The Tramp and the Millionaire
THE following is stolen from the newly made baronet, Newnes, M.P.'s Titbits. We don't know where Titbits stole it from :…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
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Railway Commissioners
A DUTY involving very grave issues will shortly face the Government. They have failed, as it appears, to induce Mr. EDDY to continue in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Special Cables Mr. Eddy. the South-eastern Railway Chairmanship. Some Excited Statements. Vote of Confidence in the Directors. Shareholders Dissatisfied
LONDON, Thursday, 3 p.m.--A meeting of shareholders in the South-Eastern Railway Company was held to-day. It had been convened by the directors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Eddy's Retirement. an Address at Mount Victoria. the Railway Policy and Its Development
MOUNT VICTORIA. Friday.--The Railway Commissioners, who are about to pay an official visit to Bourke, and to Inspect the route of the proposed the to Barringun, on…
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Messrs. Buillvant and Co., of London, have just landed ex R.M.S. Bailaarat a steel wire cable for the Ocean-street line. Delivery has been effected in four months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Free Passes for Women. Members' Wives From Other Colonies
(From the Melbourne "Age," January 9.) Under the heading "Their Sisters and Their Cousins and Their Aunts," the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" publishes a list of…
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MELBOURNE. Friday.--The Railway Department recently advertised for tenders for the manufacture and supply of spiral springs and crank axles with the object, of…
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John Hurley maintains that a groat injustice is being inflicted upon the tram guards under the new system by which they are required, in addition to their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Rosehill-Pennant Hills Railway Steady Work Going on
FIFTY men are now employed on the Carlingford extension of the Rosehill railway, working away quietly ponding the arrival of the river bridge from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Gas As a Motor for Steamboats
M. Capelle, of Havre, has introduced an iron steamer for river navigation which is driven by coal gas. The gas motor directly works the screw, and the gas is contained in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Among the Ponies. a Good Week. Canterbury. Kensington. Wilga's Grand Performance. Shotover Once More. Lillie Bridge
WHETHER it was the result of the holiday which the Associated Clubs have had lately, or the free-for-all policy adopted by them in admitting Kensington ponies, or the weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Collision, With Great Loss of Life. LONDON, January 11
An official enquiry was held to-day into the railway collison which took place last month at Chelsford, on the London and North-Western line, when thirteen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram, Boat, and 'Bus. (To the Editor of the "Sunday Times.")
"M." WRITES:—"Thank yon for your suggestion as to tram tickets being interchangeable for payment of fares by other conveyances. I have often felt inclined to…
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A meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday, Correspondence: From the Treasury, stating that the sum of £15 had been paid into the bank. The council-clerk of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lillie Bridge Races
A programme of foot and pony racing was played out at Lillie Bridge on Saturday evening in the presence of an average attendance, and with the following results:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Highwaymen Smithfield Road Again. A Young Man Stuck Up
The fourth case of assault and robbery that has occurred in the same vicinity during the last five weeks took place on Saturday night, on the Smithfield and…
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BARRINGUM, January 14.-Messrs. Eddy, Oliver, and Fehon, the Railway Commissioners, accompanied by Messrs. Deano and Harper, arrived here this morning for…
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The receipts of the Ocean-street cable tram remain very satisfactory, and the daily takings average £90 to £100. Yesterday the receipts were will up to the…
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Messrs. Nuttall, Allerdice, and Young, representatives of the men employed at the Eveleigh workshops, were informed by the Railway Commissioners on…
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LONDON, January 11.-The inquest on the fatal railway collision at Chelford, on the London and North-Western Railway, between an express…
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