The Siberian Railway
Official reports show that the Siberian-Manchurian railway cost 815 million dollars (£169,000,000), the Czar contributing 350 million dollars (£70,000,000)…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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Maitland Tramway Proposal Committee's Conclusions
In recommending to Parliament the proposed construction of the East to West Maitland and Kurri Kurri tramway, estimated to cost £58,088 or £3950 per mile, the report of…
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Mr C. H. Dight, M.P. for this district, has handed us the following letter received by him from the Secretary of the Public Works Committee for publication, in…
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The usual monthly meeting of the Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee was held at Mrs. O'Brien's last evening. Members present:— Messrs. G. Edwards (President), A. Spinney,…
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There have been ugly rumours of a strike on the part of the tramway employees. The root of the trouble is in the withholding of certain increases…
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The following letters with reference to the visit of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works to the district, to take evidence on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Tramway Employees Troubles
The tramway employees held a mass meeting to-day at the Trades Hall to discuss their grievances. Proceedings were conducted with closed doors, and resolutions were passed,…
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YESTERDAY'S San Francisco mail brought accounts of a terrible railway disaster, which occurred in Peunsylvania on December 23. A despatch…
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VERY few excursionists travelled by rail at Lismore on Tuesday owing to the action of the Commissioners in raising the fares from 2s 6d to 3s 11d…
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MESSRS J. and A. Brown have decided to start the construction of a railway line from their Richmond Vale colliery to [?] Minmi. Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mass Meeting of Tram Employees. Suspension of Increased Pay. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
AT a mass meeting of tram employees this morning, on the question of an increase of pay, the Press was excluded. Afterwards it was announced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Traffic. Transport to the Railway Station
Mr H. Richardson, superintendent of railway lines, who has been through the western districts, as well as a part of the southern territory, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Employees
READERS of the Sydney daily papers know that for some time past unrest has prevailed in the ranks of the tramway employees. A strike was at one stage talked of, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bishop' Bridge
The usual monthly meeting of the Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee was held at Mrs. O'Brien's on Monday. Members present:— Messars. G. Edwards 9priesident), A. Spinney,…
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The story of a remarkable engineering feat comes from California A great section of mountain was recently torn off by 10,000lbs. of…
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The story of [?]remarkable engineering feet [?] from California A great section of mountain was recently torn off by [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways and Tramways
The quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners fosr the period ended December 31 last, shows the gross earnings to be an increase of £ 15,o19, and the expenditure a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In a Racing Motor-car
Mr. Charles Jarrott deseribes in the "Badminton Magazine," how he won the Ardines Automobile Race. To do this he had to cover 321 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Engineering Feat. on the Burmah Railway
What is considered one of the finest engineering feats ever accomplished is the spanning of the Gokteik Gorge in Burmah. The contract was given…
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