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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,--I wish through your valuable paper to call the attention of the Globe Council to the state of the Pyrmont Bridge-road. I was going to work one day last week, when I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COWRA, Monday.-A fatal railway accident occurred at, a quarter past 12 o'clock on Sunday to a mixed train which left Harden at a quarter past 9 o'clock on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A few minutes after 12 o'clock yesterday morning a serious accident occurred on the loopline which .connects the western and southern railways between Harden and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MOST unfortunate accident happened a few minutes after 12 o'clock yesterday morning on the railway loopline between Harden and Blayney, resulting in the immediate death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a quarter-past 12 this morning a fatal railway accident occurred to No. 8 up mixed train, which left Harden at 9.15. The engine was in charge of Driver Willoughby and Fireman Hill, with Guard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident, which, resulted fatally, happened at Hurstville on Saturday night about 8 o'clock, the victim being a man named Clement Hill. The man had been waiting on the down platform for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the fatal railway accident near Pipeclay Creek, it would seem from appearances that the engine turned completely over, as it is lying with the top…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDWARD SELFE, a barman, was fined 20s,, with the option of 21 days' gaol, for having assaulted Robert Hunter, a tram conductor. He was further fined 10s., with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is reported that two French syndicates have offered to construct a branch railway to connect Tashkent and Knokund, in Russian Turkestan, with the Transcaspian line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Governor of Russian Turkestan has thanked Colonel Yanoff, the commander of the Russian expeditionary force on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, SUNDAY--Great complaints are being made of the unsuitability of the carriages on the Nowcastle-Plattsburg tramiine for passenger traffic. The late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trafficon the railway on Sturday was not ex[?] tionally heavy. All the afternoon, and up till 8 o'clock the station presentd a busy appearane, each tain coming in with a[?]ll complement of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ordinary tram trafile on Saturday was slightly in escess of that of last year, which in turn was well up[?] the average. Owing probably, however, to the wet weather in the forenoon the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The taking of evidence in Great Britain upon commission issued by the Victorian Supreme Court in the case of Mr. Richard Speight, lately Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I would like to draw your attention to the following facts. On Thursday last I had occasion (with others) to visit Coogee. Upon reaching Moore Park waiting-room we applied for tram-tickets and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, January 2.-A company is promoting a bill for the building of a bridge across the English Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A company is promoting a bill for the building of a bridge across the English Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday was a big day for the trams, though the number of people carried was not quite up to last New Year's Day. The decrease was noticeable principally in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The returns do not show such a large number of passengers as on Boxing Day, but the figures are higher by over 5000 more than those of New Year's Day of 1892. Both the inward and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The traffic on all the tram lines yesterday was large, but it is estimated that the takings amounted to about £900, or something like £30 less than on New Year's Day last year, a…
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