General News. Railway Contracts
CONTRACTS let by the Railway Commissioner, recently have been sufficient in number and extend to command the employment of some 7000 men. This army of workmen is employed ia duplication…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 214
The Railway Accident in New York. London, March 7
Tn connection with the terrible railway collision winch occurred in a tunnel in New York on February 20, by which a number of lives were lost, Senator…
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The Government, in pursuance of the determination that the railways must be made to pay, has embodied its views on this point in a memorandum which has been sent to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Embezzlement by a Railway Clerk
JOHN MOODY, an elderly, respectable-looking man, was arraigned at the Quarter Sessions yesterday on indictment charging him with having on October 2, 1890, and whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railways. Reduction of Expenses. MELBOURNE
Mr. Shiels, M.L.A., who returned from Sydney to-day, is having a long interview with the Railway Commissioners relative to the reduction of expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Railway Accident. Engine and Car Derailed. Driver and Fireman Buried. Some Miraculous Escapes. DUBBO
An accident of rather a serious nature occurred to the special train conveying Proudfoot Bros., railway contractors, and some railway inspectors from Narromine to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rainfall. the Streets Impassable. Traffic Stopped. Omnibuses and Trams Blocked
THE rain of this morning was, judging solely by its effects, very much heavier than that of a few days ago, when all the people were nicely caught on…
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PERTH, Friday.--The Bunbury to Boyanup railway was opened by Mr. Venn, Commissioner of Railways, yesterday with great demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Widening the Suburban Railway Line. Burwood Dissatisfied
At a special meeting of the Burwood Council held for the purpose of considering the plans of the proposed alterations at Burwood in connection with the widening of the railway line as…
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As soon as the two new tram waiting-rooms at Park-street and at the junction of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets are finished the Railway Commissioners propose to have suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Trammy to Mortlake. to the Editor of Tub Daily Telegraph
Sir,--At the deputation which waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday regarding the construction of a tramway from Mortlake to Burwood station, the Mayor of Concord…
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Several small mishaps occurred last night on the suburban tramlines. Delay in no case exceeded half an hour. A motor left the rails in Belmore Park, and a line of trams extending as…
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Our Tamworth correspondent writes under date March 10: There are great complaints about the inconvenience experienced by farmers and produce dealers in getting stuff loaded at Tamworth station…
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A meeting of the Royal Commission on city and suburban railways was held at the Town Hall last week. Present: Messrs. S. Burdekin (president), W. H. Pigott, J. Macintosh, S. A. Joseph,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Accidents and Offences. Railway Directors Arrested. Snowfall in Russia. a City Buried
LONDON, March 7.—In connection with the fearful railway collision which occurred between two trains in a tunnel in New York on February 20, by which a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Marrickville to Burwood-road Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your correspondent, "Fair Play," in last Saturday's issue, attempts to raise the cry of "Land Syndicate Line" again, in reference to the above work, which as amended by the new deviation, effecting a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Institute. Opening Ceremony
The Railway Institute, adjoining the railway promises at Redfern, was formally declared open on Saturday evening in the presence of a large number of railway employes, and others interested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Institute
The opening of the Railway Institute on Saturday evening was a great occasion, not only for the service, but as marking the progress that has been made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway From Mortlake to Burwood. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—If your report of the deputation that waited on the Minister for Works yesterday regarding the construction of a tramwar from Mortlake to Burwood station[?]true, I can only express my surprise at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opening of the Railway Institute. Speeches by Sir Henry Parkes and Mr. M'millan
The ceremony of declaring the Railway Institute open was performed by Mr. M'Millan (Minister for Railways)on Saturday evening. The large hall was crowded with visitors. Mr. Hugh M'Luc[?]lan (Secretary to the…
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