The Railway Institute
One of the new things that our Railway Commissioners have done for their employees is to build them, a Literary Institute at the Redfern terminus, and this was duly opened on Saturday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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The New Railway Institute
The Railway Institute at Redfern was opened last Saturday evening. A public meeting which was held was presided over by Mr. H. M'Lachlan, secretary to the Railway Commission, and addresses were made by…
Continued on Trove, page 650 →West Australia. the Youngest State. a Talk with the Premier. Its Prospects and Capabilities. Responsible Government. Land Grant Railways--Free Selection --Access to Markets--The Gold Fields--Tin and Lead--Coal and Other Minerals--Pro. gress of Settlement-- Pearl Fisheries
OF all the colonies in the Australian group there is none now so much attracting the attention of venturesome spirits as West Australia. Its great extent, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Railway Revenue
Auckland, Friday.--The completed retain show that the net profits from the railway, the year amounted to £400,000…
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A meeting of the Royal Commission on city and subarban railways was held at the Townhall yesterday to consider the subject of a letter from the minister for Works, suggesting that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minister for Works in the North. Reception and Banquet at Casino. Turning the First Sod of the Lismore-tweed Railway
CASINO, Friday.--Mr. Bruce Smith, Minister for Works, with Messrs. Ewing, Nicoll, Perry, Martin, Hangar, Ma.P., and Barling, Under Secretary for Works, arrived here last…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Friday.--The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has received some correspondence with regard to the transcontinental railway. The captain C.M. officer of…
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LISMORE, Friday.--The ceremony of turning the first sod of the Lismore-Tweed railway was a brilliant success, it being estimated that the attendance was between 7000 and 8000,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mulgoa Railway Proposals
A paragraph appeared in yesterday's Day Telegraph briefly indicating the effect of[?] report of Mr. E. B. Price to the Minister for Works on the proposal to construct a line of…
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It is the intention of the Railway Commissioners to have railway suburban tickets sold at the new tram waiting-rooms at Park and Liverpool streets, when those buildings are completed…
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There was a big attendance at Lillie Bridge on Saturday night, when soma good finishes were witnessed. The starting was not very even, but the boys at the post gave a considerable amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Marrickville to Burwood-road Railway. To the Editor
Sir,—I trust you will accord space in the columns of your valuable paper to publish the following remarks on the above, for the construction of which tenders are soon to be called…
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Mr. Dunbar, the station-master who was severely injured at Doughboy Hollow last Tuesday by being run over by a train, and which necessitated his log being amputated,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Death at the Princes Bridge Station. a Traffic Superintendent Killed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
Mr, W. A. Moore, traffic superintendent for the railways running from the Princes Bridge station, met with a terrible death yesterday afternoon when regulating the race traffic at Caulfield station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Shearing Trouble. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Formation of a Union to Embrace All Workers. Large Tract of Country on Fire. the Government Censured
CLERMONT, Sunday night.—Lieutenant Palmer with 30 men of the Moreton Mounted Infantry arrived here by special train yesterday. A detachment of 10 members of "A" Battery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Policy in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A bulky communication from the Railway Commissioners was brought before the Cabinet on Tuesday last relative to the Government policy in railway matters,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Accident. a Railway Officer Killed. MELBOURNE
A terrible railway accident, resulting in the death of District Traffic Superintendent W. A. Moore, occurred at Caulfield on Saturday evening. Mr. Moore was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Signalmen's Picnic
THE middle and night reliefs of the members of the New South Wales Signalmen's Union, together with their wives and families, spent a most enjoyable day on Friday at the…
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The programme prepared by the Railway Commissioners for the approaching Easter holidays is of a comprehensive and attractive description, and practically commences to-day,…
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A. railway porter named James Fox narrowly escaped meeting with a horrible death at Strathfield about 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. He was in the act of stepping across thought that he had been Jailed, as the corner of the buffer plank struck him on the forehead. When picked up it was found that he was unconscious, and had a nasty wound over the right eye…
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