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The Victorian Government is in a curious posi[?] with regard to communications with some of [?] southern Riverina wheat districts. A railway [?]s long since opened to Cobram, on the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 162 →The valley in which Mexico is situated is almost unrivalled for its beauty, and is encompassed on all sides by great mountain ranges clothed with cedars and pines (remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The proposal to construct a railway from the terminus of the Rosehill line to Dural again occupied the attention of the Public Works Committee yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →On the 14th Inst. the Railway Commissioners received a deputation of gentlemen who reside on the suburban lines, asking that a reduction might be made generally on the fares now…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Emu Bay Railway Company, Limited, report says satisfactory progress continues to be made, and the number of men employed has largely increased,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The arrivals of wool at the three principal seaside railway stations of the colony from the beginning of the wool season to date comprise about 534,000 bales, a decrease of something…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An influential deputation, which included the Mayors and aldermen of the majority of the western suburban municipalities, was introduced to the Railway Commissione[?]s on January 14 by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Holiday excursion tickets will be issued from all stations to all stations (with slight exceptions, which can be seen by references to to tho advertisement in this issue) by all trains…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—I wish through the columns of your valuable paper to bring under the notice of the Railway Commissioners the glaring injustice to some of the railway servants of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST night a lad named John McGlain, aged 12, residing with his parents at St John's-road, Forest Lodge, met with a a fearful death. It appears that the lad, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TOWARDS the close of 1888 rumors began to get abroad about certain roads having been made across a private estate at the public expense. Nothing tangible was known about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following weights have been declared for the events to be decided at Lillie Bridge to-night:- Fourteen-three Handicap, 5 furlongs.—Puzzle, 10st 8lb; J.T. 9st 71b: Dewdrop, 9st. 3lb; Sweetheart, 9st 3lb;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- The 6.40 a.m. passenger train to Bendigo and Echuca on Saturday morning left the line near Riddell's Creek. The engine and four carriages were derailed, through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.-The 6.40 train from Melbourne to Echuca met with a mishap close to Liddell'creek Station this morning. About 500 yards from the station, the engine struck the points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A shocking tram accident occurred in Ross-street, Forest Lodge, on Saturday night, when, a boy named John Francis M'Gloin, aged 12 years, attempted to board a tram whilst it was in motion, and, falling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A considerable amount of interest has been aroused in this district by the publication of the evidence taken before the Public Works Committee regarding the proposed railway to Dural, and its possible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The following case of injustice requires, I am sure, only to be brought under the notice of the Commissioners through the medium of the "Herald " to be at once remedied. The fare from Randwick to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What might have been a serious railway accident happened at Riddell's Creek, 35 miles from Melbourne, on the Echuca line, this morning. The 6.40 train to Bendigo had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some satisfaction was expressed in Surry Hills at the announcement made last week that the tram service on the Crown-street line was about to be improved by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident occurred on Saturday evening at Glebe Point, when a boy named John Francis M'Gloin was crushed to death by a tram. The tram which leaves Bridge-street at 7.8 had just reached Ross-street, near…
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