Send Off to Mr. Jno. Bridge
A large gathering of friends and well-wishers of Mr. and Mrs. John Bridge and Miss Bridge assembled on board the R.M.S. Arcadia on Saturday, prior…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 194
Outrage Near Salonica. a Railway Bridge Dynamited. Many Turkish Soldiers Drowned. London, March 14
A terrible outrage is reported from Salonica. While a train conveying 3000 Turkish troops to the frontier was passing over a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Left the Rails. a Marvellous Escape. Of a Railway Train. The Warrnambool Express--Engine Rushes Oven an Embankment
An accident, similar in many respects to that which befel the Adelaide express at Dlinboola not long ago, occurred near Warrnambool on Thursday, night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Grafton-Inverell Railway Conference to Be Held. a Glen Innes Proposal
GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—A vast amount of interest is being centred in the forthcoming conference with reference to the proposed Inverell and coastal railway. Most of the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic in Railway Tickets. a Heavy Fine
In the summons division of the Central Court yesterday T. Firkins, an agent, was prosecuted by Robt. Davies, chief ticket inspector for railways, on a charge of selling portion of a return…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deputation. Railway to Hillston
Mr. J. G. Carroll, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of residents of Hillston and district, consisting of Messrs. A. Cumming, A. L. P. Cameron, John Flanagan, J. R. Varcoe, S. Nixon, M. Rossi, and J. L…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway Extension. the Royal Commission
The Royal Commission on the Extension of the railway into the city eat again to-day. A letter was read from the Secretary for Railways, in compliance with a request made at the last sitting…
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The Egyptian Government has granted a concession to the Cairo Tramways Company to make a line to the Pyramids, and also to fill up the Khalig canal running through Cairo, and construct a line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Courts. Selling a Railway Ticket
At the Central Summons Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., T. F. Firkins was fined £20, and 4s 10d costs, for selling a return half of a railway ticket, he not being the duly authorised…
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A deputation of residents of Hillston and the surrounding district yesterday afternoon waited upon the Minister for Works in support of a railway being constructed to Hillston. The deputation, which was…
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The stipendiary who inflicted a fine of £20 with costs for the offence of selling the return half of a railway ticket did not err on the side of leniency…
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At the Central Police Court to-day a man named F. F. Perkins pleaded guilty to selling a portion of a railway ticket without the authority of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway to Hillston. The Minister's Promise
The claims of Hillston to a railway were forcibly laid before the Minister for Works this afternoon by Mr. Carroll. M.L.A., and a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Wollongong
An accident occurred on Saturday morning at the junction of South Bulli coal line and the railway line, whereby the milk train from the South Coast to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Railway to Hillston. Mr. Young Favorable
The construction of a railway to Hi[?]ston was urgeu upon the Minister for Public Works yesterday by a deputation of Hi[?]ston residents, who were introduced by Mr. Carroll, M.P. Those forming the deputation were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasmania. Mount Lyell Railway and Smelter's
HOBART, Monday.--Viscount Gormanston and party left for Strahan by the Australia this afternoon, to take part in the official opening of the Mount Lyell railway and smelters. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Railway Extension
A letter relative to the city railway extension was sent yesterday by Mr. G. N. Griffiths, of 369 George-street, to Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.P., chairman of the Royal Commission now dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illegal Sale of Railway Tickets—a Heavy Fine
In the Summons Division of the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. Isaacs, S.M., Robert Davies, chief ticket inspector in the Railway Department, proceeded against T. F. Firkins, a tourist agent, carrying on business at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Longest Bridge in the World
The longest railroad bridge of Europe, and, in fact, the world, was recently opened for traffic with great ceremony. The new railroad bridge over the Danube River at Czernavoda is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Junee. Run Over by a Train
JUNEE, Wednesday.—William Taylor, a carriage examiner at the Junee Station, was run over by the down express this morning as it was returning from the sheds. The unfortunate man had both…
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