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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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At about noon on Wednesday, as a passenger tram to the city was passing up the steep gradient, near Lillie Bridge grounds, the driver felt a bump of such an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.-In a speech at Wodonga last week, Mr. Geo. Davis, M.L.C., Minister for Defence, vindicated the action of the Government in suspending the Sail way…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a large public meeting held last night, Mr. Litchfield, J.P., in the chair, the action of the Works Committee in rejecting the Glen Innae-Inverell railway line was much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday the Public Works Committee agreed to the following motion by Mr. M'Court, by a majority of seven to six:--"That in the opinion of the committee it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met yesterday afternoon Mr. Jacob Garrard, M.P., presided. In accordance with Mr. O'Sullivan's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--From the beginning of the year up to date the receipts from the railways have been £406,017, as against £455,259 for the same period last year,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Wednesday.--The Chamber of Commerce to-day considered a letter from the secretary of the Sydney Chamber referring to the differential railway rates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Royal Commission appointed a few days ago to inquire into several charges made by Mr. Schey, one of the Parliamentary representatives for Redtern, especially against Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I have read a letter in your issue of Saturday last from a Mr. Clarence Bridge, relative to Moses, the driver of the ill-fated train which left Sydney for the west on Tuesday night last. As my…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public Works Committee met yesterday afternoon for the further consideration of the proposed railway from Inverell to Glen Innes. Mr. Jacob Garrard, chairman, presided, and there was a full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a speech at Wodonga on Friday night Mr. Geo. Davis, M.L.C., Minister of Defence, vindicated the action of the Government in suspending the Railway Commissioners. During…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation from Maitland yesterday asked for the expenditure of money on roads in the district, and for a bridge to be built over the Hunter at Melville Ford…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday morning a deputation representing the Municipality of Plattsburg, introduced by Mr. Edden, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works to ask the Government to spend some money on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday afternoon a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Bowes, Brunker, Gillies, and Scobie, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works on behalf of Morpoth, East and West Maitland, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. EDDEN, M.L.A., introduced Alderman Weakley (Mayor) and Alderman Estell, of Plattsburg, to the Minister for Works yesterday and asked for a grant of money for the repair of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday afternoon a deputation representing inhabitants of Rosebrook and Melville on the Hunter River, accompanied by Messrs. Brunker, Scobie, and Gillies, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation from the municipal council of Plattsburg, introduced by Mr. Edden, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Mines, Mr. T. M. Slattery, yesterday with reference to the undermining of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A public meeting of residents of Carrington was held last evening, at which the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:--" That we, the…
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