Our Public Roads. To the Editor
Sir.—Your paper, I am pleased to say, lias always taken a prominent and popular part in dealing with the important question of our public roads. In the midst of summer's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 214
Capitalising Public Roads. Wood-blocking Regent- Street
A DEPUTATION from Renferd waited on the Minister for Works this morning and asked that the Government should undertake to wood-block the. road to Boundary-street, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Disaster in America. Collision on a Kansas Line. a Military Train Wrecked. United States Cavalry Killed While Returning from the Sioux War. LONDON, January 27
A despatch from New York states that terrible ' railway disaster has happened in the State of Kansas. Two trains collided while running at full speed, One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways and Trams. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I am a constant traveller by both train and tram, and I crave a little of your space to put the following queries to those who are responsible for the irregularities hereinafter…
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Mr. Bruce Smith was interviewed yesterday by a deputation, beaded by Mr.Hawken, M.L.A., relative to a trial survey being made for a tramway from Berrigan to Savanaka…
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Messrs. Barns and Cullen, Ms.L.A. for St.Leonards, have been informed by the Minister for Works that tenders will be invited this week for the construction ef the extension of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coombsberrow Mystery. Contents Ix. the Eye in the Darkness X. Francis Gwynn's Wooing Xi. Constable Stone. Xii. a Farce Within a Tragedy. Xiii. the Ethics of Lying Part I. of the Tramp's Store. Xiv. the Tramp's Story, Concluded. Xv. Village Humors. Xvi. Dry Bones. Xvii. in the Woods. Xvii. Ishmael. Xix. the Writing in the Cavern. Xx. Mr.collier at Bay. Xxi. the Ruind Barn. Xxii. Conclusion. Chapter Ix. the Eye in Dareness
It was with a heavy heart that Godfrey watched his messenger slowly and laboriously ascend the rope, until at length he reached the top, and the light of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eight Hours in England. Demand of Railway Men. Work in the Mines
LONDON, January 28.—The Amalgamated Railway Servants' Association has decided to formulate demands at Easter for a reduction in the hours of labor on the English…
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Mr.Lees, M.L.A. introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works this morning regarding railway communication between Penrith, Mulgoa, and Luddenham…
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LONDON, January 27.— A train conveying 70 cavalry men of the United States force from ,the scene of the recent hostilities with the Sioux Indians came into collision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Strike. Further Outrages. London, January 28
The railway strikers in Scotland have been guilty of further outrages. In many places the rails have been blocked with chains, but so far no damage has resulted…
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A DEPUTATION of gentlemen representing a public meeting at Penrith waited on the Minister for Works this morning to ask that some preliminary steps might he taken…
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THE unpretentious old tram waiting-rooms at the corner of Liverpool and Elizabeth- streets are being demolished to-day, the Railway Department having decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Strike. London, January 28
The Caledonian Railway Company has now decided not to re-engage the men who are at present out on strike in consequence of the lawless behaviour of some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunday Railway Service. Extension Refused. MELBOURNE
The Commissioners tor Railways have refused to grant the request of a deputation to extend the Sunday service to Fern Tree Gully Retreat…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Queensland railway employees have decided to federate with the railway unions of the southern colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Strike. Seizure of a Locomotive Shed. Ill-treatment of Employees. LONDON, January 27
Reports from Scotland state that disturbances in connection with the railway strike are on the increase. At Strathavon a number of masked strikers stormed a…
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A deputation consisting of representatives of the Beriigan Tramway League waited on the Minister for Works yesterday to advocate…
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According to a communication received by Messrs. Burns and Cullen from Mr. Bruce Smith, tenders for the construction of the extension of the North Shore Railway to Milson's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Eastern Suburbs Railway League
Alderman Davis, the mover in the agitation relative to the extension of the railway to the eastern suburbs, at the conclusion of the electric light conference last night asked for an…
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