Sunday Work on Railways
A deputation representing the congregations of the churches at Granville, Roo[?]wood, and the immediate neighborhood, waited upon Mr. Fehon, Commissioner for Railways, yesterday, for the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 214
The Silver Country. S.A. Railways
The commissioners appointed by the S.A. Government to take evidence as to the advisability of establishing direct railway communication between the Barrier and Port Augusta, arrived by the express…
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The Minister for Public Worts has arranged to receive a deputation from the Leichhardt Municipal Council on Thursday next in reference to grievances of certain inhabitants of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney Mail. London Offices: 78 Queen Victoria-street, E.C. (opposite the Mansion House Railway Station). Represented by B. S. LLOYD and CO
The office of this journal is now open at the above address. Files of the Sydney Mail are to be seen in the reading-room, and all information respecting subscriptions,…
Continued on Trove, page 405 →Railway Accident in Victoria. Melbourne
A serious railway accident occurred to-night at the Turgamah railway station. A mixed train from Benalla arrived at 11.30 p.m., and when entering the station on crossing the points the first…
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Is accordance with instructions an inquiry was commenced several months ago by Mr. R. E. Jones, one of the temporary examiners of public works, into certain railway proposals in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law. Supreme Court. Friday, February 20. in Equity. -- (Before the Chief Judge.) Re the Railway Commissioners and the Claim of George Osbourne
Mr. Campbell appeared for the petitioner and Mr. A. H. Simpson for the Commissioners. His Honor directed the petition to be amended…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Labor Party in Queensland. Speech by the Minister for Railways
BRISBANE, Friday. -- At the annual show at Stanthorpe yesterday, Mr. Unmack, the Minister for Railways, in the coarse of his speech referring to the depression in trade, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victorian Railways. a Ruinous Line -- Traffic Suspended
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Seven months ago a new railway line of 15½ miles was opened from Penshurst to Dunkeld. The traffic has since averaged five passengers a day, and for the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Silver Country. Broken Hill, Wednesday. S. A. Railways
The commissioners appointed by the S.A Government to take evidence as to the advisability of establishing direct railway communication between the Barrier and Port Augusta, arrived by the express…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Departure of Sam Fitzpatrick. Will Train Peter Jackson
Sam Fitzpatrick leaves by the Mariposa this afternoon for America, the object of his departure being to train Peter Jackson for his approaching fight with Jim Corbett,…
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The Railway Commissioners have accepted a tender, at £2325, for the alteration and improvement of the tramway platform at Randwick racecourse. The following particulars have been…
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LONDON, February 21.—A shocking railway accident is reported from America. A passenger train while passing through a tunnel in New York came into collision…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—A railway accident is reported from Glenelg, by which Miss Annie Stanton, a young lady of Kensington, was killed. She was in the act of crossing the line at Miller's…
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It is extremely probable that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works will, to-morrow, open an inquiry into the proposal to construct a line of railway from Cobar to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New York Railway Catastrophe. Collisions in a Tunnel. Fifteen Passengers Killed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 21
A terrible railway casualty is reported from Americe. A passenger train came into collision with an empty train in a tunnel in New York and "telescoped" it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rainfall. Streets and Cellars Flooded. Flood in the Parks. Blackfriars Flooded. Tram Traffic Stopped. Mr. Ruesell Reviews. Terrible Wind, Rain, and Thunder. Sudden Fall of Temperature
SELDOM, if ever, has there been such a sudden and fierce downpour in Sydney as there was to-day. The rain fell literally in torrents, and in a very few minutes indeed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Shearing Difficulty. Important News From Queensland. Arrival of Troops at Clermont. Homesteads Burnt Down. the Railway Line Guarded. the Armed Unionists Quiet
BRISBANE, Sunday.--A gentleman in town received a telegram yesterday from Clermont to the effect that matters were quiet, that not so many men were coming into camp as had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. a Young Lady Killed on the Railway
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A fatal accident occurred Saturday at Glenelg. A young lady named Annie Stanton was standing near the railway line at Miller's corner ae the 7.15…
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