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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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LONDON, Saturday.--The men who remain on strike on the Scotch railways for shorter hours of labor are confident of success. The traffic on the various lines affected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Details of the proposed rearrangement of the railway lines at Ashfield have been forwarded to the local authorities. By this proposal the existing premises will be abolished, a new station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vienna has just been endowed with a novel means of locomotion, styled by its promoters the "Petroleum tramway." It runs between the entrance to the Prater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners have let a farther contract for the quadruplication of the suburban line. The contract now let provides fer the extension as far as Ashfield. and the successful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The total mileage of street railways to date in the United States and Canada is given as follows by the STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL Miles of horse railways 5902[?]. miles of electric railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—When this line was before furliament mental ago Mr. Bruce Smith stated most distinctly that everything would be in readiness in anticipation of the passing of the proposal, and tenders would be called…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—It is a singular thing that the Railway Commissioners don't adopt the straightforwaid system of opening tenders in the presence of the contractors who tender. Contractors often have to wait a fortnight or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—We speak with pride of the improvements and rapid progress we are making, and yet in the very bourt of scientific and mechanical activity we find old world ideas still being carried out as if perfection had been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The committee of the Railway League, to-day, met Mr. R. E. Jones, railway inspector, who produced a map showing the proposed routes. The opinion of the committee seemed to be that a line from Mudgee to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Your correspondent, Mr. William James, writes "that the action of the Bathurst Lord's Day Rest Society must have greatly p'eased all those who abstain from Sunday travelling, &c." I fail. Sir, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE contract for quadrupling the suburban railways us far as Ash field has now been let by the Railway Commissioners, and the work will be proceeded with without any further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- The following are the comparative railway returns for the past two years for the northern district of coal and coke hauled : -- During 1889, 2,142,324…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANDELO, Tuesday. -- It has been disclosed that the surveyor, H. C. Darragh, has discovered a railway route to connect Monaro with the sea of almost an incredible grade,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE returns of the traffic on the railways during the Xmas and New Year holidays have now been fully compiled by the officers of the Railway Department, and they show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The total mileage of street railways to date in the United States and Canada is given as follows by the Street Railway Journal:--Horse railway, 5902 12 miles; electric railway, 1753…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--The action of the Bathurst Lord's Day Rest Society reported in your paper of the 1st inst., must, I am sure, have greatly pleased all those who abstain from Sunday travelling, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Australasia most of the railways belong to the State, an arrangement the wisdom of which will not be called in question by anyone who has taken the trouble to study the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--You are quite aware that it takes a very enticing bait to draw an old pressman from his shell. The lure on this occasion is a letter in this morning's paper signed "Loyalty," wherein…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--It is expected that to-morrow the Railway Commissioners will be able to state what trains will cease running altogether. They expect to affect a saving of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lillie Bridge proprietary held two very successful meeting since our last issue, the first on New Year's Eve and the second on New Year's Night. Everything…
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