Lillie Bridge Races
Owing to the unsettled weather the race meeting to have bees, held at Lillie Bridge yesterday evening was postponed until to-night…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
3,617 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 181
Lillie Bridge Races Postponed
LILLIE BRIDGE races, which were fixed to take place this evening, have been postponed until to-morrow evening, in consequence of the wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Resumptions. To the Editor
Sir,-Will you kindly grant me space for purpose of ventilating a considerable grievance now being inflicted on those parties whose properties may be within the lines of the Molong and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charge of Embezzlement Against a Railway Servant
AT the Newtown Police Court yesterday Joseph Foggan, a respectable looking young man, faced the bench on a charge of embezzling £1 13s. 1d. The evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PETERSHAM. Tramway Season Tickets
The Petersham Municipal Council held its fortnightly meeting last night. The Mayor (Mr. L. C. Russell Jones) and Aldermen Rofe and Wheeler were appointed to act as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Recent Railway Accident. Funeral at Bathurst. BATHURST
The funeral of Mr. J. R. Willoughby, who was killed in the late railway accident at Cowra, took place here yesterday, and was largely attended. The Masons of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cowra Railway Accident
COWRA, Wednesday.--The inquest on the body of James Willoughby, the eaginedriver who was killed in the railway accident which took place on Saturday night between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How to Have Good Roads. to the Editor of the Advance
SIR,—Having had 30 years practical experience in the construction and maintenance of roads and having an interest in Parramatta, I would like to offer a few remarks, more es…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Officers on Tour
The Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy, Oliver, and Fehon, have just concluded a circular tour of inspection along the western and southern lines. In the course of their trip they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fares. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have observed, in perusing several returns furnished to the press relative to railway matters, that the railway receipts (as per quarterly results) are on the decrease. This loss seems to have a very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →America and Canada. the Withdrawal of Railway Privileges
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--From New York it is reported that President Harrison has decided to postpone the carrying out of his threat for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Finance. Rigid Economy.--the Management of the Railways
LONDON, Thursday.--The Times publishes an article this morning on the financial position of the Australian colonies. The writer says that the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lismore-Tweed Railway. the New Railway Bridge Recently Completed. (See illustration on this page.)
On this page is [?]ven an illustration of the interior of the railway bridge erected in connection with the Lismore Tweed Railway over Leyeater's Creek, at Lismore, Richmond River…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Railway Accident on the Blayney Line. a Mixed Train Derailed. the Driver Killed. the Inquest
COWRA, Monday.—A fatal railway accident occurred at a very early hour on Sunday morning to a mixed train which left Harden at a quarter past 9 o'clock on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Train off the Line. The Engine Driver Killed. Carcoar
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 26 →The Weather in Europe. Frozen to Death. a Train Snowed Up. Sufferings of Passengers. Disastrous Storms. Thirty Vessels Wrecked
LONDON, January 6.—Several persons have been frozen to death in England and Germany, and also in Vienna. A train was snowed up for 18 hours at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Redfern Railway Hay Market. Farm Produce
At the Redfern Railway Terminus this morning there was a good supply of forage forward from the various stations along the northern, southern, and western lines. Buyers were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another 'Bus Accident. a Marrickville Coach Capsized After Striking a Tram. a Dangerous Street. Names of the Injured
It is not very long ago since we had to record a somewhat serious accident to a Waverley omnibus in Park-road, Paddington, consequent upon a wheel coming off. To-day another 'bus accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Derelict Railway
An influential meeting was held last week in Portumna to take steps to promote the reopening of the derelict railway which connects [?] to Portumna. The line, which originally cost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cowba Railway Accident. the Inquest of the Driver
THE gangs of men who were on Sunday put On to work at the wreckage of the accident which occurred on that day on the Harden-Blayney line, between Koorawatha and Wattamadarra, near…
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