Country News. Singleton-parramatta Railway. Singleton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5
A public meeting presided over by Mr. A. C. Robinson (Mayor of Singleton), was held last evening. Resolutions were passed urging the Government to make inquiries with a view to placing the…
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The Australian Star · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 7
On Thursday afternoon the Railway Commissioners passed through here, examining the proposed deviation works. It is expected that the works will be undertaken very…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 2
Sir,--In your issue of the 18th last, appears a paragraph giving the proceedings of the Public Works Committee in the matter of the Wollabra-Collarenebri Railway extension. There is in…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5
LONDON, Friday Night.--English investors complain of the proposed withdrawal by the Silverton Tramway Company (New South Wales) of their London register…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.-- The Russian Government recently made a demand for concessions from China, including the granting of rights, for the construction of a railway…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5
SINGLETON, Saturday.--The agitation for a loop line of railway to connect Singleton and Parramatta assumed a practical shape here on Friday evening, when an enthusiastic meeting…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 6
Thero was a good nttondanco at Lillio Bl idgo last night, when a programme of pouj races was run through Follow mg tru tho results1 ninteen tw i HutilicAp, 4 furlongs-G llrnderson's…
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Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3
WARREN, Monday.—Messrs. T. Ewing (chairman), T. H. Hassell, C. J. Roberts, members of the Public Works Committee), arrived at Warren on Saturday, with the object of inspecting and…
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Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 4
ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—Last tight at 8 o'clock a fatal accident happened at Armidale Railway Station. It appears that James Newman, aged about 60, porter and occasional guard on the goods train,…
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Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 6
LONDON, March 21, 5.45 p.m.—A collision occurred to-day between two passenger trains on the South-Eastern Railway at New Cross (South London)…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 5
A special train, conveying tho Governor, the Premier, the Minister for Railways, and a large number of members of Parliament, and officials, and private guests loft to-daj for Mourics, where…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 5
A railway collision occurred to-day between two passenger trains on the South-Eastern line at New Cross. Three passengers were killed and six were…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 5
MARYBOROUGH, Monday.--A sensational accident occurred at the railway station this evening. A train from the wharves, comprising two engines and 40 waggons, mostly loaded with coal,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 4
Time was when this proposed bit of rail ought to have been a portion of the main trunk line of the colony. But that time has passed. Other views prevailed, and…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 4
The construction of the electric tramway to Willoughby will be finished in the course of a few days, probably about the end of the present week. The actual date of opening has not yet been…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 8
The St. Peters aldermen, unlike some great men, evidently read the newspapers, and keep a watchful eye on reports of other municipal bodies. Alderman Beabow, at Monday night's meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Accident. Fall Under a Tram. a Young Man Injured. His Foot Amputated
Evening News · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 6
A shocking tram accident, resulting in a young man named George Davidson, sustaining serious injuries, occurred to-day in Flinders-street, Darlinghurst. Davidson, who is a clerk, and resides…
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Evening News · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 7
JUNEE, Wednesday.—The thirteenth annual railway picnic was held at Old Junee on Monday. There was the largest attendance ever known, 6000 being present. It was successful throughout, and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 5
A collision occurred to-day between two passenger trains on the South Eastern Railway at New Cross (South London). Three persons were killed and six injured…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 6
The first motor tricycle has just been landed by the Melbourne branch of the Austral Cycle Agency. It is built by the Ariel (late Dunlop) Cycle Company, who are also the builders of the famous Ariel…
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