Why Not Abolish Railway Freights ?
The Weekly Advance, of March 24, says:— Some of the longest-headed of our economists have of late been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
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Electric Railways. the Coming Motive Power. Speed More Than Doubled. Elaborate Machinery. Sydney to Melbourne in Six Hours. (See illustrations on this page.)
The subject of electric motors for railways is at present attracting great attention on the continent of Europe, and three systems are about to be tried in France. There is first that of M. J. J…
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A Bendigo merchant is advertising in a Melbourne paper for tenders for carting sugar and groceries from Melbourne to Bendigo. Some little time ago horse teams were…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--A tender has been accepted for the temporary restoration of Victoria Bridge, connecting North and South Brisbane, half of which was destroyed in the…
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There was a large gathering of sporting folk at the Lillie Bridge Grounds on Saturday evening to witness the sport previded for the occasion. The weather was fine, and the tracks in good order. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods. Restoration of Victoria Bridge. BRISBANE
The tender of Messrs. Chamberlain and Wyllie has been accepted for the temporary restoration of the Victoria Bridge, half of which was destroyed by the recent flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Camden Tramline
Owing to the heavy rainfall last night part of the Camden tramline in the vicinity of the bridge over the Nepean River has got out of order, and consequently there has been a block in the traffic…
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CROOKWELL, Monday.—A largely-attended public meeting was held here on Saturday night to take steps to urge on the Government the advisableness of permitting the Goulburn to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Goulburn to Crookwell Railway. (From Our Correspondent.) Crookwell
A very large and influential meeting was held here this evening to advocate the construction of the railway from Goulburn to Crookwell by private enterprise. Many land owners on the proposed route…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →" Spendthrift New South Wales." the Criticism in London. Mr. Wilson's Strictures. Reply of the Agent-General. Our State Lands--Allenated and Unalienated--The Public Debt Railway Construction
To the WESTMINSTER GAZETTE of February 23, Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, contributes the following article in reply to that of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working the Railways a Better Nett Return
The whole of the figures of railway revenue and expenditure for the past quarter are not yet compiled, but it is anticipated that they will show, as compared with the…
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The information received by the Minister for Works, with regard to the progress of the North Shore Railway Extension, leads him to confidently believe that the…
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CROOKWELL, Saturday.--An influential meeting was held here this evening to advocate the construction of the railway from Goulburn to Crookwell by private…
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There was a large gathering of sporting folk at the Lillie Bridge grounds last evening to witness the racing. The results are appended:— TOM THUMB HANDICAP of 10 sovs. (12 hands), 3 furlongs…
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Yesterday's tram traffic showed a great falling-off in the returns as compared with Easter Monday of 1892, but probably the rain which fell in the early part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railways. an Unremunerative Line Closed
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Outer Circle Suburban Railway Line was closed to-day. It cost £300,000. The annual loss has been at the rate of £24,000…
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We are informed that the heavy rain of Sunday night, which continued up to 9 a.m. yesterday, somewhat spoiled the traffic on the trams. There was no traffic for the ordinary trams up to midday, and even…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Traffic
The unsettled state of the weather yesterday militated against any heavy traffic on the railways The amusement-seeking portion of the public was simply afraid to travel any distance. It had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. the Railway Returns
It is believed that the railways will show a better net return for the last quarter as compared with the similar quarter of last year. The figures will shortly be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Act and Depression. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir, -- I have been expecting to see some patriotic member of Parliament protesting against the action of the Minister for Works in carrying on the Bondi tram extension by…
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