Shocking Tram Fatalities
Two shocking tram fatalities occurred in Newtown on Saturday evening. Shortly after 6 o'clock, a resident of Ryde named William Bond (48) was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1902
111 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 6
Railway Summer Time Table
The railway commissioners, having completed their usual summer revision of the railway time table, purpose introducing a new train service on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Railway Thiefs Ingenuity
An article entitled " Successful Knavery " appears in the current issue of " Chamber's Journal." In its course the writer tells the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Uganda Railway
The Uganda railway is expected to be finished in the course of a year or eighteen months. The difficulties of making a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mountain Railways of South America
The romance of mountain railways by no means ends with their construction, and travelling upon railways at a very high altitude is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Arrangements
The following new train arrangements will come into force on the 12th October:—The 5.15 p.m. train from Sydney to Moss Vale, will be extended to Goulburn on Fridays, calling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Retrenchement
The steps taken by the Minister for Railways in Victoria in reducing the number of employees of the Railway Department is causing anxiety in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Roads and Bridges. a Defect in the Law
At the Goulburn Circuit Court last week, an action was brought against the local municipal council by A. N. Tamer, who claimed £1000 for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Capital Site. Reasons why the Federal capital should be built at the 100 mile limit, on the southern railway line
Because:—There is a large quantity of Government land between Kareela, at the 100 mile post, and Barber's Creek on which the city could be placed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Consolidation in America
" Engineering" has an article which gives some interesting details as to the conditions which brought about the system of railway consolidation in the States. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Capital Site. Reasons why the Federal Capital should be built at the 100 mile limit, on the Southern Railway Line
Because there is a large quantity of government land between Ka[?]eela, at the 100 mile post, and Barber's Creek on which the city could he placed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Robertson Tramway. Not Favoured by Mr. O'sullivan
The Minister for Works does not favor the construction of a tramway to Robertson. When the recent deputation waited upon Mr. Waddell (in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →History of Australian Bushranging. Chapter VI.—Continued. Gardiner and Piesley. Frank Gardiner, "The King of the Road."
Early in the month of July, 1861, Sergeant Middleton and Trooper Hosle, who were stationed at Tuene, the nearest police station to Fogg's, left Bigga early one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Faster Than the Fastest Train. a Mile in Thirty Seconds
Heroes of many startling feats of speed on their wheels the well known American cyclists, the Murphy brothers, are now in training…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →History of Australian Bushranging. Chapter VI.—Continued. Gardiner and Piesley. Frank Gardiner, "The King of the Road."
But leaving Gardiner for a time we must turn aside to the history and exploits of the man whom Hosie declared to be the chief instrument in his rescue from custody…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Day Labor Bridge
The construction of the Camden bridge by day labor formed the subject of a series of questions by Mr.J. F[?]z patrick, in the Legislative Assembly…
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