Railway Arrangements
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 9
Those preferring a couple of days in the country to the manifold attractions of the metropolis will find the desired facilities afforded by the cheap excursion trains leaving Sydney to-day at 1.50 p.m. for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Field of Mars Tramway. a Private Companies Offer
The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 6
The Minister for Works has received a proposal from a private company for the construction of a tramline from Woolwich ro the Field of Mars Common. The proposal is that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Opening of the Railway to Coolgardie. COOLGARDIE, March 26
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 727
The festivities in connection with the opening of the railway passed oil without a hitch. On Monday morning a special train arrived with the vice-regal party and the Ministry, together…
Continued on Trove, page 727 →Railway from Narrabri to Walgett. PILLIGA
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 730
A meeting was held here last night for the purpose of co-operating with other towns is their request for the extension of the railway from Narrabri to Walgett. Mr. R. Holcombe was voted to the chair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 730 →The Motor Cycle
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 710
Quite a commotion was created in Sydney the other afternoon by the spectacle of a motor cycle urging its career along Pitt and George streets. The motor cycle in question is really a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 710 →Public Opinion. the Proposed Tramway. to the Editor
The Australian Star · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 3
Sir, -- Now that the proposal for the laying of a line of tramway from Circular Quay to the railway station, via George-street, with a further extension along…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Easter Railway Arrangements
The Australian Star · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 2
Ample facilities for reaching the country in time to enjoy Easter Sunday and Monday away from the metropolis will be afforded by the cheap excursion trains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Upper Nile Expedition. Telegraph Wires Cut. the Railway Extension Works
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--The telegraph wires between Korosko and the Murad Wells have been cut by the dervishes. Rapid progress is being made with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Excursions
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 April 1896 · page 4
Particulars in reference to railway excurssions for the holidays are advertised in this issue. Tickets, at cheap rates, are available for all parts of the colony, and also for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramps and Camps. Australian Gipsy Life. Professional Pauperism. and Peripatetic Loafers
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 April 1896 · page 4
ARISING partially, but not altogether, out of the spread of the unemployed difficulty, an evil has been latterly increasing which has already attained considerable dimensions, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Political Programme. Light Railways, Irrigation, and Anti. Gambling
Truth · Sunday 5 April 1896 · page 5
THE Parliament of New South Wales will meet an May 12 for the transaction of public business, and the Cabinet is holding lengthy sittings preparing measures for submission to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railways
Truth · Sunday 5 April 1896 · page 3
SIR,—As the Railway Commissioners have agreen with the Government that about half a million of money is to be expended on tramways, it is about time the public, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday Train and Tram Traffic
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 4
Both the train and tram service were extensively patronised on Friday and Saturday. Trains running to the Mountains and other resorts were crowded on each day,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 5
SPRINGWOOD, Saturday.--The engine of the first division of the tourist train from Sydney broke down here this morning owing to the breaking of a valve. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Point Piper-road, Woollahra Congregational
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 6
The choir of the Point Piper-road, Woollahra. Congregational Church, yesterday, in addition to the Easter hymns, rendered the anthems. "Christ is risen" and "Lift up your…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →St. Nicolas', Coogee. St. George's, Glenmore-road
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 6
Four services were held yesterday at St. Nicolas's, Coogee, the vicar, the Rev. Joseph Campbell, M.A., officiating. At 8 a.m. there was first celebration of Holy Communion, and Four services were held at St. George's (C.E.), Glenmore-road, Paddington, yesterday, in celebration of the day. The first service commenced in the morning at 8 o'clock, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waverley Tram Accident. Death of Hegarty
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 6
Andrew Arthur Hegarty, clerk employed at the Labor Bureau, who when alighting from a tram at Waverley on Thursday evening slipped on a stone and fell heavily, and who on the following day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Traffic
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 4
The officials at the Redfern Railway Station were kept busy from an early hour this morning. Holiday-makers in large numbers arrived at the Railway Station from all parts of the compass,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Traffic
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 4
In consequence of the fine weather to-day there is little doubt that the revenue which will be derived from the tramways will compare favor- j abiy with that of this holiday in previous years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Easter Railway Arrangements. To the Editor of the "Evening News."
Evening News · Monday 6 April 1896 · page 7
Sir,—Under the above heading I should like to draw the attention of the Railway Commissioners to the fact that the last train. to Moss Yale on Easter Saturday leaves Sydney at 6.10 p.m.,…
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