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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The Executive Council on April 22 approved the appointment of Mr. Justice Owen, Mr. John Young, and Mr. Alexander Kethel as a Royal Commission to inquire into the truth or…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Executive Council at its meeting on Tuesday approved the terms of the commissions to be issued to Mr. Justice Owen, Mr. John Young, and Mr. Alexander Kethel, who are to inquire into the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—The inquest as to the death of Archie Banks, who was killed on the railway line yesterday was held to-day, and concluded with a verdict that the deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir,--I think the time could not be more opportune for drawing the attention of "the powers that be" to the insecure state of the railway bridge over Duck Creek, Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle, Saturday.-News has been received from Teralba that a miner named Robert Lyall, a married man, was ran over by a train this morning near that township and killed. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible accident happened on the "Western line shortly before 2 o'clock last Wednesday morning to the mail train which left Sydney for Bourke at 8 o'clock the previous night. The scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday last Mr. Hoyle, M.L.A., returned to Sydney from his trip to Bathurst. While he was away he made a careful examination of the Western railway line between the scene of the recent disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--I think a closer examination of my proposals with regard to the Glen Innes-Inverell railway will demonstrate that they are not so "monstrous" as you appear to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A fatal accident occurred on the Sydney railway [?] yesterday morning, by which a aminer named Robert Kyte lost his wife. Kyte was walking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Public Works has received the authority of the Cabinet for the construction of a line of steam tram from Falcon-street, North. Sydney, to Snedden's Hotel, on the Military-road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speaking at the opening of the Forest Lodge- Balmain tramway extention yesterday, the Minister for Public Works made reference to the magnitude of the operations of his department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new tram line to Balmain was opened yesterday. The line is an extension of the old Forest Lodge line, and is about two miles in length, the present terminus being at St. Thomas's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inveebll, Monday.-A large and influential meeting was held in the Town Hall this afternoon. The Mayor in the chair. The main object of the meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—In view of the late disaster at Tarana the public naturally take an interest in the efficient state of the permanent way of our railways. Last Sunday myself and a friend were crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—The moral of the evidence of the ganger Walsh given at the inquest at Bathurst as to the cause of the railway disaster is or should be that "never more shall a previously-used rail—whatever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday at 1 o'clock the ceremony of opening the new tramway extension from Forest Lodge to Darling-street, Balmain, was performed by Mr. Lyne, Minister for Public Works, in the presence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting convened by the Mayor through the press for the purpose of taking steps to refute certain statements made before the Public Works Committee with reference to the proposed Glen Innes-Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ABOUT 11.45 this morning a horse attached to a spring van bolted in George street west, doing considerable damage. It appears the owner (Jonas Ayres)went into a saddler's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the best meetings held here for a long time took place yesterday afternoon. The Mayor (Mr. T. K. B. Mayne) occupied the chair. A resolution refuting Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Minister for Works has received the sanction of the Cabinet for the construction of the railway extension from Falcon-street, North Sydney, to Snedden's Hotel…
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