Victoria. the Railways
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The railway receipts last week totalled £47,249, showing a falling off of £2619 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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Twelve Months' Bridge Work
During 1895 the Minister for Works let contracts for building 165 bridges, costing £95,050. If the structures were placed in line they would extend two miles and a…
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On January 2 new tram time-tables came into operation on the Waverley line, and while the effect has been satisfactory to the public it has increased the tramway receipts. Amended…
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On the 2nd January new tram time-tables came into operation on thoeWaverley line, and while the effect has been satisfactory to the public it has increased the tramway receipts. Amended services…
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On January 2 now tram time-tables came into operation on the Waverley line, and while the effect has been satisfactory to the public it has increased the tramway…
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SOUTHERN CROSS, Wednesday.--The Central crushing realised 115oz. 1dwt. 6gr. of gold from 345 tons of stone. The contractors are pushing on with the…
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The Railway Commissioners have extended the concession of cheap fares for hot districts to Orange. In future the southern train which runs through Liverpool about…
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A deputation representing Glen Innes and Inverell waited on Mr. Young while he was in the north, and strongly urged that the proposed railway to Inverell should start…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--George Newbury was to-day charged at the police court by the Railway Commissioners with selling a portion of a return railway ticket…
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LONDON, Tuesday Night.-- The German Government have reiterated their demand to Venezuela for the payment of the railway guarantee due on…
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BROKEN HILL, Friday.—The child Nicholas Warren, aged 5 years, who was ran over by the Tarrawingee Flux train on Wednesday evening and had its right leg cut off above the knee, died…
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BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Last night a child named Nicholas Warren, aged five, was run over by the Tarrawingee Flux train, at a street crossing. The child…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. On the Suburban Line. A Goods Train Separates. Four Trucks Derailed -- The. Mishap Occurred Near Burwood
A mishap, which was fortunately not attended with very serious results, occurred on the suburban line shortly after 6 o'clock this morning. It appeared that a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Mishap. Line Blocked at Croydon. the Delay Trifling
A slight mishap occurred on the suburban line, near Croydon Station, at about 6 o'clock this morning. It appears that a goods train was proceeding to its destination when a coupling became…
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Mr. O. Lloyd was in town yesterday, en route for Sydney. Though he only made a flying survey, he is satisfied that considerable improvement will be effected by the proposed Glen Innes-Grafton…
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The Camperdown Council received a letter on Tuesday from Alderman W. A. Hutchinson, Mayor of the Glebe, stating that the Minister for Works had agreed to wood-block…
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A man named Wm. Sadlier, 23 years of age, residing at No. 283 Sussex-street, was in the act of leaving a tram on the "wrong" side at the Newtown Bridge last night, when a tram…
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To-day the much-looked-forward-to revision of the tramway timetables came into force, and upon at midday it was found that the re-arrangement was in every way a pronounced…
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IN various ways during the past few weeks public attention has been forcibly drawn to…
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