Suicide of a Duke. He Throws Himself Over a Bridge
LONDON, Monday Night.--The Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin has committed suicide at Cannes by throwing himself over a bridge…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 194
Bogan Billy. Sentenced to Seven' Years. Attack on a Constable. Escape from a Train-- Captured in Queensland. BATHURST
The Circuit Court opened yesterday morning before his Honor Mr. Justice Cohen. Mr. Walter Allan acted as judge's associate. Mr. Delobery as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway Commission
The City Railway Commission took further evidence yesterday in regard to the proposal to extend the railway into the city and to the deep waters of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Draft Bill. Commonwealth Empowered to Take Over Debts. Surplus Revenue Distributed. on Population Basis. Provision for an Inter-state Railway Commission
Following are tho financial clauses, as drafted a the new Commonwealth body of the Draft Bill:--Clause 87.--Until uniform duties of Customs…
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Mr. F. W. Parsons, Mayor of Strathfield, was examined yesterday by the Royal Commission on the city railway extension proposals. He said the people of Strathfield and the western…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram and Bus Fares. to the Editor
Sir,--I have had the relative cost of tram (Government owned) and 'bus (privately owned) fares very forcibly impressed on me during the last day or two. The cost of daily travelling is of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Assault in a Train. the Accused Fined
HARDEN, Thursday.—Concerning the assault in the excursion train on Tuesday night, the accused man Grey was brought before the Murrumburrah Court yesterday, and charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Parramatta-road Fatality. Resumption of the Inquest
The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man named John Beech, who died in the Prince Alfred Hospital on March 17, from injuries alleged to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bow in a Train. Scrub Cutters Detained. A Man Brutally Injured. One Man Arrested -- The Others Detained as Witnesses. MURRUMBURRAH
A fracas took place in a second-class carriage attached to the excursion train which arrived here from Wagga Wagga last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Tram Accident. a Woman Injured
Catherine Priestley, 68, residing in Flood-street, Leichhardt, was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday by Senior-Constable M'Keuzie suffering from abrasions over the body. The constable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Friday Railway Arrangements
For the convenience of holiday makers desirous of leaving town this (Thursday) evening for the country, cheap excursion tickets will be issued by the trains leaving Sydney at 3.25 p.m. for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Young at Dural. the Rosehill Railway
As a result of the representations made to him by the Dural Progress Association concerning the purchase by the Government of the Rosehill railway, the Minister for Works yesterday visited the locality…
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The elementary shorthand evening class met again in the Railway Institute last evening. Mr. H. E. Toser is the teacher, and the work to be done is the study as set forth in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway Extension
The Royal Commission resumed its Inquiry to-day as to the expediency end best methods of extending the railway system into the city. Mr. W. Cowper submitted a scheme by which he proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministerial Visit to Dural. the Rosehill Railway
About two months ago a deputation, representing the Dural Progress Association, waited upon the Hon. J. H. Young (Minister for Works), and urged upon him the desirableness of the Government…
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The Railway Commissioners announce that, for tne convenience of those desirous of leaving town this evening for the country, excursion tickets will be issued by the trains leaving Sydney at 3.25 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour Troubles in England. the Railway Strike. London, April 13
The Earl of Rosebery has consented to act as arbitrator in the dispute between the North-eastern Railway Company and its employees, who lately went out on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cape Railways. London, April 14
Sir James Sivewright, K.C.M.G., Commissioner of Public Works in the Government of Cape Colony, states that, even if the colony loses the Transvaal trade, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accident
An elderly woman named Catherine Priestley, residing at Flood-st., Leichhardt, was admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday suffering from…
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Sir James Sivewright, K.C.M.G., Comissioner of Public Works in Cape Colony, states that even in the event of the colony losing the Transvaal trade…
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