A Tram Accident. a Verdict for £1150
In the Banco Court, Sydney, on Friday, before -Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four, Edward John Smith and his wife, Sarah Smith…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
157 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 8
A Marrickville Tram Accident
A jury gave a [?] for £100 [?] in an action brought by Mary [?] Railway Commissioners. The plain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor. Wombeyan Caves Road
SIR,—With reference to Mr. Corrie's letter, reprinted by you in your issue of Saturday last, permit me to make one remark. The discrepancy between what he says and what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes and Comments. Sydney Railway Terminus
The proposition for a great central railway station along-side Hyde, Park is the revival of one of the earliest schemes of a Metropolitan terminus. Something…
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Copies of the following have been sent to the various towns in the district for signatures:— “To the Hon. the Minister for Works, “The petition of the municipal [?]…
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DURING the past week the Mittagong Council Clerk (Mr. W. J. Lake) handed to the Bowral Council Clerk (Mr. W. R. Farrow) the following petition, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road from Picton Lakes to Burragorang. a Bowral Protest
A couple of Bowral residents recently went on an exploring expedition along the new surveyed road from Picton Lakes to Burragorang. The distance is about 18 miles, but the two…
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A deputation from the Shellbarbor Municipal Council, introduced by Mr. Arch Campbell, M.P., waited upon the Minister for Works (Mr. Lee) on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed on the Railway. a Woman’s Terrible Death
Shortly before 2 o’clock on Saturday the dead body of a woman, who has not yet been identified, was discovered, lying on the North Shore rail way line,…
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The following petition has by request been drawn up by Aid Jno Elliott (Mittagong) and is now in course of signature at Bowral and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Macquarie Pass Road. an Unpleasant Experience
Mr. Jos. Stokes, of Bowral, had an unpleasant experience on the Macquarie Pass road on Tuesday. Mrs. Stokes and family had been spending…
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Some comment has been made lately regarding the stability of the railway bridge over the Hawkesbury River. The railway Commissioners,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wombeyan [?] Road
The Bowral correspondent of the “Daily telegraph” says : Several men working on the [?] Caves road have [?] to their homes…
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SEVERAL, men working on the Wombeyan Caves Road have returned to their homes. From information gleaned there are now only 14 men employed, principally in charge of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Klondyke & Back Descriptive Account of the Voyage. Mr. H. C. Manning's Trip. London Bridges. the Tower of London. Railways and Means of Locomotion. Magnificent Policemen. [Continued.]
THE most important bridges across the Thames are Westminster, Waterloo, Blackfriars, London, and the new Tower Bridge; besides these there are many…
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Accounts are to hand from a reliable scource showing that the recent heavy rains have destroyed for all purposes [?] traffic the recently-constructed…
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A traveller arrives at a river which he calculates on being able to cross. Not a bit of it! file bridge his been solen in the night by the peasants! True it is that these bridges are…
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"Sir,—With reference to the letter dated 31st Mav last, presented by you from Mr. W.Goodfellow., Bullie, and of your further communication of 1st ultimo, regarding the opening of a road, to Upper…
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“Sir,—With reference to the letter dated 31st May last, presented by you from Mr. W. Goodfellow, Bullio, and of your further communication of 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Robertson Railway
The long [?] for railway to Robertson promise to see daylight again and the present is considered a very opportune [?] for the farmers…
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