Railway Refreshment Rooms. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—At racecourse refreshment rooms one is satisfied to pay any price that is asked, because it is looked on in the light of a tax; but I wish to enquire, through the agency…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
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VOICE of the People Cyclists and the Railways. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—As an old cyclist, formerly captain of a metropolitan club, and a lover of touring, I wish to thank you on behalf of the many cyclists, like myself, who often wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Alleged Thefts From a Train
BATHURST, Saturday.--When the luggage train arrived at Bathurst this morning a railway employee noticed a man standing on the buffers between two trucks. Thinking it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Dive From the Tay Bridge
At Dundee in January last "Tommy" Burns, the well-known diver, made a successful dive from the Tay Bridge. Accompanied by a companion, he got…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery from Railway Trucks. a Bathurst Case
BATHURST, Monday.—On the arrival of the luggage train here on Saturday morning, a man was noticed by a railway employee standing on the buffets between two trucks. The porter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Unions in Austria. London, March 19
The Austrian Government has dissolved the unions of the railway workmen, on the ground that they overstep the functions allowed them by law…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram to the Pyramids
The Government of Egypt has granted a concession to the Cairo Tramways Co. to make a line to the Pyramids, and also to fill up the Khalig Canal run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Austrian Edict The Railway Unions Dissolved. LONDON, March 10
The Austro-Hungarian authorities have issued a manifesto dissolving the Railway Employees' Unions in that country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Arbitration Case
With regard to the case M'Sharry v. the Railway Commissioners, which has now been before the Arbitration Court for some months, a little misconception appears to have arisen in the minds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Great Western Railway
HOBART, Sunday.--A well equipped party will leave to-morrow for the West Coast, to commence the great western railway survey. The [?] have under consideration the running…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trades Unions in Austria. Action of the Government. the Railway Organisation Dissolved
LONDON, Friday Night.--The Austrian Government have dissolved the unions of the railway workmen, on the ground that they overstep the functions allowed them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Improved Train Service
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The whole question of running a mail express between Melbourne and Sydney on Saturdays, arriving on Sundays, will be discussed by Mr. Mathieson, the general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mail Train Service. The Intercolonial Express. Visit of the Victorian Commissioner. An Additional Train Proposed-- Protest of Presb terians MELBOURNE
Mr. Mathieson, the Railway Commissioner, leaves to- morrow afternoon for Sydney for the purpose of having a conference with the Commissioner's of New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Railway Extension
The Public Works Committee sitting as a Royal Commission resumed its inquiry to-day as to the expediency and best methods o[?] extending the railway system into the city. Mr. C. W. Darley, Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Glen Innes Show. the Grafton Railway. I.
A man out Moree way has been writing to the editor of this paper, to tell him that I can't report a show. The editor told me that, and sez he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrabri- Moree Railway. Final Inspection and Opening
The final official inspection of the new line of railway between Narrabri and Moree will be made this week. The Engineer- in- Chief for Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Robberies From Railway Trucks. Bathurst
There was much excitement at the railway station on Saturday morning on the arrival of the goods train at 9.15. As the train came slowly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commission
The Works Committee will sit again to- morrow as a commission to inquire into the best means of bringing the railway into the city. The whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Narrabri to Moree Railway
Mr. H. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction, left Sydney last night to make an official inspection of the line from Narrabri to Moree. This line is practically completed, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Federation Bridge
The tender of Messrs. J. B. and W. Farquharson has been accepted by the Minister for Works at £6668 10s 2d for the erection of a bridge at Albury. The…
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