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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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YASS, Saturday.-Bush fires are raRing in the district. The town is enveloped in smoke. GUNDAGAI, Saturday.-Extensive bush fires are now raging in various parts of the district. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following handicaps have been declared in connection with the above races to be held at Lillie Bridge on Monday evening:— TOM THUMB HANDICAP (12.0), ½ mile.—Fashion, 10st 2lb;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →By an arrangement come to between the War Office authorities and the Kingstown. Great Northern, and Midland and Great Western Railway Companion, a train has been run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A concession to working men in search of employment has just been granted by the Railway Commissioners at the intercession of Mr. T. Harvey, of Palmerston-road, Kogarah. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Government has decided to recommend to Parliament the construction of a railway from Natimuk to Groke, a length of 28½ miles, at a cost of £85,860. This line will run off the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Government intends to pursue a rigorous policy of retrenchment in the Railway Department. Extensive reductions in the stuff will probably be insisted on. Money is also to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sub-inspector Willum Lidden, a well-knonw railway employee, residing at Wagga, was found in a dying state early this morning in the lavatory at the Goulburn station. He died before medical aid…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A shocking accident happened this afternoon on the railway line near Kelso to an employee named James Swan. He endeavoured to ascend an engine while in motion, but slipped and fell under the…
Continued on Trove, page 319 →THE quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners which was laid before Parliament last week shows a decrease of £61,273 in the earnings of the railways for the quarter ended 31st…
Continued on Trove, page 284 →With a view to the adoption of the betterment principle in the construction ol future railways, Mr. Stevenson asked the Minister for Public Works in the Assembly on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This Kenthurst progress Association have received the following letters:— Sir,— I have much pleasure in sending under separate cover, 2 copies of the Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no need to travel far into Queensland to learn that there is a visitation upon the land Even at the changing station between the two colonies, Wallangarra, the railway officials are aware of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An attempt is being made to estimate some of the losses by the floods, The following are some of the estimates : -- Jack and M'Kenzie, drapers, £1500; Perry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Saturday Night.--A special meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day to deal with flood matters. The principal subject for consideration was the restoration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Monday.-Heavy rain and wind prevailed on Saturday night, and again fears were expressed that another flood would be experienced. The streets are still deep in mud, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Wednesday a fresh series of special cheap excursions to and from the country will be commenced, a cheap train leaving Sydney at 1 p.m. on that day for stations on the northern line as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new rates levied by the Railway Commissioners have excited the greatest dissatisfaction. Last year the best-paying section of the internal line in the colony was that between Dubbo and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 1400 tramway employees met this morning and agreed to submit to the reduction of 5 per cent./ in their wages, as proposed by the directorate, on condition that should there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fresh series of the popular special cheap excursions to and from the country will begin on Wednesday, when a cheap train will leave Redfern at 1 p.m. for Jennings…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A young man named Lewis Walters, employed as a ganger an the railway, whilst riding on a car platform of a train on Saturday night about 10.20 o'clock, and when…
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