City Railway Commission
The City Railway Commission met today and took further evidence from Captain Jackson, Superintendent of Wharves. A scheme by Mr. Greenwood…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
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The Railways Under Federation. I.
The question whether the railway systems are to remain the property of the various colonies for the provincial purposes of each State, or to be utilised under Federal control for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shall the City Be Lighted with Electricity? What the City Council Has Been Doing. Proposed Amalgamation with the Railway Commissioners. Sir WILLlAM Manning Makes a Statement
From time to time the question of lighting the city with electricity comes up for discussion by the. aldermen of the city. Towards the close of last year, on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Federal Control of Railways. to the Editor
Sir,—Any evidence of the character of railways with which some of our delegates desire to merge the railways of New South Wales should be of general Interest and perhaps of special interest to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Presentation to Mr. John Bridge
Mr. John Bridge, senior member of the firm of Messrs. John Bridge and Co., who is leaving on Saturday for an extended visit to Europe, was this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wanted, a Road. To the Editor of the Nepean Times
Sir,—As a ratepayer of the Castlereagh Municipality, I would ask the above-mentioned Council: When are they going to open and clear tho road to the river?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narraberi-Moree Railway. the Opening Ceremony
The Minister for Works will visit Moree on April 9 for the purpose of opening the new line of railway between that place and Narrabri. On the 12th of the month Mr. Young will be at Wee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway Extension. the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission on the extension of the railway into the city sat again to-day. Mr. H. M'Lachlan, Secretary for Railways, was examined. He said that during last year the passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured by a Tram. a Claim for Compensation
In the Banco Court, before the Chief Justice and a jury, Elizabeth Robinson, a married woman, residing at Forest Lodge, sued the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £1000 compensation for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Redfern Railway Station. the Forage Question
Only eight trucks of forage were under offer at Redfern Railway Station this morning, although it is understood that the Sydney auctioneers have been advised of from 80 to 100 trucks as being on the way…
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The Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission, resumed its inquiry at noon yesterday into the proposed extention ot the railway system of the colony into the city and to the deep waters of…
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A few decades ago when New South Wales was parcelled out into the several colonies, no public men apparently foresaw (or if they did, public opinion was not sufficiently advanced to embrace…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theft From a Tram
A youth named Robert ohaw (15), was charged at the Central Court, yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., with stealing a purse, containing the sum of £1 12s 6d, from the person of Sarah Hannnn, a single woman,…
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Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, who resides near Pyrmont Bridge-road, Forest Lodge, was plaintiff in tho Banco Court yesterday, in an action against the Railway Commissioners, for compensation for injuries received through…
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Mr. W. Thow, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Railway Department, was examined yesterday by the Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission, upon the proposal to extend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in New Zealand. Two Persons Drowned. Damage to Roads and Bridges
CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday.--Further information is now to hand regarding the Hoods in the northern part of the South Island, from which it appears that the damage done is more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured by a Tram. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Verdict for £100
The bearing of the action brought by Elizabeth Robinson, a married woman, residing at Forest Lodge, against the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £1000 compensation for injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wyalong- Hillston Railway
Mr. Carroll, M.L.A., has again brought under the notice of the Minister for Works the advantages to be derived from the construction of a line of railway from Wyalong to Hillston, and…
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