Melbourne Tramways Trust. a Successful Loan
MR. H. T. JORDAN, treasurer of the Melbourne Tramways Trust, who is at present in Sydney, has received the following telegram from Melbourne:--"Loan doubly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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The Railway Strike. Directors Unyielding. London, January 15
In connection with the railway strike in Scotland it is reported that ten of the directors of the railway company affected are steadfastly opposed to granting the claims…
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LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A meeting of "directors of the Scotch railway lines affected by the strike was held to-day, when the present condition of affairs was considered…
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Sir, -- And yet another deputation has waited upon the Minister tor Works re the insufficiency of trams to Waverley, or, at all events, at certain times during the day, and to this…
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For the past 15 months there has existed Zealand a Railway Reform League, which was established in Auckland with a view to simplify and economise the system of working…
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LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Tenders were received to-day for the 44 percent. loan of £130,000 placed upon tho London market by the Melbourne Tramwavs Trust. The…
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A PUBLIC meeting, called by the Mayor of Ryde in response to a numerously-signed requisition, having for its object the consideration of the delayed railway communication with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Offices, the Sydney Morning Herald. 78 Queen Victoria-street, E.C. (opposite the Mansion House Railway Station.) Represented by Messrs. B. S. Lloyd and Co
The office of this journal is now open at the above address. Files of The Sydney Horning Herald are to be seen in the reading-room, and all information respecting…
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The loan of the Melbourne Tramways Company was covered to the extent of £246,000, and the average will be about £108 9s 10d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railway Strike. Growing Violence of the Men. the English Companies Urge Resistance. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 1[?]
The violence of the strikers on the Scottish railways is increasing. Repeated discoveries have been made of attempts at tampering with the points for the purpose…
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Our Toowoomba correspondent writes under date January 12: The increased rates are giving universal dissatiafaction, and mass meetings have taken place in Clifton, Warwick, Allora, P[?]tsworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →CABLEGRAMS. The Labor Question. Scottish Railway Strike Still Continues. the Eight-hour System. Illegal Strikes
LONDON, January 8.—The clerks engaged in the Post Office Savings Banks, have apologised to the Postmaster-General for striking, and have been permitted to resume…
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AN inquest was held at the White Horse Hotel on 10th instant, before Mr. R. H. Mathews, J.P., touching the death of William Reeves, who was fatally injured at Clyde on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coombsberrow Mystery. Contents. Ii. Mr. Collier. Iii. Mother Gwynn and Her Son. Iv. the Pixie. V. the Devil's Back-door. Vi. Godfery's Quest. Vii. How Godfrey Found His Father. Viii. a Seeming Digression Which Leads Pack to the Point. Ix. the Eye in the Darkness. X. Francis Gwynn's Wooing. Ci. Constable Stone. Xii. a Farce Within a Tragedy. Xiii. the Ethics of Lying: Part I. of the Tramp's Story. Xiv. the Tramp's Story, Concluded Xv. Village Humors. Xvi. Dry Bones. Xvii. in the Woods. Xviii. Ishmael. Xix. the Writing in the Cavern. Xx. Mr Collier at Bay. Xxi. the Ruined Barn. Xxii. Conclusion. Chapter Ii. Mr. Collier
Jeremy Collier was the second son of a wealthy ironmaster in the Black Country. His father, though himself wholly uneducated, was fully able to appreciate the…
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The amalgamated railway men in England have sent a further sum of £3000 for the support of the men on strike on the Scotch railways…
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THE proposal of the Railway Commissioners to duplicate the line of railway between Ryde and Hornsby was advanced a further, stage this afternoon when tenders were…
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The strike of railway employees in Scotland is assuming a very Serious aspect. The Glasgow export and shipping trade generally is completely suspended in consequence of…
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Sir,--During my travels on the various tramway routes I have noticed what I conceive to be a great injustice which some of the flagmen labor under, that is, being unprovided with…
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LONDON, Friday Night.--The effects of the strike amongst the railway employe's is being severely felt throughout Scotland. The export and shipping trade of the…
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KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--Communication by ferry between Central and East Kempsey is still interrupted. Several buggies have had to be conveyed over in boats, and the horses…
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