Railways and Tramways. The Quarterly Report. Decrease of Goods Traffic. Due to the Reid Policy-- Heavy Fall in General Merchandise-- 85,712 Tons Less Grain and Flour-- Receipts and Expenditure
The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 3
The financial returns of the Railway and Tramway Department for the past quarter, ended March 31, have been issued. The railway revenue from goods traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Accident in South Australia. a Train Runs Into a Vehicle. Four Men Killed
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Monday, 2.30 a.m.--A dreadful accident occurred at Dry Creek just before 11 o'clock last night, when a vehicle containing four persons was run into at the…
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Evening News · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 5
At about 9.25 this morning in George-street West the Forest Lodge tram collided with a horse and cart, driven by a man named william Boyce, of Mitchell-road, Alexandria. No serious damage was…
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Evening News · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 6
Representations having been made by the member for the Glebe, Mr. J. A. Hogus, as to the insufficiency of the local tram service, the Tramway Department has of late, been considering how the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dreadful Railway Accident. Four Men Killed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 4
A terrible railway accident occurred on Sunday night about 11 o'clock at the Grand Junction crossing of the main north line and the Dry Creek line. The 10.40 train from Dry Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wollongong Railway Ambulance Corps. Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 5
The annual distribution of certificates and medals in connection with the Wollongong branch of the Railway Ambulance Corps took place in the Town Hall on Saturday. Mr. Parry, outdoor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Matters. Burwood. The Railway Bookstall Company. Rivalry in Newspaper Sales-- Complaint of a Local News Agent-- Selling the "Star" at the Station
The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 3
The usual fortnightly meeting of the the above council was held last night, the Mayor (Alderman. R Shute) presiding. There were also present Aldermen Archer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Tariff. The New Protective Rates. Over 20 Per Cent. Against Importations. Further Reduction From the Country to the Seaboard-- A Stiff Protective Tariff
The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 6
The reduced rates for the railway conveyance from the country of agricultural produce, recently gazetted to come into force on April 18, has been postponed from…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 5
MELBOURNE. Monday.--The revenue from the railways last week totalled £39,983, which shows a reduction of £9880 as compared with the corresponding week of last…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The dead body of a man about 35 years of age was found on the railway line between Warracknaheal and Hopetouu to-day. The body was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TRAMWAYS.--Genera! Remarks
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1896 · page 6
The tramway traffic shows an increase of £1777, and the expenditure a decrease cf £440. The lines and relling-stock have been maintained in good order curing the quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Encounter in a Train. Kats Sentenced to Seven Years
Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 3
BATHURST, Wednesday.—At the Circuit Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Stephen, the German, Albert Kats, was charged with feloniously wounding Patrick Healey, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mile in lmin 25 3-5sec On a Single, U[?]paced, on the Road
Referee · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 6
On Friday Inst (says THE CYCLIST of March 11) Mr. A. C. Nesbitt, captain of the Oxford University B.C., who like many another good man, has been moved by the Simpson times,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Among the Ponies. at the Tarious Tracks. the Kensington Double. Canterbury, Brighton, Rosebery, and Lillie Bridge—General Notes. Anticipations
Referee · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 1
The Warwick Form Club supplies this afternoon's sport, and no doubt there will be a pood attendance when the bell rings for the first race, which starts at 2.15…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Escape of Bogan Billy. The Policeman and His Prisoners. Murderous Assault on a Train. Trial of Albert Katz--Conviction and Sentence. BATHURST
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 3
Albert Katz was charged with having, on November 15 last, at Carcoar, feloniously wounded Patrick Healy with intent to murder. A second count charged him with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Railway Extension. Feeling in the Western Suburbs Proposed Conference
Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 2
Considerable feeling has been aroused in the western suburbs of the city against the proposition for the construction ol an electric tramway along Georga-street. The consensus of opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Alterations. Improved Services
Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 5
A number of important changes in connection with the running of the trams trill come into operation in May. On the Glebe Point line , seventeen extra trips per day will be made, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Council. the George-street Electric Tramway
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 3
A special meeting of the City Council in committee of finance was held at the Town Hall yesterday morning for the purpose of considering the proposed construction of an electric line of tramway along…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 6
The Jiji notes that the Japenese Government has recognised the urgent necessity of constructing railways in Formosa. It has been decided to build a line from Kelung to Anping, about 250 or 260 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Public Works Committee. Proposed Nevertire-warren Railway
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 7
Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.L.A., presided at a meeting of the Public Works Committee yesterday. Mr. H. Deane, engineer-in-chief of the railway construction branch, read a report on the proposed line of railway…
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