Chinese Concessions to Britain. a Railway Through Yunnan. London, Feb. 12
China has granted Great Britain the right to extend the Burmah Railway through Yunnan. A recent cablegram stated that China was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
3,961 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 199
Compensation to the Kidnapped Frenchman. Railway Concession to Germany. London, Feb. 12
China has paid to the Frenchman who was kidnapped by Tongking pirates compensation amounting to £4500. Germany has obtained from China a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Railway
A man named George Paddock, an employee of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company, met with a serious accident on the railway line near Toronto yesterday. It appears that the unfortunate man,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. the Washaways on the Railway Line. Strike of Navvies. Adelaide
A Cockburn telegram states that the navvies sent from Broken Hill to assist in repairing washaways on the railway line have struck for an increase of pay. Forty have returned to Broken…
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The management of French State railways has obtained permission of the Minister of Hallways for the construction and reconstruction of a number of railway passenger carriages in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Improvements at Moss Vale
For some months past a large gang of men have been engaged in re-modelling the station yard, erecting new signals, and laying down the necessary plant for converting it into what is…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The Chinese Government have granted to Great Britain the right to construct a railway from Mandalay, the capital of Burmah, through the province…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The Chinese Government have granted concessions to Germany for the construction of a railway to Ichien, as compensation for the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. Railway Fatality Near Erskineville
Benjamin Travers, aged six years, was knocked down and killed by a train on Saturday evening, between Erskineville and St. Peters Railway Stations. The lad, with his brother and another…
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Before Ms Honor Judge Docker, in the District Court heater day, Arthur Hitchouck van proprietor, of Camperdown, sought to recovery from the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales the sum of £200…
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Before Judge Docker, in the District Court, Arthur Hitchcock, a van proprietor, of Camperdown, sued the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £200 as compensation for injuries to his head and legs, alleged…
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A largely-attended public meeting was held at Tumut the other day to take stops to urge on the Government the necessity for submitting the…
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Like the telegraph lines, the railways came through the gale comparatively unscathed. From a large batch of reports received yesterday by the secretary for railways it appears that on the South Coast [?]ue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court. (Before Judge Docker.) HITCHCOCK v. Railway Commissioners
Arthur Hitchcock, vanman, of Camperdown, claimed £200 damages from the Railway Commissioners for injuries received. Mr. James, instructed by Mr. Nathan, appeared for the plaintiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Washaway on the Railway Line. Marulan
Since Saturday afternoon heavy rain has fallen without once ceasing until this afternoon. Over 10 inches have [?]ready fallen, and there is every appearance of more. This is the heaviest fall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Concert at the Railway Institute
The Railway and Tramway Musial Society were unfortunate in having dull and I dreary weather for the occasion of their nineteenth concert, which was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Robberies. Clifford Sentenced
Joseph Clifford, a coloured man, who was last week convicted at the Darlinghurst Sessions in conenction with the extensive theft of goods at the Penrith railway yard, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →St. Peters Railway Fatality
At the Union Inn, St. Peters, yesterday, an inquest was held touching the death of the boy Benjamin Travers. who was knocked down and killed by a train on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Collision Case. Against the Railway Commissioners
In the District Court to-day, before his Honor Judge Docker, Arthur Hitchcock, van proprietor, of Camperdown, sued the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm. Effect on the Railways
Although slight washaways occurred on the South Coast, Southern and Western lines during the excessively heavy rain, the Railway Commissioners state that there was no…
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