Hornsby-Galston Road. the Opening Festivities
Saturday last was a gala day at Galston, the well-known prolific fruit-growing centre, situated about six miles from Hornsby, the occasion being the opening…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
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Railway Disaster. Wreck of a Pilgrim Train. Fifty Persons Killed. Thirty Others Seriously Injured. London, March 1
Telegrams from Mexico give particulars of a terrible railway disaster which has occurred in that country. A passenger train crowded with…
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Mr. J. H. Young, the Minister for Works, and a small party, left Red fern by the 9 o'clock train on Saturday morning, for the purpose of opening the new road that has…
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One of the best orange and lemon growing districts in the colony is that in the vicinity of Galston, and the area put under crop is yearly increasing. Hitherto the orchardists of the district have been handicapped…
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WAGGA, March 2.—Mr. William Band, J.P., held an inquest in the Wagga Courthouse to-day touching the death of the fettler Joseph Ferrario, which occurred on…
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A fearfu 1 railway disaster is reported from Mexico. A train, crowded with pilgrims proceeding to Lemamalia, was derailed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Manifested to Darling Harbour By Authority of Railway Department. Mar 2nd Bank of N.S.W.
27—MB in diamond Emu Pi[?]ins 8—WW/[?] Bathurst Winchcombe, Carson & Co. 14—RW Narrabri…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fracas in a Tram. Sensation in Newcastle. Disgraceful Proceedings. Melee Between a Free Laborer and Unionists. Newcastle
One of those disgraceful scenes which have occurred almost every Saturday night in the last tram to Wallsend and Plastsburg culminated in a fracas on Saturday night…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Railway freights for live stock will be reduced by 10 per cent, from to-morrow. The Railway Commissioners have had a return prepared…
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WAGGA, Sunday.--A magisterial inquiry was held on Saturday, touching the death of Joseph Ferrario, aged 56. the fettler who was killed on the railway line near Bomen…
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There was a good attendance at Lillie Bridge last evening to witness the March pony meeting of 50 sovs., when ths first heat of the first division and the first four heats of the second division were run…
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TOCUMWALL, Monday.--It has been decided to celebrate the opening of the new iron bridge across the Murray by a banquet, to which the members for the districts on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mexican Railway Disaster. One Hundred and Thirty Bodies Recovered. Terrible Mutilation. the Driver of the Train Intoxicated
LONDON, Monday.--Further particulars have been received of the disaster in Mexico to the train of pilgrims, near Encinillas…
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The Railway Commissioners have settled the claims of several injured survivors and the relatives of those who were killed in the railway accident which…
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LONDON, March 4.—The Hobart Electric Tramway Company, Limited, proposes to issue mortgage debentures to the extent of £5000…
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LONDON, March 4.—A dastardly outrage is reported from India. A miscreant displaced one of the rails on the railway, near Jubbulpore,…
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LONDON, March 4.—Further particulars have been received of the disaster in Mexico to the train of pilgrims, near Emimatta (?)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Railway Earnings. Melbourne
The railway earnings for the week ended 28th February amounted to £60,382, as compared with £61,139 for the corresponding week of last year. The aggregate earnings to date from the 1st…
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The Hobart Electric Tramway Company, Limited, proposes to issue mortgage debentures to the extent of £5000…
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