Bonuses to Railway Officers
A return to the order of the Legislative Assembly, in compliance with a motion carried by Mr. M'Gowen, was laid on the table of the Assembly last night by Mr. See…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
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Country Roads
The Assembly recently passed a lump sum of money for the construction and maintenance of roads in the country districts. Telegrams have now been forwarded by the Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Unexpended Road Grants
KEMPSEY, Monday.—Of late much dissatisfaction has prevailed in regard to the condition into which the roads and bridges of the district have been allowed to fall, and on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Public Roads at Kempsey. Kempsey
The dissatisfaction which has been growing of late in regard to the condition into which the roads and bridges of the district have been allowed to fall found expression to-night, when a mass open-air…
Continued on Trove, page 358 →Bridge-street Bur-[?]gear?. Tee Injured Constables
Senior-constable M'Court has been connected with the New South Wales police force for 11 or 12 years, and is most favorably krown in the No. 4 Division and at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Police Courts. the Bridge-street Burglary
At the Water Police Court yesterday morning, the two men who were arrested on the 2nd inst. in Phillip-street by a number of the Water Police and No. 4 constables…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Bridge-strteet Burglary. the Injured Constables
CONSTABLE Bowden was the most seriously injured of the five constables who went down under the weight of the iron bars, and his case was at first looked upon as a hopeless one. Care…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →South Australia. Collapse of a Bridge. a Miraculous Escape
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Two men had a miraculous escape near Strathalbyn to-day. When passing over a bridge in a waggon drawn by four horses a portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling and Closing Roads. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I desire to draw public attention to the wholesale alienation, selling, and closing of roads throughout the colony, and especially in the Central division At nearly every sitting of the land courts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Embezzlement Boom. Chisholm Sentenced. Two Years and Six Months. [?] Murray's Strictures. The Prisoner's Statement. The Road to Ruin
SELDOM has there been such excitement seen round the Parramatta Court as there was on Saturday morning last when Henry James Chisholm, who bed pleaded guilty on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Block
The Melbourne express train, due in Sydney to-day at noon, was delayed nearly two hours at Culcairn. It appears that when the express reached Culcairn—which is 325…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Completing St. Patrick's Cathedral. the Railway Men Assisting
ACTIVE and systematized measures are being taken by members of the Melbourne Catholic community to raise funds for the completion of St. Patrick's Cathedral. A general…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Thursday, February 8. North Coast Railway
Mr. Lyne, answering a question, said it had been erroneously stated that the North Coast railway, if completed, would shorten the distance from Sydney to Brisbane by orer 100 miles. The present distance…
Continued on Trove, page 330 →Tram Tickets at Coogee
The post-office authorities have given permission for the sale of tram tickets at the post-office situated at the tram waiting shed, Coogoe. This will be a great convenience…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Simpson's Railway
The Ermington and Rydalmore Council being anxious to know what was to be done with regard to the proposed railway caused a letter to be written to Mr. Simpson asking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rosehill Railway at Last
A VERY large number of our readers will be delighted to hear that something tangible is to be done within a few days in the matter of pushing on the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steel Railway Velocipede. (See illustrations on this page.)
A steel velocipede, shown herewith, is made for speed and convenience in handling under all circumstances, particularly in cases of emergencies. The frame is of spring steel and malleable iron,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Teams v. Trains. the Rival of the Railway. (See illustration on this page.)
That three teams should be able to carry wool from near Parkes to Sydney at the same price as the Railway Department charges, is a startling fact, and this week we give an illustration,…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Rosehill-Dural Railway. The Engineer Goaded into Publicity. Work to be Commenced. A Roundabout Way of Using the Press
At a meeting of the Ermington and Rydalmere Council on Thursday evening, the following important communication was read :— "113 Phillip-street, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway
OUR country friends and those who in Parramatta have worked so energetically to promote the agitation for the construction of a tramline from Parramatta to Castle Hill are…
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