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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The tramway ticket office and waiting-room, at the corner of Phillip and Bent streets, was entered late last night or early this morning- by some thief or thieves who took a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some time ago the Minister for Works (Mr. Bruce Smith) obtained the sanction of the Cabinet to offer premiums of £300, £150, and £50 for the discovery of the best practicable route for a railway from Monaro, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The roport by Mr. W. Thow, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the New South Wales railways, on the cable and electric systems of tramways in America, was laid before the Public Works Committee at their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—The matter of railway communication between the district of Dural and the metropolis is exciting a good deal of attention just now, and the Minister for Public Works, who is the highest authority to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Penrith has again been the scene of another sad railway fatality, which cost Laurence Martin, aged 30, his life. It seems Martin was a railway shunter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE report of Mr. E. B. Price, one of the public works examiners, on the proposed railway to the Prospect Quarries, has been received by the Minister for Works. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held to day touching tho death of Laurence Martin, who met his death by being crushed between two trucks. The evidence of Dr. Scott, the driver, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A DEPUTATION representing the Borough Council of Five Dock, accompanied by the Hon. John Lucas, Messrs. Wheeler, Hutchison and Dowel, M's.L.A., waited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A DEPUTATION of residents of St. Marys, accompanied by the Hon. P. G. King, M.L.C., and Mr. S. 16. Lees, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Russian Government is continuing to expend enormous sums of money on its military forces, and is constructing a railway to facilitate the movements of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--At the police court yesterday Mr. Thos. Cox, J.P., summoned Mr. J. C. Ellis, M.L.C,, for using insulting language to him on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The sanction of the Cabinet was obtained by the Minister for Works some time ago to offering premiums for the discovery of the best practicable route for the railway from Monaro…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation waited upon the Minuter for Works a few mouths ago, which was introduced by Mr. Fuller, M.P., with the object of advocating the construction of a branch line of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the last two years the Minister for Works has at different times had placed before him a number of proposed railway extensions in the Riverina district. Among these may be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The national project of constructing a railway to the Barrier for the purpose of reclaiming our marvellous silver province from the commercial grasp of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Works has received a report from Mr. E. B. Price, one of the public works examiners, with respect to the question of constructing a tramway or branch Line of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Public Works Committee yesterday received the report of Mr. William Thow, M.I.C.E., Chief Mechanical Engineer of the New South Wales Railways, on the cable and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation from the Five Dock Council, introduced by Messrs. Wheeler and Hutchison, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works to urge upon him the necessity for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting was held in the town hall, Rand wick, on Thursday evening, advocating for its purpose the construction of a railway to connect the eastern suburbs with the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PENRITH, Friday.—A man employed by contractor M'Sweeny in relaying the permanent way, about 200yds from Penrith Railway Station, was literally cut to pieces…
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