Raising Railway Lines. Brisbane
The Cabinet has approved the proposal for raising the lines near the city above the 1800 flood limit, in order to prevent interruption to the intercolonial and local services…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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The Campers Near the Suspension Bridge
At the North Sydney Court yesterday, Henry Wilson was charged with having insufficient visible lawful means of support, Senior-Constable Gumley deposed that accused camped with a number or other men in the locality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Courts. the Randwick-road Sensation--accused Committed
At the Central Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Love, D.S.M., John Macnamara, alias Thomas Lamont (33), shearer; James Kelly, alias "Cookum" Kelly (32), vanman; and Edward Donald, alias Donnelly (22), laborer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rights of Road Contractors. Application for a Writ of Prohibition
The notion of rood contractors in entering upon enclosed land for the purpose of removing gravel frequently forms the subject of litigation. In common law chambers Hr. Justice A. H. Simpson had before him an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quarter Sessions. Trial of a Railway Clerk
A respectable-looking young man named Thomas Simpson was placed upon his trial at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day on an indictment charging him with having on November 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Larceny. Against a Railway Goods Clerk
A charge of larceny as a public servant was preferred at the Darlinghurst Sessions this morning against a young man named Thomas Simpson. The indictment upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rosehill-dural Railway
One or two witnesses were briefly examined by the Public Works Committee yesterday with regard to the expediency of constructing a railway from the terminus of the Rosehill railway to…
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The railway traffic for the past week snows a satisfactory increase, and the commissioners state that the movement in produce assists their returns. During the last fortnight business has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Proposed Bridge Over the Murray
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. J. M. Chanter, M.P. for Deniliquin, to-day introduced a deputation to Mr. Reld, the Premier of New South Vales, at Parliament House. The object of the…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--The river Fitzroy is 20ft. above ordinary level to-day Rockhampton, while at Yaamba it is 43ft. up. The Dawson River is up 46ft., and the Nogoa 31ft. The…
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Joseph Clifford and Walter Kay, the former being an American colored man, were placed upon their trial to-day, on a charge of having, on November 14 last, at Pe[?]ith, stolen wearing apparel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Break Up of the Drought. Floods in the North-east. the Railway Line Wahed Away. Adelaide
Splendid rains have fallen in the north-east, where the drought has completely broken up. A Cookburn correspondent also writes that the drought has broken up. An inch and a-quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge of Larceny. Against a Railway Goods Clerk
The trial of Thomas Simpson, late goods clerk at the Newtown Railway Station, upon a charge of stealing £61 2s 10d, the moneys of the department, was continued at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Thefts. From the Railway Yard at Penrith. The Trial of Clifford and Kay
Joseph Clifford and Walter Kay, the two men charged in connection with the alleged extensive railway robberies, were placed upon their trial at the Darlinghurst Sessions this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Charge of Stealing Money. the Newtown Railway Station
Thomas Simpson appeared on a charge of having on November 8th last at Newtown, while employed in the public service as a clerk, stolen £61 2s 10d. He pleaded not guilty, and conducted his own case. Mr. Innes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Storms in South Australia. Damage to Railway Lines
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--During last night and this morning further thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rain, were experienced in the north and north-east. At Coward Springs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Roads
A deputation, introduced by Mr. A. Edden, M.L.A., waited upon the MInister for the Works on Feb. 3 to bring under his notice the state of the roads in the Northern district. Messrs. Fegan, Thomson,…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Throwing Stones at a Railway Train
A lad named William Wylie was proceeded against at the Newtown Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., for throwing stones at a passing train at Ashfield on January 20. It appeared that the stones were thrown…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.-A somewhat serious accident occurred at Teralba this morning, when a young man, named Geo. Paddock, who was proceeding by train to the Sydney Soap and Candle…
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Mrs. Hunt (a popular and prosperous pauper): "Now, Allbert, what'll yer sy, when I tike yer into the kind lidy's drorin' room?" Albert (a proficient pupil): "Oh! All right, I…
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