The Contingent Holiday. Office of the Railway Commissioners. Sydney, 16th January, 1900
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 4
Sir, -- I am directed by the Chief Commissioner to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, relative to the granting of a public half-holiday on the 17th inst, in connection with…
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The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 8
Operations in connection with the construction of the line from Dubbo to Coonamble will commence in earnest next week, when the staking out of…
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National Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
General Buller has cabled that General Warren crossed the Tugela by a pontoon bridge 75 yards long…
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Leader · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 4
At last the Railway Commissioners have taken steps to continue tho verandah to the south end of the platform at the local railway station, and we think that when they…
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Leader · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 4
A man whose name is unknown was run over by a tram near Market-street last night and died this morning…
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National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 2
The Boars have blown up a bridge they were building 7 miles west of Potgieters Drift by which they had intended to outflank General Bailer…
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National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 3
General Buller has cabled that General Warren crossed the Tugela by a pontoon bridge 72 yards long…
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National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 3
Andrew Dunn, aged 71, was ran over by the Electric tram in Harris-street on Saturday night. He had his leg severed…
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National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 3
Mary Ann Robinson, aged 54, fall from a tram in Sydenham on Saturday night. She sustained serious injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Connection to Canowindra. Canowindra
National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1900 · page 3
Mr. Wilkins, Government Engineer, who was Appointed to make the survey from Canowindra, reports that he expects to complete tho survey in about…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2
TURON No. 1 Dredge during the week ending 20th won 48oz. gold for 110 hours' work. The yield is slightly below expectations, but it is explained that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reported Daring Robbery in Sydney. the Lady on the Tram. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 3
A daring attempt at robbery was made yesterday afternoon. A Miss Maud Lane was coming into the city in the Leichhardt tram with a sum of money amounting to…
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Leader · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 4
While a Miss Lane was on her way to Sydney to bank notes and cheques amounting to about £500, a man jumped on the footboard of the train in which she was…
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National Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 3
The report of the Royal Commission on automatic Railway couplings includes railway employees as men engaged in dangerous trades, and recommends the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hartley to Jenolan Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 24th January, 1900
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 4
Sir, -- With reference to the letter dated the 3rd inst., from the secretary to the Hampton and Lowther Progress Committee, addressed to the local roads officer at Lithgow, asking that…
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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 17
The usual war of places has commenced over this railway, and Singleton and Muswellbrook are now both clamoring to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rear-Admiral Bridge. a Splendid Donation. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2
Bear-Admiral Bridge gives £1000 to the Victorian Bushmen's fund…
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National Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 2
The Honorable W.P. Crick has received the following communication, which has been banded to us for publication:—"Sir,— With reference to the letter dated the 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Crops and Railways. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 3
In view of the poor crops in the Darling Downs district, Queensland railway rates for wheaten hay and chaff have been reduced for the next three months over all lines…
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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 7
A few complaints have reached us of dangerous spots on outside roads. In one of the Redbank lanes there is said to be a couple of…
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