The Hills Railway Redivivus
THE visit of Messrs. Eddy and Oliver, Railway Commissioners, to Parramatta on Wednesday last, is about to lead to extensive improvements and alterations at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 214
The Scottish Railway Strike. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 30
The North British Railway Company will reinstate the men who went out on strike when vacancies exist. The Company agree to discuss the grievances of the men with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway [?]Dities. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A friend of mine living some[?] miles from Sydney frequently f[?] me, da[?] the fruit season, a case of ftuit, which is [?] a cart to the station and booked on to me [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Cobar-cockburn Railway to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—For coolness I think your correspondent "Argus." in to-day's number, takes the dake. Hear him! "Obviously one uniform guage must be adopted in the early future. The Victorian guage (5ft. 3in.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Construction of Tramlines. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I read in this morning's issue that a tramline is being laid down between Newtown and Cook's River dam. I am glad to notice a change is made in the mode of laying down the rails. The use of wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway From Richmond to the K[?]rrajong. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Richmond
The inquiry into the proposal to extend the Richmond railway to the Kurrajong is proceeding satisfactorily. Mr. Stanley Alexander, the public works examiner, has taken the evidence of 21 witnesses from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Extension to Walgett. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Walgett
A large deputation, headed, by Mr. Henry, P.M., waited upon Mr. Jones, Government inspector of the proposed routes of railway through the North-western district of New South Wales. Mr. Kenny laid before…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Casualties. Fatality on the Railway
At an early hour yesterday morning a railway fettler named Riley, whilst proceeding to his work, discovered the dead body of an unknown man lyin[?] near the distant signal, about 100 yards on the Sydney side of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Waverley-randwick Tram. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Will the above short connecting line pay? Never while that continues which is now of almost daily occurrence. As an experimental line for the recently introduced electric system, I may say that no…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Queensland Letter. Political and Social News. Pastoral and Agricultural. Trades and Labor. the Railway Rates. the Week's Doings. Brisbane, January 26. POLITICS
At a meeting of the Separation League, held at Townsville lately, the request of the central people to join their forces in London to form a large deputation to Lord Knutsford was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accidents and Offences. a Duke's Suicide. Mysterious Inquest. Colliery Explosion. Sixty Killed. Terrible Railway Collision
LONDON, January 22.—A disastrous colliery explosion has taken place at the Tasnovada Colliery, near Azov, in the south of Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Coombsberrow Mystery. Contents. Xii. a Farce Within a Tragedy. Xiii, the Ethics of Laying :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 Xii. a France Within a Tragedy
Constable Stone did not at once relinquish his pursuit; but, as he did not obtain another glimpse of its object, he speedily returned to the spot where, only a few…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.—A tremendous waterspout burst on Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock between here and Bethungra, on the mountains. The water rushed in torrents down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on the Railway
All inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue on Saturday relative to the death of the unknown man who was killed on the railway line near Burwood during Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality on the Railway
The death of the man who was yesterday found lying dead on the railway line near the Burwood station was inquired into to-day at an inquest held before the city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Scotch Railway Strike. a Settlement Arrived At
LONDON, Sunday.--The railway strike in Scotland amongst the employes of the North British and Caledonian Railways has been declared by the directors of the companies to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Railway Goods Rates. Extension of the Differential System
The new railway goods rates which come into practical operation to-day have already been referred to in these columns, and we now propose to briefly review the whole of the…
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The recent publication in our columns of articles descriptive of the working of the zone system on the Hungarian State railways, and letters commenting there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia. Control of the Railways
PERTH, Sunday.--An offer has been made to Mr. Mais, of South Australia, now visiting this colony, to accept the position of Engineer-in-chief for Railways. Mr. Mais is considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Dead on the Railway Line
On Saturday an inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue on the body of a man whose name has not yet been ascertained, and who was found lying dead on the railway line near…
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