Extraordinary Conduct in a Train. Two Ladies Assaulted. Singleton
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 7
Before Mr. Scott, police magistrate, at the Police Court this morning, John Johnston M'Intosh was charged with indecently assaulting Esther Prince in a railway train. Defective M'Hattie, from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Train Sensation. M'intosh Committed For, Trial. Charged with Assault
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5
SINGLETON, Tuesday.--John Johnstone M'Intosh, the man charged yesterday at the police court with indecent exposure in the Brisbane mail train, appeared on remand this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Adventure in a Mail Train. The Accused Committed for Trial. SINGLETON
The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 7
At the police court this morning John Johnston M'Inlosh, on remand from yesterday, on a charge of indecent conduct on the Brisbane mull train on Monday morning, was…
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Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 3
SINGLETON, Tuesday.—John Johnstone M'Intosh, who was yesterday charged with indecent behavior towards two ladies named Mrs. Prince, of Sydney, and Mrs. Pringle, of Pilliga, in the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 4
The Minister for Works intends to push on with the new railways sanctioned by Parliament last session. There are three lines ta be built, aggregating in length 113½ miles, and estimated to cost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tram Robber Convicted
Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5
At the Water Police Court to-day, before Mr. Edwards. S.M., Frederick Wright, alias Benson, 20, hairdresser, was charged with being a suspected person frequenting the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. the Lockhart Railway. Wagga
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 7
Some discussion is proceeding in the Lockhart district concerning the provisions of the Act authorising the construction of the railway from The Rock to Lockhart. The Legislative Council amended the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Season Tramway Tickets. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 8
Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to take up a small space in your valuable paper re season tickets on our Government tramways. No doubt the public will agree with me that we ought to have had season…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Moree-inverell Railway. Moree
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 8
Work at the Moree-Inverell line is now in full awing after the holidays. Platelaying, which had been discontinued owing to deficient supply of rails, has been recommenced. It is expected to proceed at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Railways. Hastening the Work. Difficulties in the Way
The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 7
The Minister for Works intends to push forward without delay with the new railways authorised by Parliament last session. There are three lines to be built, aggregating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crossing at Pitt and Gipps Streets. a Tramway Flagman Appointed
The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 5
Regarding the suggestion made by the Metropolitan Transit Commission that a flagman should be stationed at the intersection of Pitt and Gipps streets, the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Produce Sales. And the Railway Regulation. A Serious Handicap to Farmers
The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 6
Wider experience of the new regulation enforcing demurrage on all produce not removed from Redfern premises after 6 p.m. on the first day of arrival has not tended to satisfy…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 4
Mr. Young has under consideration the construction of the Byrock to Brewarrina, The Rock to Green's Gunyah, and the Koorawatha to Grenfell lines, authorised by Parliament last session…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The George-street Tramline
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 4
A correspondent writes:--"During the last day or two of the late session. Mr. Arthur Griffith, M.P., questioned the Minister for Works on the subject of the wood-blocking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moree-inverell Railway
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 6
MOREE, Tuesday.--Platelaying on the Moree Inverell railway had to be discontinued before the holidays, as the stock of rails in the colony was exhausted. Large arrivals have since taken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parramatta-Singleton Railway
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 1
The "Windsor Gazette" says:—"The proposed railway-line from Parramatta to Singleton would run up the valley of the Maedonald, and across the Dividing Range…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Tram Robber Convicted
Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3
At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., Frederick Wright, alias Benson, 29, hairdresser, was charged with being a suspected person frequenting the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Stock Returns
Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5
The Railway Commissioners have prepared their annual stock returns. During 1898 113,500 cattle were yarded at Flemington Market, and nearly 2,750,000 sheep. The sheep received were about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Tramways. the Electric System. Proposed Conversion
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3
It has been known for a long time past that it is the intention of tho Railway Commissioners to gradually convert the steam tramways of Sydney into an electric system, and so soon as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ulverstone-burnie Railway
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 5
The first [?] of the Ulverstone-B[?] railway extension was turned by Lady Braddon to-day in the presence of a large concourse of people. A banquet was held subsequently at Ulverstone…
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