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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,--I would feel obliged if you would allow me through your columns to draw attention to a matter which I feel sure needs only to be pointed out to ensure its receiving attention, and it is the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Railway Department to-day formally took possession of Mr. Lewis Thomas' Swanbank railway, for the purchase of which £12,000 was passed by Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.--The annual meeting of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain is being held this year at Leicester. In his opening address Mr. B. Pickard,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A railway official named Aram Crow, aged 34, was yesterday admitted at the Sydney Hospital suffering from abrasions to the back and internal injuries. Crow is supposed to have been getting out of a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new road work in this district is a decided improvement to the district and fills a "long felt want" The culvert and leveling in Benalong Road take the place of a most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those who have spent any timson the Mountains are familiar with the interest which centres around the arrival of the train with the daily papers from Sydney. To business men taking a rest at one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 76 →He drives directly home, even in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The overhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds, don't bother him. He can feel the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hon. J. H. Young, Minister for Works, and the Hon. J. Cook, Postmaster-General, arrived here to-day. They were met by the Mayor and aldermen and a number of other gentlemen. The bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 97 →WINGHAM, December 30.—The Hon. J. H. Young, Minister for Works, and the Hon. J. Cook, Postmaster-General, arrived here at halfpast 1 o'clock to-day. The visitors were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →LONDON, December 29.—The moving bog in County Kerry, Ireland, is a mile and a half wide and 30ft deep. It is flowing towards the Lakes of Killarney…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Church of England clergy in Queensland, in spite of all the obstacles in their way, and in the absence of all the helps of reverent and ancient surroundings, are doing their best to plant in that…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Automobile Club of France has just issued the programme of a competition which is likely to be of far more practical utility than the Paris-Marseilles and back race. The competition, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schmalspurbahn (says the management of the French state railways) has obtained permission from the Minister of Railways for the construction and reconstruction of a number of passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The total revenue derived by the Railway Department from the running of school excursion trains between the 2nd May and the 31st December last was £1740. The trains carried no fewer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Eddy, Fehon and Oliver), accompanied by Mr. Thow, chief mechanical engineer, and Mr. Puny, out door superintendent, paid a visit to Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new railway line through Rookwood cemetery was subjected to an engineer's trial this week, when a full train was brought up to the new Mortuary Station. Messrs. Thow and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. A. J. Collier, of Port Darwin, telegraphs to Mr. R. W. Bernard, the Adelaide representative of the Eastern Extension and Asian China…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday Night. —The congress of the Miners' Federation now sitting at Leicester has approval of the proposal supporting the nationalisation of land,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ALTHOUGH the unemployed question has become somewhat less acute lately, the problem is one which seems likely to remain with us, and continue to canker the social…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Friday night a very heavy rain set in Victoria, and accompanied with thunder, lightning, and a gale of wind, it did a deal of damage. On the main line to Adelaide…
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