much as an inch being registered in one instance, and several places eport from half an inch to three-quarters. The…
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A LARGELY-ATTENDED public meeting was held at Pennant Hills on Saturday evening last, at which the chair was taken by Mr. Z. Bellamy. A motion affirming that the…
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The Engineer-in-Chief for Railways (Mr. Deane), accompanied by Messrs. H. Taylor aud R. A. Ritchie, M's.P., yesterday morning inspected the route of the proposed railway to…
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A report has been received by the Minister for Justice with regard to the alleged breach of the licensing laws at the Bathurst railway station in respect to the sale of liquor at the…
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Sir,--Some few weeks ago a letter appeared in your columns, signed "Traveller," with reference to smoking on railway stations and in railway carriages. I with many others was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Among the Boxers. Murphy Wins Again. the Invincible Aucklahder Mows Down A[?] Er Foe. Warren, the Angle-American, a Victim to Bill Murphy's Good Right Hand Salliyan's Friends Assault Peter Jackson —Jim Hall goes to the Country to Train for Eddie Walsh—General Newsy Notes on Knockers—Molloy Up-country—A Bunch of Fives—Jack Fuller Engaged by the Club
Jack Fuller has been engaged as an Instructor to the members of the Sydney Gymnastic Club. Jack Molloy has forty good pupils, and is…
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The evidence given yesterday in Sydney by Messrs. Fletcher and Brown, Ms.L.A., before the Public Works Committee, regarding the Carrington Bridge, has given great satisfaction to the people of Newcastle…
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Sir,—Will you kindly permit me to cull the attention of the Old South Head-road Trust, or whoever is responsible, to the intolerable condition of the Waverleyroad? [?]allude to the portion between the tea gardens…
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Sir,—Having perused the correspondence upon the above subject which has recently appeared in your columns, as well as the report upon electric tramways furnished to the Government by Sir John Fowler, and…
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Sir,—As I now write from Moree, we are absolutely, for want of railway communication, cut off from the outer world. No mails have arrived here since the 11th, and at present there is no prospect of a mail…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--A man, name unknown, fell asleep on the railway bridge near Emerald, and was knocked off by a passing train. Both his legs were broken…
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KEMPSEY, Thursday.--A movement is on foot to ask the Government to erect a bridge across the Macleay River so as to connect East and Central Kempsey. The…
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A deputation from the Borough Council of St. Leenards waited on the Ministor for Lands at noon yesterday,in regard to certain water frontages and roads at Mossman's Bay…
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