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Railways, roads & transport, 1895

4,086 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 205

Work and Wages. Coal-Mining Disputes. The Unemployed in England. Labor Doing's In Australia--The American Railway Strike

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

Wallsend miners have decided to withdraw from the Miners' Association, Mr. Arthur Griffith, M.L.A., represents the Sydney unionists at the Hobart Eight…

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Municipal Matters. Marrickville. The New Railway

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 8

Marrickville Council met on Monday evening, the Mayor (Alderman Morehouse) presiding. There were also present:--Alderman W. W. Clarke, R. W. W. M'Coy,…

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Municipal Notes. Marrickville Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

Among the correspondence read at last night's meeting of the Marrickvile Council were several letters from the secretary's office. Government railways, hearing on matters…

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Railway Accident in India. a Villainous Deed. Nine Persons Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--A dastardly occurrence is reported from Jubbulpore, India. A miscreant displaced one of the rails on the railway, with the…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

With reference to the compensation paid to sufferers by the railway accident which occurred at Redfern on October 31 last, in which it will be recollected that a number of…

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Our Railways and Mr. Eddy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

Several English and Scotch papers have written in the most laudatory terms about the working of the New South Wales railways as revealed in the last…

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West Australia. the Coolgardie Railway Tenders

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.--Tenders have been called for the Coolgardie railway, and are returnable on June 11…

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The Australian State Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Railway Commissioners have issued a comparative statement of the results of State railways in Australasia for six years, compelled from…

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Jerilderie-Berrigan Railway. Works Committee's Report

Evening News · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 3

The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed Jerilderie-Berrigan Railway was laid upon the table of the House lost night by Mr. Ewing, the…

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Railway Excursions. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 8

Sir,—As I see that a cheap excursion is advertised from Albury, Ju[?]e &c., to Sydney, may I beg to be allowed to call attention through your columns to the extraordinary manuel in which this (Bathurst) and…

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The Jerilde[?]ie-berrigan Railway. Report of the Public Works Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 9

The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed railway from J[?]rild[?] to Berrigan was laid on the table of the Assembly yesterday evening. It states that the committee is of opinion that a…

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The Berrigan Railway. a Pioneer Line, Works Committee Report

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

The committee has resolved that it is expedient that the line should be constructed at a cost not to exceed £2000 per mile, to include goods and grain sheds,…

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Star's Special Cables Railway Accident. Twelve Persons Killed. Many Others Injured. A Dastardly Outrage. London, March 4

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 6

A despatch from India announces a dastardly outrage on the Jubbulpore mail train. One of the rails was displaced, and the whole train was thrown…

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The Jerilderie to Berrigan Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 5

The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed railway from Jerilderie to Berrigan was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr…

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Deputy Commissioner for Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 4

Mr. C. Oliver, one of the Railway Commissioners, has been appointed Deputy Chief Commissioner during the absence of Mr. Eddy Before Mr. Eddy left, a special…

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The Management of Our Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 4

The decision of the Government to place the management of the railways in the hands of a member of the existing Board of Commissioners is…

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Lillie Bridge Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 6

There was a good attendance at Lillie Bridge last evening, when a half-mile bicycle handicap and the two finals of the March pony meeting were r[?]n. The following are the results:—…

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Rear-Admiral Bridge. Banqueted in Auckland

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 4

AUCKLAND, March 7.—Rear-Admiral Bridge and the officers of the squadron were banqueted by the Mayor of Anckland on Wednesday night. His…

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Railway to Greensgunyah

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 5

A deputation introduced by Mr. Lyne, M.P., and consisting of Messrs. Hayes and Gormly, Ms.L.A., and others, representing agricultural interests, waited upon the…

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A Tram Accident

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 3

A man named George' Cartridge, residing at Carroll-street, Enmore, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital last evening suffering from a severe scalp…

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