Five Dock Tram Arrangements
The manager for tramways wrote to the ive Dock Council last evening, in reply to an interview granted to the Mayor (Alderman Croker). stating that the application for the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 206
Road Repairs
Judging from the enormous heap of blue metal piled up of the Ryde wharf, and which has recently been brought there by boat, the Government must be going in heavily for…
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The half-yearly meeting of the Silverton Trammay Company, Limited, was held to-day. The report showed that the credit to profit and loss, including a balance of £7841 brought forward…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in Queensland. the Fitzroy River Rising. Heavy Rains Along the Dawson Valley. Railway Lines Under Water. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Rockhampton
There is every prospect of another high flood in the Fitzroy River. The Yaamba River has risen 10ft. 6in. since Wednesday night, and is still rising fast. The Comet River rose 31ft. 6in. since 6…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Short Story. A Railway Romance
Woman may die of broken hearts, but men [?] do, although many may five broken [?]—lives from which all sunshine [?] sweetness seem shut out for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sketcher. The Tramp and the Millionaire
"But you people seem to think that we rich men are to be envied," said the millionaire. "Well, I don't think you're got very…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Alteration of Railway Curves at Faulconbridge. SPRINGWOOD, Feb. 24
A large number of men were at work all day on Sunday making the necessary rail connections on the new permanent way at Faulconbridge. The flattening of the curves there was commenced adopt the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The second halfyearly fleeting of the Silverton Tramway Company, Limited, was held to-day. Mr. D. E. M'Bryde. M.L.C., presided. The…
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The substantial manner in which the various special cheap excursions arranged by the Railway Commissioners have been patronised, has induced them to announce a fresh series,…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Friday.--There is every prospect of another high flood in the Fitzroy River. At Yaamba the river has risen 10ft. 6in. since Wednesday night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia. the Railway and Telegraph Departments. Meetings at Perth
PERTH, Friday.--A meeting was held last night in the Town-hall, which was crowded. The Mayor of Perth, one of the projectors of the meeting, and several of…
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A deputation from Liverpool and Mulgoa district on Feb. 20 asked the Minister for Works to carry out a trial survey for a light line of railway from Liverpool to Mulgoa. The productiveness…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Railway Bates on Minerals
A deputation from the recent Mining Conference was on Feb. 19 introduced by the Minister for Mines, Mr. Sydney Smith, to the Railway Commissioners. The members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Rookwood Railway Fatality A Charge of Manslaughter. A Compensation Claim
At the Rookwood Council on Wednesday Alderman Gormley drew attention to the death of Mr. Reeve, and hoped the Mayor would try and get some compensation for his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's Wires Westralian Railway Traffic. Block on the Lines. Opening of the Coolgardie Line. COOLGARDIE Saturday
A SERIOUS block has occurred on the railway at Fremantle, and only perishable stuff is coming through. The Coolgardie railway is now opened to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danger From Dynamite. Carriage and Storage of Explosives. The Railway Arrangements
APROPOS the recent terrible dynamite explosion in the railway yard at Johannesburg, a Times representative made some inquiries during the week as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lillie Bridge Races
There was a moderate attendance at Lillie Bridge on Saturday evening, when an interesting race meeting took place. Results: Midget Handicap, 12h 3in to 13h, 3 furlongs.—F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Railway Between Wodonga and Melbourne. Melbourne, Sundy
Mr. Price Williams has addressed a second leiter to the Premier repeating lus assertions that the permanent way between Wodonga and Melbourne is in such ill-condition that it is dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Railway and Postal Departments. Perth, Satuday
A meeting held in the Frementle Town Hall last night was a fiasco so far as the intentions of the promoters were concerned. The meeting was a crowded one, and met to discuss departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Department. Perth
The Premier having diselaimd any recollectiou of basing out down the Railway Department estim ates for rolling stock since the loan of 1894 an important minute has ben forwarded to him by the…
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