Tramway Traffic
The exceptionally fine weather was the means of again inducing very heavy tramway traffic. From early morning throughout the day the rolling stock was taxed to its utmost. Streams of people wended…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 194
A Tram Derailed. Accident on the Sans Souci Line
A somewhat serious accident occurred last evening on the Kogarah-San Souci tram line. A tram, comprising a motor and couple of cars, running from Kogarah, and travelling about ten miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Collision with a Tram. Melbourne
A serious accident happened to-night on the St. Kilda-road. A van driven by a man named Robert M'Guinness, and containing a picnic party numbering 10 adults and nine juveniles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Narrabri-Moree Railway. NARRABRI, Dec. 24
The contract for the Narrabri-Moree railway will expire on the 19th January. The work is well forward, but it is not likely that the line will be ready on that date. The contractors, however, have not…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Terrible Railway Accident. LONDON, Dec. 28
A telegraphic report has been received from Atlanta, United States, capital of the State of Georgia, giving particulars of a terrible railway accident which has…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Year's Day. Tramway Traffic
The exceptionally fine weather was the means of again inducing very heavy tramway traffic. From early morning throughout the day the rolling stock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Motor Car. The London=Brighton Race. New Era in Vehicular Traffic. The Motor Cap as an Aid to Farmers --List of Companies
The trial trip of motor cars from London to Brighton took place on Saturday, November 14, when the new Act regulating such cars came into operation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Fares. to the Editor
Sir,—Through the medium of your widely read paper I would call the attention of our Railway Commissioners to the great incongruity in their passenger fares. I give two examples. No doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities. Railway Accident at Burwood
The Burwood police yesterday reported to the City Coroner that at about 11.35 o'clock on the previous evening, a carpenter named Charles Ocklan, a widower, aged 43, who resided at 47…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Birmingham-an Ideal Municipality. Complete Local Control. Gas, Water, Trams, Parks, and Libraries. a Policy of Reform and Progress. Everything Managed by the City Council
To a Sydney man, bred in an atmosphere of divided authority, the complete control exercised by the municipal council of Birmingham in all that affects the welfare of the citizens is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Railway Station Robbed
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—News has reached the railway authorities that the railway station at Gympie had been broken into between 1 o'clock and 6 o'olook this morning. A large safe was removed bodily and…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Sunday Mountain Train
THE want of Sunday trains to the Mountains has been very urgently felt during the recent holidays. In every other respect the railway arrangements were excellent…
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MR. EDDY's speech at the annual dinner of the Commercial Travellers' Association was certainly of a cheerful and encouraging character. It summed up what has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£Railway Parcels
We have beard numerous complaints of alleged gross negligence in the railway parcels office, In several cases articles from the country, intended for Christmas consumption have, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall From Iron Cove Bridge. Narrow Escape of a Young Woman
Residents int he vicinity of the Iron Cove Bridge, Balmain, were considerably surprised yesterday afternoon on seeing a female form descending from the bridge at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Tramway Company. Melbourne
The earnings of the Melbourne Tramway Company for December were £34,144, showing an increase of £1038 as compared with the corresponding month of the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Collision. Melbourne
Miss Ellen Ardley, who received shocking injuries in a collision between a van and a tramear on Friday night, died last evening. An inquest will he hold on Tuesday. M'Guinness, the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Gigantic Tramway Scheme. Suggested by Mr. Speight
A very brief residence in West Australia has sufficed to satisfy Mr. Richard Speight (ex Victorian Railway Commissioner) that that colony presents great possibilities, not only in mining…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Hardwoods Use by the Great Northern Railway Company. a Depot at Manchester
LONDON, Friday Night.--At the instance of Mr. Foxlee, formerly Engiueer-in-Chief for Existing Lines, N.S.W., the directors of the Great Northern Railway Company have…
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