The North Shore Railway. (By Telegraph.)
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- The Newcastle Borough Council held a meeting last night, when a letter was read from the secretary of the North Shore Railway League. It was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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The Oakleigh Railway Accident. Driver Nixon Acquitted. (By TELEGRAPH.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The trial of Edward Nixon, late engine-driver on the Victorian railways, charged with the manslaughter of a Chinese passenger, killed in the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pedestrianism. the Easter Handicaps Reviewed and Tipped. Lillie Bridge 75yds. Handicap. Mick Tierney Scores at Last. The Dark 'Uns Dealt With—The Sport of the Week Reviewed-Rate Again—Notes and Nows on all Manner of Things
Leichhardt £10 Novice Handicap on Saturday. Acceptances close this evening for the Carrington Easter Handicap…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The Mayor, Mr. Christie, is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Dowel, M.L.A., in which he says he will continue to support the members in…
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Our Quirindi correspondent writes: The inhabitants of Kangaroo Creek, and, in fact, the travelling public generally, are much inconvenienced just now by the want of a bridge over the Kangaroo Creak, on…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A fatal accident happened on the Bur wood line to a young man named Walter Cook, on Wednesday. It appears the young fellow had ridden on a coal train from…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—It transpires that in View of the new Railway Construction Bill, applications have been sent in for the construction of 6200 miles, which would cost £40,000,000…
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The Railway Commissioners have informed Mr. F. Farnell, M.L.A., that it is their intention to continue the duplication of the line from Ryde to Hornsby Junction as soon aa possible…
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Another railway slip occurred yesterday on the Mudgee line, in consequence of which passengers by last night's mail train were not booked further than Ben Bullen…
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A fairly clear sky greeted the inhabitants of the metropolis at sunrise yesterday, and the weather all day pretty well was regarded as gloriously fine, though at times, and especially in the afternoon, the sky was thick with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tweed to Lismore Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lismore
A public meeting was held last night, called in answer to a numerously-signed requisition, and presided over by the Mayor. The attendance was not so large as it otherwise would have been, owing to the…
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Sir,--In your last Saturday's STAR you had an account of the new style of first class carriages that have just been built, I hope that the commissioners will see that…
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GULGONG, Tuesday.--The Works Committee arrived here yesterday, and were escorted into the town. They took evidence at the courthouse re the extension of the…
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It is reported on good authority that the Russian Government has obtained a monopoly of railways throughout Persia…
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The inquiry into the desirability of introducing cable or electric tramways into the streets of Sydney was resumed by the Public Works Committee yesterday afternoon. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Tramways. the First Line. History of the Present System. Its Development and Cost. I.
Quite recently there appeared in the columns of The Daily Telegraph a series of articles on the Melbourne tramways, and naturally enough most readers contrasted the system there dealt…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A banksman named Cook, employed at the Burwood Colliery, while returning home on one of the coal waggons jon a train to-day, slipped off and fell on the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Tramway at Broken-hill. (By Telegraph.)
BROKEN-hill, Wednesday.--In connection with the proposed tramline between Broken-hill and Mount Tarrawingic flux property the survey just completed has shown that there are…
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NOWRA, Thursday.—A heavy Storm over the town on Wednesday evening. The road are again in a deplorable condition, and toe mails are some hours lute. It is cloudy to-day and cold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Associations. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the conference of Victorian Railway Service Mutual Associations a proposal submitted by the Now South Wales Association for the establishing of an…
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