Railway Tenders
The officers of the Railway Department are now dealing with tenders for the annual supplies. The items are divided into 62 heads, and embrace all the very numerous articled required…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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Maitland to Taree Railway
The Public Works Committee were engaged again yesterday in taking evidence with reference to the proposed railway from Maitland to Taree. The Engineer-in-Chief for Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newfoundland. the Railway and Telegraph Systems
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Government of Newfoundland have agreed, to transfer the railway and telegraph systems of the. colony to Mr. R. G. Reid, the eminent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Employee Injured
Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night a railway employee, whose name is given as Christian North, aged 54 years, was taken to the Sydney Hospital suffering from a fracture of the elbow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Municipal Awakening. Town-hall Inquiry. Mr. Richards Further Examined. Some Important Evidence. Suggested Tax on Government Tramways
The City Council resumed its sittings as a committee of inquiry at the Town-hall yesterday forenoon, the Mayor (Alderman Matthew Harris) presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Business in the Convention. the Railway's Question
The Convention resumed its consideration in committee of clause 95, providing that there should be no derogation from freedom of trade. Mr. BARTON (N.S.W.) asked the members to…
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At yesterday's meeting of the Transit Commission, Mr. W. Martin, licensees representative, drew attention to the congestion of traffic that occurs at the entrance to the Redfern railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federation. the Control of the Railways. Confining Trade to the Natural Channels. a Warm Debate. Mr. Barton on the Position of New South Wales
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The railways are proving as knotty a problem as the rivers. Early afternoon the Convention bad moved so far as to affirm that the Constitution should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bridge Wanted
The necessity for the construction of a bridge across Cook's River, at the foot of Wardell-road. Marrickville, to join that borough with Canterbury, has often been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputations. Bridge Over Cook's River
The Sydney Permanent Freehold Land and Building Company, who are the proprietors of the Undercliffe Estate at Cook's River, have for some time been endeavoring to secure the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Question of Road Ownership
At a recent meeting of the Erskineville Council, complaint was made of some dangerous holes in the wood blocked road opposite Rochfort-street, in that municipality; but doubt was expressed as to whether that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darling Harbour Mystery. Body Found Under Pyrmont Bridge
About half-past 7 this morning the body of an elderly man was observed floating in the Water of Darling Harbour under Pyrmont Bridge. The authorities were at once…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Over Cook's River. the Spirit of Self-help
A proposal to put a bridge over Cook's River at Wardell-road, Marrickville, was brought under the notice of Mr. Young (Minister for Works) yesterday by a large deputation, consisting of aldermen of the Marrickville…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputation to the Minister for Works. a Bridge Over Cook's River
A deputation, consisting of Aldermen Dennis, M'Bean, Quigg, D'Arietta, Lorking (Mayor), Scahill, and Nicoll, of Canterbury, Aldermen Scouller, Benson (Mayor), Dr. Perkins, Brewer, Hezlehurst,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public Works Committee. the North Coast Railway
Yesterday afternoon the Public Works Committees gave further consideration to the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Mailand to Tarce. Mr. Hugh M'Lauchlan, secretary to the Railway…
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A special train arrived at Condobolin this evening having on board Mr. Deane (engineer-in-chief), Mr. Firth (engineer for existing lines), Mr. Hutchinson (resident engineer), Mr. Watson (divisional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Convention. Differential Railway Rates. the Riverina Trade. Critical Point in the Deliberations. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne
The debate upon the question of the rival railway tariffs has happily ended. It occupied the Convention the whole of yesterday. The question before the chair soon became complicated by the proposing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Convention. More Strong Talk. About the Railways. MELBOURNE
The debate on the railway difficulty was continued in the Federal Convention this afternoon. Sir George, Turner (Vic.) was inclined to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Convention. Railway Trouble Surmounted. The Inter-State Commission. MELBOURNE
At last night's sitting of the Convention Sir George Turner proposed to amend Mr. Grant's amendment by inserting words which would leave the matter to be decided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Question in the Convention
The difficulty which the Convention now finds itself in over the railway question arises from its own persistent disregard of the homely fact that you cannot have your…
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