The City Railway Commission
Very little has recently been heard of the Royal Commission, which was appointed to inquire into the question of city and suburban railway extension. The primary object for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Tramway Accommodation
For some time past, owing to the increase in the tram traffic and the unsuitablences of soma of the vehicles, the Tramway Department have been unable to meet in fall the demands made…
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At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Jaimes Giles, D.S.M., a middle-aged man named John Moody was charged by warrant with embezzling £5 2s 5d, the property of the…
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HOBART, Wednesday.--The steamer Walrarapa brought 80 navvies from New Zealand for the Mount Zehan and Dundus railway. They were forwarded on to-day and the contractors…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night,--A disastrous railway collision is reported to have occurred in Kansas, in the United States. A train, conveying cavalry from the seat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scotch Railway Strike. Outrages at a Locomotive Shed
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Outrages in connection with the Scotch railway strike on the increase. Last a body of the men on strike,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The English Railway Men. Demand for a Reduction in The-hours of Labour. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 28
The Amalgamated Railway Servants' Association have decided to formulate their demand at Easter for a reduction in the hours of labour on the English railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Accident in America. Two Trains Collide in Kansas. Great Loss of Life. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 27
A train conveying back 70 cavalry, the heroes of the recent Indian rebellion collided with an express train in Kansas, and both the trains were wrecked by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queensland Railway Employees' Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Queensland Railway Employees' Association have lately been taking a ballot as to whether or not they should federate with the railway unions of the other colonies. It is understood that so far as…
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Messrs. J. P. Howe, W. Stephen, and Schey, Ms.L.A., accompanied by a deputation, waited upon Mr.Brace Smith (Minister for Works), yesterday, regarding the wood blocking of Regent…
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AT the Water Police Court this morning, before Mr. Giles, S.M., a young fellow of respectable appearance named James Wilson or Charles Jones was charged with having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coombsberrow Mystery. CONTENTS. X. Francis Gwyn's Wooing Xi. Constable Stone Xii. a Farce Within a Tragedy Xiii. the Ethics of Lying Part I. of the Tramp's Stroy. 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.collter at Bay. Xxi. the Ruined Barn. Xxii. Conclusion. Chapter X. Francis Gwynn's Wooing
The path leading upward through the woods from the Romans' Cave chanced to be new to Melaina; indeed Farmer Hodges had been the first to inform her of its…
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Those travelling by the trains, doubtless,, notice that workmen are engaged in demolishing the tram waiting rooms at the corner of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets. This is being…
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Early this morning a fettler named Riley found a man, "whose name is unknown, lying dead on the railway line near a signal post about 100yds on the Sydney side of the Burwood…
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Mr. S. E. Lees, M.L.A., introduced a deputation appointed by a public meeting, held at Penrith, to the Minister for Works yesterday morning, to ask that some preliminary steps might be taken towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) the Scottish Railway Strike. London, Jan. 28
Isolated outrages continue to be perpatrated by the strikers in connection with the Caledonian Railway Company's lines, rolling stock, and stations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at the Rydal Railway Station. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lithgow
An inquest was held at the Carrington Hotel, Rydal, on Tuesday on the remains of Thomas Brogie, who had been killed by falling between the mail train and the platform on the same morning. From the evidence it…
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TAREE, Thursday.--The railway surveyors are pushing along with the north coast line survey. The Barrington route is being surveyed at present, and is believed to be the…
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MOLONG, Thursday.--Whooping cough is prevalent in this district, and there are over 100 cases in the town and suburbs…
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A heavy storm was experienced last night between Cowra and Koorawatha. A large portion of the railway embankment was washed away about four miles from…
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