Railway Matters
It has been decided by the Railway Commissioners to run a mixed train from Mittagong to Goulburn on Friday nights to connect with the down express train at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
4,086 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 205
Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Thursday. (Before his Honor Acting Judge ROGERS and a jury.) Railway Robberies
Alexander M'Lelland, who had pleaded guilty on the previous day to having stolen a quantity of spirits and provisions, the property of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, was sentenced…
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The Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Eddy, states that the railway receipts have lately been fairly satisfactory. During the past fortnight there has been an…
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The following handicaps have been declared for the races to be run this opening:- PEDESTRAIN HANDICAP, 100 yards.—L. Marsh,1½: R. D. Layton, 3[?]; D. Braithwaite, 2¾; W. Pearson, 2¾; W…
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A PASSENGER train on the Rock Island Railway was stopped by three men near Terrell, Indian Territory. Two of them climbed on the engine and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident on Pyrmont Bridge
Archie Anderson, a resident of 19 Harris-street, Pyrmone, was crossing the bridge last night just as it was closing, when he somehow got his leg jambed, and sustained…
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LONDON, February 15.-Lord Rosebery in the House of Lords to-night said that the British Government will construct a railway to Uganda when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Woollahra Tram
Owing to the unremunerative nature of the Queen-street tram since the opening of the Ocean-street cable tramway, the Railway Commissioners have decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Thefts. the Boy Tobacco Vendors
Herbert Edward Simpson, 17, John Howson, 12, and Henry Rosenberg, three lads, were charged on remand at the Central Police Court to-day with stealing two…
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Lord Rosebery has announced, in the House of Lords that the British Government will construct a railway to Uganda when the moment is opportune…
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The Railway Standing Committee to-day took further evidence respecting narrow-gauge railways. Particulars were received concerning narrow-gauge railways in Germany, Wales, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Mysterious Affair. An Australian Killed on the Railway. London, Feb. 11
Edward John Ellis, a retrenched Australian Civil servant, was found in a dying condition on the South-Eastern Railway line, near the Spa-road, on…
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The Railway Commissioners have made arrangements with the authorities of Victoria for the conveyance of passengers to Melbourne to see the fifth test cricket match, which is to commence on…
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The Railway Commissioners have determined to withdraw the tram service on that section of the line between Queen-street Junction and the Woollahra terminus. This…
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A deputation of residents of Hunter’s Hill, Ryde, and surrounding districts, waited on the Minister for Public Works on the 7th inst. They represented that the tramway that was to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable Messages. Murder or Accident? a Railway Mystery. Supposed Sydney Man's Death
LONDON, February 11.—An inquest was held to-day before the coroner for the South-eastern district upon the body of Edward John Ellis, a…
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So named from the Crossing over the old Tank StreamâThe Souroes of this StreamâHabitat of Wild DuckâThe Canvas House of the First GovernorâSydney's…
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There can be little doubt that the article in oar last issue respecting the railway construction branch of the. Works. Department hit the mark as…
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WHEN Cabinet Ministers travel abroad, They gammon they do it alone for the common weal; At which tarrydiddle we hurtle a bomb, an'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways and the Phenomenon
UNDER the marvellous management of the phenomenal 4000-pounder EDDY, it was announced last week that there was such a block of agricultural produce at…
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