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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1897

3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 194

The City Railway Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 3

The Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission, continued its inquiry yesterday at noon into the extension of the railway system of the colony into the citv and to the deep waters of Port Jackson…

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City Railway Commission

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 6

The Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of city railway extension, met again to-day. Mr. Henry Deane…

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Terrible Tragedy in Brisbane. Murder and Suicide at the Central Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A terrible tragedy was enacted at the Central Railway Station shortly before 8 o'clock to-night. A woman named Harriett Elizabeth Jackson and her daughter Laura,…

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Children's Fares on the Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 4

At the meeting on Monday of the Kogarah Council Alderman M'Pherson asked the Mayor if he would have a letter sent to the Railway Commissioners, requesting a reduction of fares for…

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City Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1897 · page 4

Sitting as a Royal Commission, the Public Works Committee yesterday continued its inquiries as to the expediency and best methods of extending the railway system of the colony…

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The Intercolonial Train Service

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Mr. Matheson, the Commissioner of Railways in Victoria, and Mr. A. G. Pendleton, the Commissioner representing the South Australian Railways, had a…

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Road Race at Cootamundra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

COOTAMUNDRA, Wednesday. -- The local branch of the League of Wheelmen held a 10 mile road race this afternoon. It was won by Joe Greenwood, from scratch; Sam Nelson, with 30sec. start, being second; and…

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Railway and Tramway Musical Society

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6

The Railway and Tramway Musical Society gave their sixteenth concert at the Railway Institute last night in the presence of a fair audience. Mr. Harry Sherlock, as usual, acted…

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The Railways

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

The paramount topic of the day appears to be the federation of the railways, which has evidently proved a delicate one to handle on the platform. On one side we are told that it would he suicidal…

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The TranS-Siberian Railway. the Extension in China

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 6

LONDON, March 3.—A detachment of Russian Infantry has started for Manchuria in order to protect the surveyors for the Trans-Siberian line of railway through the…

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City Railway Extension. the Royal Commission

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

The Royal Commission upon the City Railway Extension sat again yesterday. Mr. H. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction, was further examined, and…

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The City Railway Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

The Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission, continued its inquiry yesterday into the proposed extension of the railway system of the colony to the city, and to the deep waters of…

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The Trans-siberian Railway. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

A detachment of Russian infantry has started for Manchuria in order to protect the surveyors for the Trans-Siberian line of railway through the Manchurian…

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King-street Tram Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

In anticipation of large concourses of the electors assembling this evening in King-street, and probably impeding the cable tram, the Railway Commissioners have given instructions that so soon as such a course…

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Railway Commission

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 3

The Public Works Committee sat as the Railway Commission yesterday to make further inquiry with regard to the proposal to extend the railway…

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Tramway Arrangements. Late Trams To-night

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

The Tramway Department has a special service of trams running to-day to meet the holiday requirements. This morning traffic was light, but it was…

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City Railway Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 4

The Public Works Committee sat again yesterday as a Royal Commission upon the city railway extension proposal. Mr. H. Deane, engineer-in-chief for railway construction, was further…

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Russian Railway Extension. Through Manchuria in China. Surveyors to Be Protected by Troops

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- A body of Russian infantry has started for the Chinese province of Manchuria, in order to protect the surveyors engaged on the extension of the…

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Queensland. the Tragedy at the Central Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- With regard to the murder and suicide which took place at the Central Railway station last night there is reason to believe that jealousy was the cause. Jackson,…

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The King-street Cable Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 5

It is anticipated that a very large crown will gather in King-street this evening to ascertain the results of the polling as they will be posted outside of the office of "The Daily Telegraph."…

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