The Proposed Electric Tramway
Mr. T. Raw, engineer In the Government Architect's Office, was under further examination yesterday by the Public Works Committee in reference to the scheme…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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The City Tramway System
The discussion which took place at the City Council meeting on the subject of the construction of an electric tramway in George-street had an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Point Piper-road Congregational Church
A social to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. J. Fordyce, M.A., in connection with the Point Piper-road Congregationnl Church, Woollahra, was held last night in the schoolroom…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Country News. [By Telegraph.] [From Our Correspondents.) the Deniliquin Bridge. Deniliquin
The new Deniliquin bridge is nearly completed by the contractors, Messrs. Davis and Flight. Yesterday Mr. Darley, the Engineer-in-Chief, and Mr. De Burgh, from the Works Department, Sydney,…
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 3 →Metropolitan District Court. Thursday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Backhouse.) Loftus V. Sydney Tramway and Ommibus Company
Mr. Mofiitt (of Messrs. M'Donnel and Mo[?]tt) appeared for the defendant company, and moved for a new trial. The action, which was tried on the 14th instant, was one in which the plaintiff sued to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British Pacific Railway
A meeting called by the electors of South Victoria district was held on the 26th March in the Cedar Hill Schoolhouse. The Hon. D. M. Eberts, H. D. Helmcken, and others addressed the meeting, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Canadian Railway Scheme Stopped
The House of Commons at Ottawa, on 14th March, by 55 votes to 54, threw out the bill enabling the Chignec to Maine Railway Company to issue further bonds and extending the time for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Railway Accident. Bathurst
A serious accident happened at the railway works yesterday morning whereby a man named John Ashworth, a cleaner, was severely scalded. Ashworth was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Proposed Electric Tram. Public Works Committee Inquiry
The Public Works Committee met again yesterday to further consider the proposal to construct an electric tramway along George and Harris streets…
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BATHURST, Thursday.--Two accidents occurred at the railway workshops to-day. John Ashworth, a first-class fireman, was washing out the boiler of a Baldwin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Burglary at a Railway Station
WINDSOR, Thursday.--An attempt was made to effect an entrance to the Windsor railway station on Tuesday night. One window was broken, but the attempt to enter the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Shore Bridge and Tramway
Mr. E. M. Clark, M.L.A., writes to say that he intends introducing into Parliament and supporting the bill to confer on Mr. Kenwood, C.E., authority to erect the long-looked-for bridge between Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Over Parramatta River
The Major of Rydalmere had a private interview with the Mayor of Auburn this week at Auburn re the proposed operation of the two municipalities in movement to obtain a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hornsby function Overhead Bridge. Rosidents Cender the Proposed Sites
A WELL attended meeting of the residents of Horneby Junction was held at the Sc[?] of Arts on Monday night, for the pur[?] of discussing the sites proposed by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland. —"From[?]bridge—Kiltearn." London, Paris, and Melbourne. Cassell and Company, Limited, 1896
The great publishing firm of Cassell and Company have rendered so many signal services in recent years to the spread of popular literature and information, that even to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Penrith Municipal Council. Rise in Electric Light. Railway Commissioners Must Pay More. Reduction in Working Expenses. "Retrenchment" Suggested
The regular meeting of the Penrith Municipal Council was held on Monday evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor (Ald W. C. Fulton) Ald. Stewart, Reid,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Commissioners on Tour
BINGARA, Friday.—Messrs. Oliver and Fehon, Railway Commissioners, and Mr. Harper, goods traffic superintendent, reached here this afternoon from inverell, in search of information in reference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rosehill Railway
It is stated that Mr. Simpson has been released from all further business responsibilities in connection with the construction of the Rosehill-Dural line; and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident Near Napier. AUCKLAND, April 15
A railway accident occurred near Napier to-day. An excursion train ran into a bullock, the engine being derailed and turned right over. Several empty trucks were reduced to splinters…
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