Railway up Mount Snowdon. An Alarming Accident. LONDON, April 7
An alarming accident occurred yesterday at the opening of the line of railway which has been built to the summit of Mount Snowdon, in Carnarvonshire,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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Railway Rates
Ever since the Commissioners took charge of our railways they have endeavoured to reduce, as far as possible, the cost of bringing produce down from the country, and they have preferred to make…
Continued on Trove, page 749 →Accident at Rockdale Railway Station
A serious accident happened at Rockdale early yesterday morning to a boy named Willie West, aged about 11 years, residing with his parents at Herrmann-street Kogarah. The boy was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways to the Mineral Fields
HOBART, Friday.--At a preliminary public meeting held in the Town-hall to-night, the desirableness of placing Mount Lyell, Zeehan and Dundas in direct communication with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Harry Whittal Venn. Late Commissioners of Railways and Director of Public Works in the Forrest Ministry (W.a.). (Photo, by Greenham and Evans.)
Mr. Venn published a minute in the press addressed to the Premier, charging the latter with want of loyalty to him, and endeavoring to show that all the responsibility for the shortness…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Broken Hili and Meninndie. a Request for a Railway
Messrs. Cann and Thomas, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works, and urged that the survey of a line of railway from Broken Hill to Menindie he carried out at once, instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →The North Shore Bridge
The scheme formulated by Mr. William Kenwood, C.E., for a high-level bridge to North Sydney is of a comprehensive character. Commencing at about Argyle-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Railway Commissioner. Brisbane
Mr. Mathieson, the Railway Commissioner, with the consent of the Premier, visited Melbourne last week to consult with the Minister for Rail ways in Victoria in regard to railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Delay of the Western Train. Failure of the Electric Staff Wires. Springwood
The through train from Orange to Sydney, crowded with passengers, was delayed here for two hours this afternoon, owing to the failure of the electric staff wires, which were crossed between here…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fight on the Tuli Road. Ammunition Exhausted. Attempts to Capture the Maxims. Natives Repulsed with Heavy Loss
LONDON, Monday.--The British column, under the command of Mr. Brand, which was cornered on the Tuli-Road by a large force of the rebellious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defrauding the Railways
At the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. Addison, S.M., a young man named Charles Walton was proceeded against by Inspector Davies for having travelled in a railway carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Railway Rates. Complaints of Western Millers
MILLTHORPE, Monday.--The new railway rates, which came into operation today, will cause great dissatisfaction, owing to the injustice the western millers suffer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Commissioner for Railways
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The Cabinet will hold a meeting to-morrow afternoon, when the question of appointing Mr. Mathieson, the general manager of the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increase in the Railway Revenue
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The railway traflic receipts last week totalled £52,518, showing an increase of £2889, as compared with the corresponding week of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railways
"I have it on good authority," writes the Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne "Age," "that negotiations have been opened between the Victorian Government and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Among the Ponies. a Quiet Week. Selections for Canterbury and Kensington. Rosebery, Brighton, and Lillie Bridge Meetings
CANTERBURY PARK this afternoon will give some of the owners an opportunity of making up for lost time, and as the withdrawals from the various events will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railways. the New Commissioner Appointed
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—It was decided at a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday to appoint Mr. Mathieson, of Queensland, as general manager of the Victorian railways, at a salary of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public Works Committee. Proposed George-street Tramway
Mr. T.T.Ewing, M.L.A., presided at a meeting of the Public Works Committee yesterday Further consideration was given to the proposed electric tramway from Circular Quay to the Redfern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railways. the General Manager. Appointment of Mr. Mathieson. Salary £3500. Engaged for Five Years. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Melbourne
At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day it was finally decided to appoint Mr. Mathieson, of Queensland, as general manager of the Victorian railways, at a salary of £3500 per annum…
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