Claim Against the Railway Commissioners
The Railway Commissioners were defendants in an action commenced in the District Court, before Judge Gibson, by Gerald Cummins, a milk vendor, who sought to recover £30 as…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
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Fares on Suburban Railways
A large deputation, representing suburban municipalities, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning by Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.P., to ask that the holders of…
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The expediency of constructing a line of railway from Wyalong to Hillston was further considered by the public Works Committee yesterday. Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Lost Opportunity. to Forecose on a Railway. British Merchants Indignant
LONDON, Thursday Morning. -- Dr. Morrison, the Pekin correspondent of "The Times," Complains that Great Britain has neglected an opportunity to foreclose on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contract for Railway Engines
The Railway Commissioner to-day accepted the tender of the Phoenix Foundry Company, Ballarat, for the supply of 15 locomotives at £3650 per engine. These are to be of the heavy goods…
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Mr. A. W. Relph, one of the secretaries of the Parramatta-Blacktown-Penrith Railway League, has received a very satisfactory communication from the Railway Commissioners in reference to an increased…
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A deputation, Introduced by Messrs. Taylor and O'Conor, Ms.L.A., waited on the Railway Commissioners on Friday, and urged the necessity of certain alterations and improvements in the train…
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LONDON, Friday Morning.--A westward bound limited train from New York to Chicago, which was one of the fastest running, on the Erle railway, was derailed by a fishplate breaking on a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Parramatta - Black-town-Penrith Railway League. Increased Train Service
Mr. A. W. Relph, of Wentworthiville, one of the hon. secretaries of the above-named League forwards to us for publication the following satisfactory communication received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parramatta and Liverpool Train Service
A deputation, representing the districts between Parramatta and Liverpool, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Messrs. Taylor and B. B. O'Conor, Mo.P., to ask that certain…
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Dear Playmate,—I see you have offered a prize for the best written letter on "City or Country Life: Which is the Better?" I thought I should have a try. Well, I think…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A Railway Tragedy
BRISBANE, Friday.-The Commissioner of Police has received the following report from Inspector Brannelly, of Rockhampton, dated 7th instant: "About midnight last night a report was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Corean Railway
LONDON, February. S, 12.56 p.m.-A Japanese syndicate is constructing a railway in Corea from Seoul, the capital, to Fusan, one of the treaty ports. The contract price is 26,000,000 yen, the…
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LONDON, February 8.-The limited express from New York to Chicago, one of the fastest trains running in the United States, became derailed on the Erie Railway, on a curve between…
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TRAMS are still flying about the air-proposed trains, I mean-so I will tell you more of their…
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The Railway Commissioners announce that, commencing from Monday next, an improved tramway timetable will be brought into operation on the Waverley and Bondi lines, giving extra…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster in the United States. an Express Derailed. Sis Persons Killed. London, Feb. 8
The limited express of the Erie Railway, one of the fastest trains running in the United States, while proceeding from New York to Chicago, became derailed on a curve between…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Public Works Committee. Proposed Railway Extensions
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met on Thursday under the presidency of Mr. Dick, M.L A. The first business was the further consideration of the expediency of constructing a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Metropolitan District Court. (Before Judge Gibson.) a Tramway Accident
Cummies v. Railway Commissioners (part beard). Mr. A. Thomason, instructed by Messrs. Lee, Colquhoun, and Ba[?]ett, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Scholes, instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Stannary Mines and Tramway Company, Limited
The abridged prospectus of the Stannary Mines and Tramway Company, Limited, appears in our business columns. The capital of the company is to be £650,000, in 650,000 shares of £1 each, of which…
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