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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 209

Parramatta Police Court. Wednesday, March 2. (Before Mr. F. W. Edwards, P.M., and Messrs. R. Harper and N. Stewart, Js.P.) “Railway Cases.”

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

William Thompson. Alleged breach of railway by laws.—Constable Tomkins deposed that accused was given into his custody, at the Parramatta Station.—A man named Fraser (porter…

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The Baldwin Railway Engines. Are They Failures? a Board of Inquiry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 15

In consequence of the serious charges made both in Parliament and in the press during the past few months regarding the recently imported Baldwin engines, the Colonial Treasurer, as…

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The Great Siberian Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 26

The great Siberian railway, which will more closely connect.Europe with the teeming millions of China, Japan, and Eastern Asia, will be commenced this spring. The total length of the line…

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Railway Employees Protest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 12

A largely-attended meeting of railway employees was held on Saturday, February 27, at the Gaiety Theatre, under the auspices of the Victorian Railway Traffic Union, to consider…

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Our Railways

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 12

The Government reforms in the Victorian Railway Department, have assumed something, of a practical shape. Mr. Wheeler has presented a scheme to the commissioners proposing a…

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West Australian News. The Midland Railway. The Drought.—Relief for Settlers. Serious Conflagration. NEWS of the Week. PERTH, March 2. Sad End to a Picnic

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 12

On February 27 a fatal drowning accident occurred in the river. It appears that a young man named Jones went out in a sailing boat with four little boys,…

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The Midland Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 12

A communication was received by the Government of West Australia from, the Midland Railway Company asking for a guarantee of 20 years' interest at 4 per cent, on £500,000, to enable it to…

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South Australian News. Eight Hours on The Railway. Labor Politics. Live Stock Returns. Staple Products.. The Unemployed. News of the Week. ADELAIDE, March 2. the Eight Hour System

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 14

A large deputation of Labor and Democratic members of Parliament waited on the AttorneyGeneral on Tuesday morning, March 1, (Chief Secretary being ill) to ask " that the…

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Kempsey Bridge. Kempsey

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

A largely-attended public meeting was held on Saturday night to advocate the construction of a bridge over the Macleay at Kempsey. The Mayor presided…

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Fall Over a Bridge

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Henry Buddy, a miner, aged 57 years, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital yesterday morning suffering from concussion of the spinal cord. On Saturday…

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Road to Wombeyan Caves. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 3

Sir,--I notice that the Minister for Works has lately been waited upon by deputations from Bowral and Moss Vale and from Marulan urging rival claims for a road to…

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Rosehill and Dural Railway. To the Editor

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 2

Sir,—I shall be obliged by your insertion of the following facts respecting the bill to authorise toe above railway, which was rejected by the Legislative Assembly mainly by the combined…

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An African Railway Mombassa to Victoria Nyanza

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, March. 5.—The House of Commons by a majority of 98 has voted £20,000 for the survey of the proposed line of railway from Mombassa to Lake Victoria…

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Hobart Tramways

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, March 5.—The prospectus of a company to construct and work tramways in Hobart has been issued. The capital of the company will consist of 60,000 shares…

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Killed on the Railway

Evening News · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

GOULBURN, Monday.—An occurrence of a shocking character happened on the railway line at Murray's Flat, three or tour miles from Goulburn; on Saturday afternoon; a man at present…

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Railway Communication in Africa. Line From Mombassa to Lake Victoria Nyanza. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

The House of Commons by a majority of 98 has voted a sum of £20,000 for the survey of the proposed line of railway from Mombassa to Lake Victoria Nyanza,…

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Tramways in Hobart. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

The prospectus of a company to construct and work tramways in Hobart has been issued. The capital of the company will consist of 60,000 shares and 45,000…

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Killed on the Railway. a Case of Suicide. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

The man killed on Saturday near Towrang has been identified as Walter Sidney Haddon, son of Walter Haddon, enginedriver on the railway. A magisterial…

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An African Railway. London, March 5

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

The House of Commons has considered a proposal to vote the sum of £20,000 to defray the expanses of the survey of a line of railway from Mombassa, a port in British…

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The Country. Killed on the Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 5

GOULBURN, Saturday.--A shocking occurrence took place on the railway line at Murray's Flat, three or four miles from Goulburn, about 2 o'clock this afternoon, a man, at…

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