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Railways, roads & transport, 1896

4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 206

New Zealand News a Nurse Drowned. Strike of Rouseabouts. The Midland Railway Case -- A Strange Visitor -- Discovery of Ancient Maori Canoes

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 7

The following items of New Zealand news are taken from Auckland files just to baud: -- A sad bathing fatality happened at…

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Railway Subway at Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 3

Mr. Bavister introduced the Mayor and aldermen of Ashfield, and one or two prominent residents of that important suburb, to the Minister for Works yesterday, with…

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Victorian Parliament. the Railway Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--To-day the Legislative Council spent almost the whole of its sitting considering messages from the Assembly as to their amendments in…

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Rockdale Fire Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 11

The adjourned annual meeting of the Rockdale Fire Brigade was held at the station, Rocky Point-road, on Friday night. The chair was occupied by Captain Royal,…

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The Road through the Park

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

Some days ago a correspondent residing at Toongabbie wrote to us, making complaints re the disabilities under which persons suffered who live in his…

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Collided With a Tram

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

On Thursday evening, while the tram at Rockdale was making the trip to Lady Robinson's Beach, a horse became frightened, and backed the milkcart to which it was attached on to the…

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Tramway Arrangements

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 7

The tramway arrangements for Anniversary Day, the 27th instant, have keen issued by the Railway Commissioners, and it is observed that special trams are provided on all lines in the…

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Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 7

The phenomenal spell of hot weather will cause the facilities afforded, by the Railway Commie sioners for reaching the cool highlands and breezy seaside to be generally appreciated. Cheap…

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Traffic in Railway Tickets. Prosecutions at Bathurst. Five Convictions

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday—At the Bathurst Police Court this morning Michael Meaney, Louie Ha[?], John Weine, George Mansell, and Alfred E. Ashworth, were each fined the maximum penalty of £5 and…

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More of the Old Queen's. The Chinese Language-Railway Disasters. With Other Recollections of an Australian Actor

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 2

AN actor, to be worthy of the name, must be prepared to…

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Young Folks. Trampled to Death. A Nightmare of the Irish Sea

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 204

Some years ago I was a passenger on board the Usna, one of the small steam packets that ply between Liverpool and the sleepy, dirty, historic old town of Ballybean. My fellow-passengers were…

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Railway Concessions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 198

The Railway Commissioners were interviewed on Monday by a deputation consisting of Meagre. Willis, Waddell, Hassall, Perry, Crick, Carroll, Collins, Millen, Price, and Ashton, Ms.L.A.., and were asked…

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Railway Management

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 167

When we see the perplexity of our Victorian neighbours in their endeavours to reconstruct their railway management, we hare reason to be thankful that Mr. Reid was able to renew the…

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Don't Wrestle with a Tram. The Tale of a Shearer Bold. (With the Usual Moral.)

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

We rise to write the story, the mirth-provoking lark, Of that now-famous person, Octavius Ironbark,…

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The Railway Arrangements

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have provided ample facilities for escaping from the sweltering metropolis to the cool mountains, breezy high lands and sheltered…

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Victorian Parliament. the Progress of the Railway Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Legislative Assembly eat at half-past 10. On a motion by the Attorney-General the matter of providing for the re-instatement on the…

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New Railway Contract

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 4

The line sanctioned by Parliament to connect Berrigan with Jerilderie is about to be put under construction. Mr. Young yesterday accepted the tender of Messrs…

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The Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

The railways afford a cheap and speedy means of escaping from the hot, [?] atmosphere of the metropolis to the cool climate of the mountains and seaside, nnd…

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Berrigan-Jerilderie Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 18

Matters in connection with the construction of the railway line from Jerilderie to Berrigan in the River in a district are progressing in the same manner as if the contract were signed. The Minister for…

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The Rosehill-Dural Railway Troubles Looming A head. Opinions of an Export. What Will Have to be Done

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

The first section of the Rosehill-Dural line will be completed and ready for banding over to the syndicate in about three weeks, and it is presumed that traflic will be opened upon it…

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