Naval Defence. Interview with Admiral Bridge Recent Important Events. Effectiveness of Britain's Wan Fleets --Land Defences
The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 2
An interview with Admiral Bridge aboard H.M.S. Orlando, Norfolk Bay, was obtained by the ARGUS correspondent in Tasmania. Admiral Bridge was connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fatal Tram Accident. Inquest on Mrs. Shearston. Evidence of the Team Officials
Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 5
The City Coroner conducted an inquest at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday concerning the death of Elizabeth Shearston, who was fatally injured by falling from a cable tram in New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Troubles. the Recent Dismissals
Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 5
With reference to the recent dismissal of train guards for alleged breaches of departmental orders in respect to tearing up tickets collected as fares, it is understood that the men have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) the Berrigan Railway. Disappointment at Its Delay. Berrigan
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 6
The delay in accepting tenders for the Berrigan railway and commencing operations is causing some disappointment among the farmers between here and the Murray. These farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Proposed New Tramline. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 5
A letter has been forwarded to the Brisbane Municipal Council by Messrs. Unmack and Fox, solicitors, on behalf of a company of Brisbane gentlemen, asking for the preliminary approval of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on the Railway
The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 5
At Lloyd s Hotel (late The Croydon) an inquest will be held at 2 o'clock on the body of a man named John Drake, 60 years of ago, who was killed on the railway line,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Railway Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 6
BATHURST, Monday. --Guard Ainsworth, who vas injured by tho railway accident on Friday, died yesterday in the hospital. After his admission to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fatal Tram Accident
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 6
An inquest was held by tho city coroner yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital concerning tho death of Mrs. Elizabeth Sheraton, who died at that Institution on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A suostantial improement took place in the railway revenue last week; the receipts totalled £55,264, against £46,986 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Military Corps
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A largely attended meeting of railway employees was held to-night, to discuss tho project of forming a volunteer defence corps. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Railways
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 5
Travellers on the suburban line yesterday had anything hut a pleasant time of it. The flaming westerly wind that was blowing filled the carriages with an intense…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How the Railway Employees Were Affected
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1896 · page 7
Considering the great heat, and the exposure to it which so many of the railway servants had nece[?] to undergo, it is surprising to find that very little interruption was caused to the ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ocean-street Cable Tramway. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1896 · page 6
Sir,--In your issue of Friday just appeared a paragraph speaking in praise of the present system of cash fares on this tramway. I am a constant traveller on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident on the North Shore Railway Line
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1896 · page 5
John Dhake, CO. was killed on Monday evening on tho North Shore railway lino at the crossing about a quarter of a mllo beyond SL Leonards station. As tho train leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Tramway
Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 6
Mr. Dugald Thomson, M.L.A. for Warringah, has received tie following letter from the Public Works Department: "With reference to the extension of the electric tramway from the Military-road to Mosman's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Institute Entertainment
Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 6
At the Railway Institute last evening two dramatic pieces, "Ruth's Romance" and "For the Honor of the House," were produced with much success. The following ladies and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stage, Song and Show. Entertainment at the Railway Institute
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 3
At the Railway Institute last night two dramatic pieces were performed, the first being "Ruth's Romance," by Mr. F. W. Broughton, and the second, "For…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Conductors. The Recent Dismissals. The Men's Appeals
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5
The appeals of the eight tram conductors who wore recently dismissed the service for a breach of the regulations were taken into consideration by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Berrigan-jerilderie Railway
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 6
The company, which has not yet signed the necessary document for the transfer of land required for the Jerilderie-Berrigan railway, is delaying the starting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Military Corps
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 6
The railway men in Victoria arb establishing a volunteer railway corps, and such a corps should be useful for transport and defence purposes. The Railway…
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