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Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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Differential Railway Rates

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

A BYLAW having considerable interest for country residents is being published in the Gazette referring to the railway rates to come into force. At the present time a…

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Charge of Embezzlement. Against a Railway Clerk

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

JOHN MOODY, charged with that he being a clerk to the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales did fraudulently embezzle the sum of £5 2s. 5d., the property of the said…

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By Yarra's Banks. Our Melbourne Message. a Railway Relic. A Romantic Paragraph-- The Clearing of Claring of a clerk-- M'Auliffe and Goddard

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 2

THE Spencer-street railway officials have just excelled themselves in the art of mysterious Many months ago Mrs Wilson, wife of the proprietor of the proprietor of the…

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The First Railway Guard in N.s.w

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 6

THE death is announced of an old public servant in the demise of Mr. Richard Darly, who died at his residence, 94 Buckingham-street, yesterday afternoon…

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Railway Holiday Excursions

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 6

THE Railway Commissioners have provided a tempting programme for holiday excursionists. On the western line there will be additional trains on Saturday to…

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Differential Railway Rates

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 6

THE Railway Commissioners have just completed a comprehensive scheme of differential railway for goods on the railways, which will, it is anticipated, prove of great…

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The Kurrajong-Richmond Railway

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 6

WINDSOR, Friday.--Mr. Alexander, examiner of public works proposals, has been busy making an investigation into the advisability of making the railway extension…

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Fatal Accident in the Redfern Railway Tunnel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

Another has been added to the list of those who have lost their lives in the Redfern railway tunnel. Early yesterday morning, as a railway official was passing through tho tunnel he…

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Darling Harbor Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have decided to call for tenders for the extension of the Darling Harbor railway right round to Darling Island, which was some time ago purchased by the…

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New Differential Railway Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

A bylaw having considerable interest for country residents has been published in the Gazette, referring to the railway rates to come into force. At the present time a differential…

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Deputations. Tramway to Prospect

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

The Minister for Works was interviewed yesterday morning by three deputations urging the construction of a tramline to Prospect. The deputations advocated three distinct routes,…

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The Zone System of Railway Rates. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

Sir,--In one of your leading articles this morning you criticise the opinions of certain of your correspondents who have advocated the principle of free railways. As one of these…

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The Railway 'Bus Stand. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

Sir,--Something must be speedily done [?] effect some change in the position of the above stand. Undoubtedly the position it has been relegated to is one of great danger to the…

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Another Railway Clerk. in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

At the Parramatta Court yesterday, before Messrs. H. Byrucs and T. F. Mackenzie, Js.P., John Moody, clerk in the Railway Department was charged with embezzling the sum of…

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Tramway to Sackville Reach

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

Messrs. A. Bowman and S. Burdekin, Ms.P., introduced a deputation from Sackville Reach and Wilberforce asking for the construction of a tramway or light railway line from Sackville…

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Suburban Railway Alterations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

A deputation of residents of Croydon, accompanied by Messrs, Pigott, M.L.C., and Wheeler, M.P., waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday in regard to some proposed…

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Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

WINDSOR, Thursday.--Mr. Alexander, Ex- aminer of Public Works Proposals, is busy making an investigation regarding the advisability of the railway extension from Richmond…

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Railway Duplication

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

The tender of Messrs. Angus and Co. has been accepted for tho duplication of the northern railway, between Hornsby and Ryde. The amount of the tender is £49,000…

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Train Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 5

Holiday excursion tickets will be issued from all stations (except locally between stations on the suburban sections), commencing with the mail trains leaving terminal stations yesterday,…

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Lillie Bridge Pony Club

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 6

The following weights were declared yesterday for the meeting to be held at Lillybridge on Monday, 26th inst.: -- Captain Cook Handicap (12.3), half a mile. --…

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