The Progress of Bridge Work
The Minister for Works has directed the heads of the different branches of his department to send in periodically a statement of the progress of the works connected with their…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Bridge Over Murray River at Swan-hill
Mr. J. W. Taverner, M.P. (Vic.), accompanied by Messrs. Wilkinson and Lakeman, Ms.P. (N.S.W.), interviewed the Minister for Works yesterday with reference to the proposed…
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A LARGELY-ATTENDED public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Granville, on Tuesday evening to consider the proposal for a bridge noross the Parramatta River near Rydalmere…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fearful Accident In Penrith Railway Yard. Urgent Necessity for More Light. Another Victim of Mistaken Economy
A few minutes past eleven o'clock on Tuesday, night last, information reached us that an accident had occurred in the Penrith railway yard. We were quickly on the scene, and found that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Defrauding the Railway Commissioners
Alexander Herkes, a porter recently employed at the Burwood Railway Station, was charged at the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Delohery, D.S.M., with embezzling £1 2s 9d, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Railway Commission
A meeting of the Royal Commission on city and suburban railways was held at the Town Hall on Friday. Present: Messrs. S. Burdekin (president), W. H. Pigott, J. Macintosh, S. A. Joseph,…
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TENDERS for the construction of a line of tramway from forest Lodge to Balmain were opened by the Works Tender Board on Wednesday There were 11 tenders, and the [?]west was that…
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THE Government; on Wednesday opened tenders for the construction of the North Shore railway line to Milson's Point. Twenty-one tender were received, the lowest being Messrs. Parry and…
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A. LARGE meeting of residents of the eastern suburbs was held in Paddington on Wednesday night, to advocate the construction of a railway service to the eastern suburbs. The chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The New Railway Institute. Inspection of the Building
At the invitation of the committee of the Railway Institute a number of gentleman inspected the new institute building last evening, prior to its formal opening, which takes place a week hence. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike of Railway Navies. Serious Position at Liverpool. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Liverpool
The men employed by Messrs. Angus and Co. to replace the strikers have been so far interfered with that police protection has been sought by the contractors. The local police number only three, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Lismore-tweed Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lismore
The Railway Demonstration Committee to-night appointed a sub-committee to prepare a programme and an estimate, to be submitted on Tuesday evening. They have asked the senior member, with the members…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Free Railway Passes. To the Editor of the Australian Workman
Sir,--At the meeting hold by Mr. G. H. Reid at the Protestant Hall on Wednesday last, the member was asked if he was in favour of granting free railway passes to the unemployed to enable them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Shore Railway. Messrs. Parry and Farley's Tender Accepted
THE Minister for Public Works accepted today the tender of Messrs. Parry and Farley for the construction of a double line of railway from the present terminus of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lane Cove Tramway. Mr. Justin M' Sweeney the Successful Tenderer
THE Minster for Works accepted to-day the tender of Mr. Justin M' Sweeney for the construction of the tram line from the terminus of the present cable tram at North…
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ALBURY, Friday.-- Mr. Gilliat, one of the railway examiners, will be in Albury on Wednesday next, and will proceed to take evidence in favor of building a line of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Excursions
In view of the approaching Easter holidays the Railway Commissioners have arranged a number of special cheap excursions to and from the country. The first of these will leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Shore Tramway
Mr. Justin M'Sweeny's tender for the exten[?]on of the North Shere cable tramway to the Lane Cove-road has been accepted by the Minister for Works. The schedule of prices…
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