Extensive Railway Expenditure in Melbourne. Work for the Unemployed. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 5
The Government proposes to spend about £400,000 in improving the Flinders-street. Railway Station to accommodate all suburban traffic. Regarding additional main lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. a Tender Derailed. SPRINGWOOD
The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 6
The tender of the first division or the passenger train to Sydney this morning left the rails a couple of miles west of Linden. A breakdown train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gales in Queensland. Restoring Railway Communication. a Relief Fund Started
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 5
ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--The river here is still rising, and from the volume of water now coming down there is every prospect of its being as high, if not higher,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. the Railways
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--There was a heavy falling off last week In the railway traffic, the receipts, compared with the corresponding week of last year, showing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Woman's Leap From a Train
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 5
HOBART, Tuesday.--At the Oatlands Police Court to-day Miss Jane Brown, the young woman who jumped front a train a fortnight ago, withdrew the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Railways. Tenders for Engines, &c
Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
LONDON, February 3.—Sir Malcolm Fraser, the Agent-General for West Australia, is about to call for tenders for the construction of a number of engines and many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coolgardie Railway. What Has Been Done and What It Will Do. Interview with Mr. John Wilkie
Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 3
When that most enterprising of firms—anyhow, so far as contractors are concerned—Messrs. Wilkie Brothers, astonished the West Australian people by tendering for the Coolgardie contract…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Tickets. To the Editor of the " Evening News."
Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
Dear Sir,—Having read the article in the "Evening News" of Saturday last re the transfer of railway and ship tickets, with your permission I should like to say a few words in explanation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Five Dock Tram Service. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
Sir,—A few weeks ago announcements appeared on the trams that now and improved tram services were to be made to a number of districts, among others Five Dock. Now, except perhaps on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Free Port and the Railway Commissioners. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
Sir,—Taking the returns given of the imports of farm produce into this colony in the commercial columns of the Herald since the 1st of this year from the adjacent colonies and abroad, I think there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway From Manly to Newport. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
Sir,—Many not entirely productive schemes are being carried out by the Government, while similar ones which would pay are ignored altogether. I venture to ask the use of your columns to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways of Western Australia. London, Feb. 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 5
Sir Malcolm Fraser, the Agent-General for Western Australia, is about to call for tenders for the construction of a number of engines and many passenger carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lawson Railway Accident
The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 7
The report of the board of inquiry on the railway accident near Lawson yesterday was forwarded to the Railway Commissioners this afternoon. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Australian Railways. London, February 3
The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
Sir Malcolm Fraser, Agent-General for West Australia, has called tenders for a number of engines and carriages for the West Australian railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Courts. Alleged Assault on a Tram Guard
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 6
Arthur Waterworth (32) was proceeded against yesterday at the Central Court, for an alleged assault upon Thomas Godding, a tram conductor, whilst in the execution of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Stock for West Australia
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Monday Night.--Sir Malcolm Fraser, Agent-General for West Australia, is calling for tenders for the construction of several engines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Railway Commissioner has under consideration the construction of a considerable number of trucks. The sulphide ore traffic on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Centralisation
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A scheme has been completed for centralising the whole of the railway traffic at Flinders-street, absorbing the Princes Bridge terminus work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Accident to the Mountain Train. a Departmental Report
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 6
The Railway Commissioners have received a report from tho departmental officers with respect to the derailment of a locomotive tender near Linden on Monday morning, by which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suicide of a Young Girl. a Jump Prom the Church-street Bridge
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A young woman named Mary Palmer, about 10 years of age, the daughter of a dealer residing at Richmond, committed suicide last…
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