Railway and Tramway Traffic
Compared with Boxing Day, both the railway and tramway traffic showed a considerable falling off, though figures indicate an increase on January 1,1390. The total number of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Railway Traffic
The resources of the Railway Department were severely tested during the day, and the returns show that the number of passengers carried was 4407 more than on the corresponding day of last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Trams
Although the traffic on the trams was not so heavy as it previously has been, the following particulars show that there was no little difficulty experienced in meeting the demands of the public,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Strike
LONDON, January 1.—Many of the men on the North British Railway, who came out on strike, are returning to work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Third Edition. Trouble in the Railway Department. Dismissal of Mr. Henry Hoyle
A step which was long expected has at last been taken by the Railway Commissioners in the direction of clearing their department from the influence of political agitators. Mr. Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Traffic
The tramway traffic has not been so heavy as has frequently been witnessed at this feative season of the year. From about 9 a.m., specials ran to Waterloo, Leichhardt, and Enmore, in conjunction with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Strike in Scotland. [By Cable.] (From Our Coreespondent.) London, Dec. 31
The strike of railway employees on the South Western and Glasgow railway lines has entirely collapsed. JAN. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Traffic at Lambton
LAMBTON, Friday.-- At about 9.30 this morning a tram had hacked into the points here at Lambton and had on board a considerable amount of people bound for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trades Unionism and the Government. Action of the Railway Commissioners
FOR some time past forebodings of a serious nature have been in the air in connection with the Railway Service of this colony. The public are well aware that there exists…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Strike Collapsing. London, December 31
The strike of railway employees in Scotland is collapsing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Nihilists. the Borki Railway Disaster. London, January 1
A Russian Nihilist named Zatcharsky and six others are suspected of causing the wreckage of the train conveying the Czar to Borki about two years ago. The Nihilists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scotch Railway Strike
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The strike among the Scotch railway employes is collapsing, and the men are making applications to return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disloyalty in Tile Railway Service. the Commissioners and Mr. Hoyle
The Railway Commissioners have found it necessary to sever the connection with the service of Mr. Henry Hoyle, one of the leading foremen of the interlocking branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Tramways V. Cables. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I was greatly Interested in a correspondence that took place in your paper a short time ago re street traction--electric, cables and horse--and it appears to me that the weight of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roads Far West
WILCANNIA, Friday.—Reports from Tibooburra state that the principal stock routes going south are in a shocking state, not only from insufficiency of grass but on account of scarcity of water at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Fares. Proposals to the Commissioners
A deputation of aldermen and residents of Waverley and Woollahra waited upon Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, Railway Commissioners, yesterday, with reference to the tram fares on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roads in the West. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia
Regarding the state of the roads, reports from Tibooburra state that the principal stock routes going south are in a shocking state, not only from insufficiency, of grass, but on account of the scarcity of water at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. The Tramway Rates
A DEPUTATION from Waverley and Woollahra, introduced by Messrs. King, Allen, and Shepherd, M.'sL.A., waited upon the Railway Commissioners for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By High Road to Newport and Broken Bay, Via Manly. (See illustration on this page.)
From Sydney to Manly, with its seven miles of water stretch, is a delightful trip. One always gets a regular and excellent steam service. An ever varying series of pastoral laud pictures and…
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