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Railways, roads & transport, 1897

3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 194

Railway Concession

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 5

A deputation of the committee of the Young Men's Federal Convention, to be opened in Sydney on January 16. yesterday walled upon the Railway Department with a view to obtaining a…

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The Sale of Railway Tickets. a Fixe of £10 Imposed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 7

At the Central Summons Court yesterday, before Mr, Johnson, S.M., J. E. Hitmann, proprietor of Hitmann's Labor Agency, Castlereagh-street, was proceeded against for selling a railway ticket, be not being duly authorised…

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The Produce Block at Redfern. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 2

Yesterday, the Sydney Produce Auctioneers attended as a deputation to the Railway Commissioners in re the block of produce at the…

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Congested Traffic at Redfern. a Deputation to the Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

Yesterday morning a deputation of the representatives of the Redfern feed produce auctioneers, including Mr. Heaton (Heaton Brothers), Mr G.E. Bryant (J. Bridge and…

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The Glut of Produce. On the Railway. Deputation to the Commissioners. Representations of the Selling Agents--Trying to Obviate the Block

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 6

An important deputation of selling agents at Redfern waited on the Railway Commissioners to-day with respect to the block of traffic at the Redfern…

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Free Railway Passes. For Federal Candidates. Granted by the Government--All On an Equal Footing

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

A deputation from the Australasian Federation League waited on Mr Brunker this morning to ask that free passes be granted to candidates for the…

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The Proposed City Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 4

The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, sitting yesterday afternoon as a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of extending the railway into the…

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Produce on the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 4

The result of yesterday's interview between produce sellers aud the Railway Commissioners with regard to the congestion of produce on the railways seems to have been…

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The Congestion of the Produce Traffic. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. How the Block Occurs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 7

The congestion, of the produce traffic at Redfern railway station has reached the deputation stage. At noon yesterday a number of gentlemen, thoroughly representative of the whole of…

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South Australia. Fatal Railway Accident at Glenelg

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Annie Brady, aged 17, was run over and totally injured by a train at Glenelg yesterday evening. The deceased was a servant in the employ of Mr. J. C. Hamp, solicitor,…

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Mr. John Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 20

Mr. John Bridge was born near Maitland, and was brought up to farming, which occupation he followed till he was about 24 years of age. During this time he acquired an intimate and…

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A New Niagara Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 12

The new metal arch-bridge at Niagara Falls will be noteworthy in two respects. The new bridge is to be built over the old suspension structure, without interruption to the traffic on the latter. The…

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Bicycle Road Record. Melbourne to Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 344

Mr. H. F. Shepherd, a well-known member of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen, has just established a new record by riding from Melbourne to Sydney in 96 hours 4 minutes, the previous best…

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The Mounted Troops for England. Break Up of the Camden Camp. on the Road to Sydney. Arrival at Liverpool. a Military Tattoo at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 11

LIVERPOOL, Friday. -- The detachment of mounted rifles for England got a stage nearer its final destination to-day. Camden has had its day, or rather its month, and now it is looking…

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Provincial Items. Man Cut to Pieces on a Railway

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 5

John Wilson, of Back Myroe, was run over on the Limavady Railway, and so horribly cut up that the body was unrecognizable. Wilson, who was a gardener, left his place to attend a wake…

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Railway Construction Without Contractors. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 4

Sir,—At a time when the public mind is entirely possessed, or trying to be so, on the great subject of federation it seems almost cruel to present anything to your readers that is calculated in the slightes[?]…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 4

Charles Parker Ayling, a Riverstone storekeeper, 72 years of age, arrived from Now Zealand this morning, and was waiting at Redfern…

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Motor Cars and Cycles

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 3

In an interview with Mr. E. J. Rudd, published in "The Daily Telegraph" on the 3rd inst., we gave an interesting account of the motor cars and cycles that are about to be brought to Australia…

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Railway Excursions From the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 10

A series of special cheap excursion trains, intended to enable residents in the warmer districts of the colony to escape to the mountains and the seaside, will be run on Friday next,…

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Messrs Lyne and See at the Protestant-hall. the Railways for the States. No Unification of the Debts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 10

Mr. Lyne, M.P., delivered his first-address in the metropolis in connection with his candidature for the Federation Convention last night in the Protestant-hall, and Mr. See, M.P., delivered…

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