A Transcontinental Railway. Adelaide to Port Darwin
LONDON, January 28.—The Earl of Kilmorey sailed for Australia by the Austral, which left on January 22. The object or his visit is to make overtures to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 194
George-street Tramway
After consultation with the Railway Commissioners and Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction, the Minister for Works has decided to resume a piece of land between Mary Ann-street and William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Railway to Port Darwin. London, Jan. 28
The Earl of Kilmorey sailed for Australia by the Austral, which left on 22nd January. The object of his visit is to make overtures with regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. the Railway Revenue. Melbourne
The railway revenue for the first half of the financial year amounts to £1,303,265, as against £1,232,812 obtained during the first six months of last year. The increase thus shown is £70,453,…
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Some interesting little anomalies have arisen in connection with the new kinds of tram tickets now issued. On the railway trams eight red tickets are sold at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Fatal Railway Accident. a Man Run Over by Three Trains
BRISBANE, Thursday.--A fearful accident occurred near the Laidley railway station. Early yesterday morning the night porter found a man's shirt saturated with blood lying on the…
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The Minister for Works has decided to resume a block of land between Mary Ann-street and William Henry-street, in Ultimo, abutting on the eastern side of Darling Harbor, for a power house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Finance. the Probable Influence of Federation on Finance and Trade. an Inquiry. Vi. the Federation of the Debts and Railways
The consolidation of the debts and the federation of the railways are points which have been advocated in our financial columns on many occasions when the cause of federation has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway to Port Darwin. Overtures to the South Australian Government
LONDON, Thursday.--The Earl of Kilmorey has sailed for Adelaide in the R.M.S. Austral. He is empowered to make overtures to the South Australian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Fassifern Train
The private train which runs from Toronto to Fassifern collided with a cow which had strayed on to the line on Thursday, with the result that the motor was derailed and thrown on to its…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the Road to Gretna Green
WHEN the nineteenth century was still a puling infant scarcely able to stand alone, and not yet…
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Ha drives directly home, even in the dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The over-hanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain Bounds don't bother…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Railway Accident. Brisbane
Guard Graham, of the North Coast mail, fell out of his train yesterday near Gympie, and is now in the hospital in a precarious condition…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Botany Bay As a Railway Shipping Poet. to the Editor
Sir, -- Much has been said and written with regard to provision being made for the rapidly growing trade of Sydney. To meet the case it is proposed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Warren Railway League
WARREN, Friday. -- An Important meeting of the Warren Railway League took place yesterday, when correspondence was read from Mr. J. C. Ryrie regarding tho exchange of 6a. of his land…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rosehill to Bural Railway
A largo doputation representing the residents of the Dural district, and headed by Messrs. Jacob Garrard (Minister for Education), Morgan and Howarth, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Improved Apparatus for Cable Tramways. (See Illustration on this page.)
Our illustration shows the improved gripper new in use on the King-street to Ocean-street cable tramway, Sydney. lt differs essentially from the grips mostly used on other lines, in being…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Local and District Items The Railway Hotel, Rockwood
Alderman Joseph Abrabams, of Rockwood, is determined that the Railway Hotel, when completed, shall be second to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rosehill Railway A Country Press Opinion
The "Windsor Gazette" thus comments on the proposal that the Governments should purchase the Rosehill railway line:— "It must be apparent to any man of common…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Train Robbery. Perth
What appea[?] to be a second robbery of mail bags has been discovered. Several bags were taken out of the Government train at Midland junction for transfer to the Midland train for…
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