Field of Mars Tramway
The Field-of-Mars. Tramway movement, creeping on by stages year after year, at last, a few week ago, reached the point of being definitely commended to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1896
4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 206
Dismissal of Tram Conductors
In connection with the recent dismissal of tram conductors for certain breaches of regulations in regard to the sale of tickets, and the collection and destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knight's Motor Cycle. (See illustration on this page.)
The movement (says the "Implement and Machinery Review"), which we are glad to see is gaining ground, in favor of mechanical road carriages is stimulating inventive…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Midland Railway Dispute
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Dec. 26—The award of the Midland Railway Arbitration Board, appoint ed to arbitrate on the matters in dispute between the New Zealand Government ind the Midland…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Death at the Penrith Railway Station
The Colonial Secretary has conveyed to the Press that he has received a report from the police in reference to the death of a hospital patient at the Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Station Decoration
DURING the past few years a great advance has been made in the direction of garden planting about railway stations. Along the suburban lines there are now many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rail and Tram Bungling
It is perhaps a tribute to the general efficiency of our system of railway management that the shortcomings occasionally observable in connection there with stand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discarded Guards. Tram Conductors Dis[?]
THE Railway commissions have made clean sweep of eight tram conductors for tax attention to the strict letter of the instrictions issued them in the sale and collection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lillie Bridge Races
There was a good attendance at the Lillie Bridge Pony Race Meeting on Saturday night. Following were the results: Tramway Handicap, 13h 3in to 14h 0 1/in. 5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Earnings
Despite the severity or the past season the number of stock carried by rail to the Flemington yards shows an increase over the previous year. The volume of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Mail Train
LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m,--The mail train proceeding from Johannesburg to Durban has been derailed and wrecked at Dannhausen; 25 of those on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Country. the Mountain Train Traffic
KATOOMBA, Monday.--The passenger traffic on the Mountains has of late been quite unprecedented. At Katoomba alone last Friday and Saturday 621 tickets were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed New Road to the Cricket Ground
For some time past an agitation has been in progress among the residents of the eastern suburbs for the construction of a direct thoroughfare to the Association…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ring-barking on Roads. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Some 12 months ago you were good enough to publish for me a letter condemning the ringbarking of trees growing beside the roads in this district. I very much regret to have again to ask…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in Ashantee. Advance of the British. the Road to Coomassie Open. London, Jan. 6
King Prempeh, of Ashantee, is concentrating his troops in Coomassie, the capital, where he is preparing to resist the force which is marching against him under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Disaster. Great Loss of Life
LONDON, January 6.—A shocking railway disaster has occurred in South Africa. The mail train from Johannesburg to Durban became derailed at Dannhausen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Disaster. Great Loss of Life. London, Jan. 6
A shocking railway disaster has occurred in South Africa. The mail train from Johannesburg to Durban became derailed at Dannhausen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Accident
A railway accident of a most serious character has occurred in the Transvaal. The mail train from Johannesburg to Durban was derailed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Returns
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The receipts from the railways continue to show a failing off. Last week, £70,158 was received, or £8966 less than the amount realised…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cable and Electric Trams. New Cash Fare System. Successfully Inaugurated
The monotonous ring of the conductor's fare-bell on the ocean street and North Shore cable tramways, and the North Shore electric tramway, ceased on Sunday…
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