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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Where, twisted round the barren oak, The summer vine in beauty clung, And summer winds the stillness broke, The crystal icicle is hung…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The authorities have been busily engaged investigating the statements made by Miss May Pateman, who, as reported Thursday was found unconscious on the floor of a first class…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →With reference to the proposal to retrench the railway estimates, the Railway Commissioners have sent a communication to the Treasurer embodying their views on the matter. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AN inquest was held at Goulburn on Monday on the bodies of Michael Barry and David Douglas M'Gill, who were killed on the railway shortly before 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A PAINFUL sensation was caused on Sunday in Wagga Wagga by the tragic death of Mr. Harry Berkeley Fitzhardings, the well-known solicitor. No one witness the accident, and it is surmised…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →THE Minister for Public Instruction has this week made an estimate of further retrenchment in his department. As compared with the estimates of expenditure for 1892, those submitted for 1893…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Midland Railway Company of Western Australia is delaying its acceptance of the terms offered by the Perth Ministry…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A few days ago the Premier received a letter from Mr. George Darbyshire, formerly in the Railway Department, offering on behalf of a syndicate to construct a line of railway into the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—"Viator Melburicnsis" writes to "warn drivers and others that in England and other places the shoes of horses have been known to get caught in the 'gripper' groove, and that the horny…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday, January 6, the solitudes of tho Cascade Mountains of Washington were the scenes of a historic event--the driving of the last spike on the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With reference to the proposal of the deputation which waited upon him on Thursday relative to the extension of the Ocean-street tramway from King-street to Day-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--Being one of the many who would suffer if the proposal contained in your sub-leader of to-day was carried--the proposal to reduce the sums allotted to the various…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A young lady named May Pateman had an extraordinary and unpleasant experience on the train from Granville to Liverpool, on Wednesday night. She had been to a social…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway returns for the past eleven months of the financial year show a large increase. The revenue has increased £76,000 as compared with the corresponding period of last…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A fearful accident, resulting in the death of Mr. Harry Buckley Fitzhardinge, a well-known Wagga Wagga solicitor, took place at that town last Saturday night. The accident was not seen by…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A GOOD deal of regret was manifested in the town and district, when it became known on Monday that Mr. David McGill, for years a resident of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lillie Bridge £25 Pedestrian Handicap and Jumping Contest were concluded on Saturday. In the Pedestrian Handicap the winners of the second round were—A. E. Macfarlane, G. Porter, M…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—The reply of Sir George Dibbs to the deputation introdeced by Mr. M'Gowen, M.L.A., on behalf of the engine driver, is a capital example of the logical fallacy of begging the question, or asserting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The railway earnings for the past quarter show a decrease as compared with last year of about £32,000. Part of this decrease is due to the interruption of traffic on the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The opening of the North Shore Railway was the subject of a question asked by Mr. Cullen in the Legislative Assembly the other night. The Ministor for Works, in reply to Mr…
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