Railway Traffic
The railway returns from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday showed a decrease of 5067 passengers and £268 14s 2d in receipts compared with Anniversary Day 1897. All lines showed a reduction in receipts,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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Tramway Traffic
Anniversary Day is not by the Tramway Department regarded as a heavy traille occasion like Boxing Day aud Kutter Monday. The number of persons who used the trams yesterday were less than…
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The second "meet" of the Motor Car Club took place at Whitehall-place, London, recently. About 40 motor vehicles took part, oil being the predominating motive power, though carriages driven both by steam and…
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PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.-About 1l.30 on Tuesday night a serious collision occurred at Tammin Station, about 100 miles east from Perth, on the Kalgoorlie line. A train from Southern Cress was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissioners' Quarterly Report. Decrease in Goods Traffic £20,000. Increase in Passenger and Tramway Traffic
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December 31 last was published yesterday, and as has been foreshadowed in previous unofficial statements, the goods…
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The Railway Commissioners have just received the quarterly report of the railway revenue. As anticipated, there is a heavy falling off in the receipts, though not 50 heavy as it was believed…
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LONDON, January 26.-The Canadian Government has given, its sanction to the construction of a land grant railway from Glenora, on the Stickeen River, to Teslin…
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A collision took place on Tuesday night between a goods train and a water train near Tammin, on the eastern railway. Both engines were derailed, as well as a number of trucks…
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Apropos of the recent accidental killing of a railway employee by the Melbourne express train, a resident of Sydney here expresses the hope that it may move the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Klondyke Goldfields. a Land Grant Railway. London, Jan. 26
The Canadian Government has given its sanction to the construction of a land grant railway from Glenova, on the Stickeen River, to Teslin Lake. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quarterly Railway Report. Decrease of £20,000 in Goods Traffic. Increase of £5800 Ts Passenger Traffic
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December 31, 1897, was published yesterday. The usual table showing the state of the traffic is as follows:…
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The report of the Railway Commissioners on the working of the railways and tramways in the colony for the quarter ending December, 1897, published yesterday afternoon,…
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Probably nobody is surprised at the fact that the revenue from our railways during the December quarter of last year was less than that for the corresponding quarter in…
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During the past couple of days the pockets of more than one lady passenger on the cable tram have been rifled by members of the light-fingered gentry. Yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.-A deputation from the Glengallan Divisional Board waited on the Minister for Railways this morning, to ask for a definite statement as to the point from which the…
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PERTH, Thursday,--About 11.30 on Tuesday night a rather serious collision occurred at Tammin station, about 100 miles east of Perth, on the Kalgoorlie line. A train from Southern…
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LONDON, Wednesday Night.--From New York it is reported that a great fire occurred at St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday, in consequence of which an elevator containing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Klondyke Goldfields Proposed All-canadian Railway. to Be Completed by September
LONDON, Thursday.--A grant of laud has been sanctioned by the Canadian Government for the purpose of having a railway constructed from Glenova, on the Stickeen…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The 6.40 train from Melbourne to Echuca met with a mishap close to Liddell's Creek Station this morning. About 500 yards from the station the engine struck the points…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Darling-road Public School
A 66yds. handicap for boys attending the Darling road (Balmain) Superior Public School, took place at Davis' new floating baths, Balmain, on Thursday afternoon. The prizes were presented by Mr. "Sid" Davis…
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