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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The railway station buildings at Cobar are going ahead, and a good deal of the material is on the ground;the station yards and buildings, when completed, will be far above the average, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. M'Keown and Sons are making groat headway with their five-mile railway contract. The work was commenced on Thompson's Hill, near the town, and extends…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--Some short time since there appeared in your columns a couple of letters calling attention to the extensive practice of sly grog-selling on the railway works from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible railway accident occurred at Bluff Rock early this morning between two special trains with Sella' Circus Company on board, one train running into another…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE alteration of railway time-tables will not come into effect till June 1, the press of business in the department preventing the change being made next month. Among the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The intended alterations in the railway timetables which were to have been brought into force on May 1 will, owing to press of other work engaging the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We are now about to make our third experiment with trams. Our first with motors has been comparatively successful, but they are ungainly, a disfigurement to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The junior employes in the engineering branch of the Railway Department have received an official circular informing them that they are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alderman John Clubb, at last night's meeting of the Balmain Council, again drew attention to the report which had recently appeared in the EVENING NEWS with reference to the appointment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-On Tuesday evening the Rev. J. G. Turner, a supernumerary minister of the Wesleyan Church, at Toorak, met with a serious accident at the Box Hill railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WRITING under the heading of “Waste of Public Funds,” Mr. W. C. M‘Dougall writes in Monday’s S. M. Herald as follows:—“ I read with regret in your issue of this date (April 22)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At an early hour on "Wednesday morning the startling news was received in Sydney that a terrible railway accident had occurred on the western line. Following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The 100yds All-comers' Handicap at Lillie Bridge is the only definite fixture at present in the metropolitan district. The prize-money is £50. and it is to be run on May 11 and 13,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THAT misfortunes never come singly is a truth that apparently applies to the Railway Department, for following closely upon the fatality caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The 100yds All-commers' Handicap at Lillie Bridge is the only definite fixture at present in the metropolitan district. The prize-money is £50, and it to be run on May 11 and 13,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious railway accident occurred early this morning. Messrs. Sells Brothers' Circus, after having performed here last night, left by special trains for Armidale, and a collision occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I have learned that a movement has been initiated for the purpose of obtaining a Sunday train for Richmond. This I greatly regret. I feel persuaded that there is no real necessity for it, and my…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At last night's meeting of the Balmain Council a communication was received from the Secretary for Railways acknowledging receipt of the council's letter of the 23rd instant, and in reply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The office of this journal is now open at the above address. Files of The Sydney Morning Herald are to be seen in the reading-room, and all information…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The railway resumption cases were continued to-day before Mr. Waller for the Government, and Mr. A. Campbell for the claimants, Mr. Andrew Armstrong acting as umpire. The case for the…
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