Longnose Point Railway
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the residents of Balmain took place last evening in the local council chambers, to form a league to agitate for the construction of a lino of railway to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Inquest. the Railway Accident
The City Coroner held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, relative to the death of the young man Thomas Joseph Finn. 19 years of age, who was killed by a tr[?]n on Saturday afternoon at the…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Mr. John See, M.L.A., is informed that as soon as surveys now going on are completed the matter of constructing the railway from Grafton to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Address by Mr. Dowel, M.L.A. The Railway Policy and Federation. MOONBI
Mr. Dowel addressed a large number of his constituents at Franks' Hotel, Moonbi, on Friday night. Mr. F. Wilson occupied the chair, and after giving an account of his…
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TENDERS were opened for several railway works yesterday. Eight tenders were received for the duplication of the line from Mittagong to Bowral tunnel, the lowest…
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THE Executive to-day extended the time of the City Railway Commission, to bring up their report, for a further short period. It is anticipated that the report of the…
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Sir,--Saturday was St. Valentine's Day, and, no doubt, to many lads and lasses filled with bright memories, but to the young and old who travelled last night by the "mixed" train…
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An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday into the circumstances connected with the death of Thomas Joseph Finn (19), porter employed at the Stanmore…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Wednesday.—The mail train due here at 7 a.m. has not arrived yet, having broken down at Demondril, distant 23 miles. The trains are quite as irregular in running as…
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THE Minister for Works has approved of grant of £500 being made to the municipality of Ryder to re-form and re-open roads reduced to wreck by recent rainfall…
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The weights and time handicaps for the Lillie Bridge Pony Races and Trotting Meeting, to be held at Lillie Bridge next Saturday night, are as follows:—…
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The Lillie Bridge Pony Club brought off another of their popular electric light pony meetings on Friday night. So popular has this class of sport become with city folk,…
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The Lillie Bridge Pony Club brought off another of their popular electric light pony meetings on Friday night. So popular has this class of sport become with city folk,…
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Acting under the advice of the Excentive Council, his Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant an extension of the time which was allowed for the City Railway Commission to being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Law Report. Supreme Court.—tuesday, February 17. In Banco.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice.(NNES, and Mr. Justice Stephen.) Simpson V. North Sydney Investment and Tramway Company
Mr. Pilch[?]r, Q.C., and Mr. G. H. Reid, instructed by Mr. C. R. A. Smith, appeared for the plaintiff, in support of. a rule nisi to set aside a nonsuit, and for a new trial. The action, which was tried in December…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Curiosities of Railway Charges[?] to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I think one has only to point out in your columns an absurdity and an injustice in connection with railway travelling, to immediately receive correction at the hands of the Commissioners. If I take a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Re Quirements of St. Mary's. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) St. Mary's
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Protestant Hall, St. Mary's, to-night, to urge the necessity of a trial survey of [?] line of railway from St. Mary's to Mulgoa and Ludd[?]mham. Alderman Garner,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bondi Tramli[?]e Extension. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I was very pleased to read "Engineer's" description of proposed route fo[?] the extension of the tram to Bondi Beach, and I quite agree with him that it would be found the most serviceable and least costly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Differential Railway at Rates Still Unequal and Unjust. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of the 11th instant, you published a letter from me on the above subject, which principally dealt with the Western line. Now, with your kind permission, I shall furnish a few facts…
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