A Railway Employees' Hospital Fund
BATHCRST, Monday.--On Saturday evening a meeting of railway employes was held to consider the advisability of establishing a railway employes hospital fund on a similar…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
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Landslips on the Railway
BULLI, Monday.--Steady rain has fallen yesterday and to-day without intermission, and to-night there is no sign of clearing. More landslips have taken place on the…
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There are to be no reductions in tram fares. That was the burden of the Railway Commissioners' reply to three separate deputations from suburban municipalities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Among the Ponies. the Weekly Meetings. Racing at Canterbury and Kensington. Lillie Bridge Cup—General Notes. Selections for Moorefield and Kenslnaton
To-day followers of pony-racing will not be entertained with the usual Wednesday meeting, the fixture having been put off until Friday next on account of the rain. Then…
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The tender of Messrs. Robert Shand and Company, of Queensland Chambers, has been accepted for the construction of the first section of the Rosehill, Pennant Hills, and Dural Hallway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Tuesday, March 18. Legislative Assembly. Private Business. Field of Mars Tramway. a Fisheries' Commissioner. Working of Collieries
The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. M'QUADE'S ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Mr. FARNELL, the M'Quade's Estate Bill was read a third time passed, and…
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Mr. Houghton, M.L.A.., has received a communication, from the Secretary for Railways with reference to the inconvenience occasioned by the relaying operations in George-street and the…
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LONDON, March 13.—It is reported that the Belgian Government is buying up the frontier railways with the view to a rapid mobilisation of troops in the event of war…
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A deputation from the Woollahra Municipal Council waited on the Railway Commissioners and asked that the commissioners would reconsider their recent action in increasing…
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Questions anent the passenger accommodation on the railway between Orange, Melong, Parkes and Forbes were asked yesterday in the Assembly by Mr. Melville…
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At the present time the offices of the Railway Commissioners are daily haunted by suburban aldermen and parliamentary representatives seeking reduced fares, or what is…
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The Railway Commissioners shook their heads yesterday at three deputations which waited upon them with requests for reduced tram fares. The first came from…
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"The only way in which we could do it would be to cut down the pay of our own men very considerably," said Mr. Eddy yesterday in reply to a deputation which was…
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LONDON, Monday Night. -- The directors of the Midland Railway Company of West Australia are considering a scheme for colonising the lands along their lines. The…
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LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m. -- It is reported that the Government of Belgium are buying up frontier railways, with the view to a rapid mobilisation of troops in…
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Sir, -- In your article of Monday last you inserted a verbatim statement of a communication made by me in response to your request that I would give you some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wyalong Goldfield. Numbers Arriving Daily Roads in Good Order. New Discoveries--Prospects of the Field--The Shortest Route
A correspondent wiring from Temora says:--" People are arriving at Wyalong in large numbers daily. The roads are in good condition, and the field is looking better…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners and the Works Committee. a Conflict of Authority. Mr. Eddy's Views on the Subject
A good deal of friction appears to have occurred recently between the Railway Commissioners the Public Works Department, and the Public Works Committee with reference to the proposal to do away…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Railway Returns. Launceston
The railway earnings last year amounted to £152,000, and for the previous year £177,000. The expenditure last year was £136,000, and the previous year £161,000. The reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) the Lismore Railway. Lismore
A public meeting (the Mayor presiding) was held last night to consider the subject of a public demonstration at the opening of the railway. It was decided that there shall be a public demonstration…
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