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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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While crossing Oxford-street, between Dowling and Flinders streets, shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday, a married woman named Mary Ann Harcourt, residing in Campbell-street, Paddington, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The evidence given before the Public Works Committee was unanimously against the extension of the railway to Glen Innes. To-day the committee is taking evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Ann Harcourt, who resides at 140 Campbell-street, Paddington, was admitted to the St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from injuries sustained in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) and a jury yesterday held an inquest at Prince Alfred Hospital into the cause of death of William Farsons (52), which occurred at the institution on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The hearing of an action was commenced, before Mr. Justice Stephen, in the Banco Court in which Ellen Boon, administratrix of the estate of Richard Boon, sought to recover £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--The recent discussion on the Pitt-street tramway system shows that a very fruitful source of trouble is the extraordinary manner in which the trams are run about the hour of 1…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Want, K.C., and Mr. P. K. White, instructed by Mr. R. H. Levien, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Reid, K.C., Mr. B. Stephen, and Mr. Scholes, instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom (solicitor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A general meeting of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Association was held at the Trades' Hall last evening. The president (Mr. D. M'Leay) was in the chair. Mr. A. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The action brought by Ellen Boon, administratrix of the estate of Richard Boon, to recover £2000 compensation from the Railway Commissioners for the death of her husband,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An officer of the Railway Department from Sydney was at Newcastle yesterday for the purpose of reporting on the state of the yards and premises under the control of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The hearing of an action was concluded, before Mr. Justice Stephen, in the Banco Court, in which Ellen Boon, administratrix of the estate of Richard Boon, sought to recover £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir, -- This is a subject which should not, I think, be allowed to quietly subside under the all-pervading influence of the present Minister for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under the chairmanship of Mr. D. M'Leay, a meeting of the Tramway Employees' Union wan held last night. The secretary reported that registration under the Arbitration Act had been completed, with the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"This carriage, sir? Thank you, sir!" and again one of the Railway Commissioners' by-laws is broken. Presently an old acquaintance, who is returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →For a long time there has been a controversy between the Willoughby Council, the Department of Public Works, and the Commissioners for Railways, with respect to the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The youngster should be broader across the thighs (from a rear view) than the hips, and the hocks should be wide apart, with the inside thighs jambed tightly together. The gaskins should be full and strong,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The railway premises were burglariously entered lost night, and £20 in cash and a parcel of stamps worth £30 were taken. The station-house was locked up at 10.45 p.m. yesterday by Mr. W.Perry,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public works committee arrived here to-day to take evidence regarding the Tenterfield-Casino railway. The members were met at the railway station by the Mayor and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Smithers, S.M., delivered Judgment in the case preferred by the railway authorities against Thomas Spain, of George-street West, tourists' agent, for having sold a railway…
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