Boer Plan of Campaign. Railways to Be Destroyed. Kimberley to Be Raided and Capetown Captured
London, June 20.—The "St James's Gazette" publishes a plan of campaign paign reported to have been drawn up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1899
81 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 5
A Novelty at Court. the New Transparent Train
For the first time in the history of our Court there was (says the 'Daily Telegraph') a striking novelty at the last reception at Buckingham Palace. An entirely new court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freight Charges on Our Railways. (To the Editor, " Manaro Mercury.")
SIR,—The extension of gratuitous services to individuals and classes by the Commissioners for Railways under pressure is a growing evil which require immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Railway. the Latest Project. an Estimated Cost of £1,500,000
The Government has recently had under consideration three proposals for the extension of the railway into the city. One of these recommended by Mr. Ronnick,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cars for the Army
The War Office have for some time had under their consideration the introduction of motor cars for transport purpose. It is held that motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by a tram
A verdict of accidental death was returned in the case of John Barrett, aged 40, who was killed at the tramway yards Bridge Street on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Roads
The Sydney mail which should have reached here on Monday night last was delayed at the M'Laughlin River, that stream having become uncrossable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dubbo-Coonamble Railway
The Public Works Committee has decided to recommend Parliament to make the Dubbo-Coo[?]amble Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Properties Lost on Railway
In the English Strand Magazine Mr. W. Fitzgerald tells of the Lost Property office in London. He visited Scotland Yards, and the lost property rooms of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese railways syndicate
Au English-American syndicate, consisting of the Roth[?]hilds, Mor gans, Vanderbilts, and Mortons, has been formed with a capital of fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Salisbury on Railways
At the forty-first annual dinner of the Railway Benevolent Institution in London recently, Lord Salisbury spoke as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway strikers' Riot
Some tramway strikers at Brooklyn attempted to destroy the Elevated Railway by dynamite. Number of pillars were damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road to Klondike
The all-Canadian overland route to the Klondike, from Edmonton, on the railroad northward, by way of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Umeralla Bridge. a Warning to Travelers
To the Editor, "Mature Mercury." Sir,—As one of the travelling public I desire to bring under your notice the disgraceful state of the bridge ever the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The proposed Lane Cove bridge
The Minister for Works has promised the residents of Pymble to have an estimate and plans of the proposed bridge at the head of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LATEST European News. LONDON, Monday. Railway collision near Paris
Two trains came into collision near Paris owing to inattention to the signals on the part of the driver. Ten passengers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Road-Making Machine
ON the principle that good roads make a good people, and good people make a good country, the trial on Wednesday last of a new American road-making…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rights of Road Contractors
THE action of road contractors in entering upon enclosed land for the purpose of removing gravel frequently forms the subject of litigation. As there is a good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tantawanglo Road
The following in a copy of a petition presented to the Hon. Secretary for Works by Mr. W. H. Wood, M.P. for Eden-Bombala:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The N.S.W. railway profits
The annual report of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners shows that last year produced a record in the shape of…
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