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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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At a meeting of the executive to-day the new Railway Commissioners, Mr Sider, chairman, and Messrs. Woodroffe and Lockhead were formally appointed to succeed Messrs Fruncis, Kibble, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In replying to a deputation from the Rockhampton Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the Premier said he could make no promise with regard to railways, but he hoped that by the 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to the heavy rainfall in the northern parts of the district, and a considerable rise in the Hunter, Williams and Paterson rivers, arrangements were made last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ONCE more an attack has been made in the Assembly upon the management of the railways, and the only practical result' is a resolution that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another all-night sitting of the Assembly ended this morning at 7 o'clock. The railway estimates were under consideration. As is usual the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Kelly asked the Minister for Works in the Assembly yesterday a question with reference to the inconvenience which the relaying of the tramline in George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAWSON, Wednesday.--Rain has been falling incessantly since Monday, nearly 8in. being recorded up to this morning. The roads have been much, cut up, the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →REPAIRING WORK PROCEEDING. Newcastle, Wednesday.--The weather in this district' cleared during last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday, 6.30 p.m.--Very heavy rain continued to fall till 2 o'clock this morning. It came down in sheets, flooding all the streets. The river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--Rain fell in torrents without intermission last night and up to 10 this morning. All the low-lying localities were inundated, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy easterly gale spent itself yesterday afternoon. It was blowing its strongest near midnight on Tuesday, when the velocity attained was 30 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Regarding the agitation that is going on for the removal of the toll bars on the Randwick-road, the Minster for Works has forwarded the following minute to the Randwick council: I am…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Water Police Court yesterday morning William Morrison, alias Charles Delaney, alias Hook Delaney, was charged with having no lawful visible means of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held last night in the School of Arts, Mr. James M'Iatyre, J.P., in the chair. It was proposed by Dr. Finlay J.P., seconded by the Rev. G. F. Rushforth, and carried, that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A railway porter named William Butler was killed in a shocking manner yesterday at Petersham Railway Station. He was employed at the station, and had been in the service for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S. M., the remaining charges against Charles Montgomery and Thomas Williams, in connection with the Bridge-street affray, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday the humidity of the atmosphere made the heat very oppressive in Sydney, and there were signs that the rain had not quite cleared away. News from the flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A peculiar case came to light in the Divorce Court, before Judge Windeyer, yesterday. It was case in which Elizabeth Mary Ellis Prayed for divorce from her husband, William Ellis,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A young man named Henry Poole was fined 10s at the Paddington Police Court this morning for having refused to pay the extra 1d on the new section of the Woollahra tram line. running between the terminus and Queen-street with only one or two passengers. The 'buses, on the other hand, are crowded. It may safely be said that since the fares have been increased the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, March 8.— Sir Thomas M'IIwrath states that the prospects of building landgrant railways in Queensland are favorable…
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