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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Further evidence was taken yesterday by the Royal Commission at present inquiring into the expediency and best method of extending the railway into the city. Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Despite the manifest preference of the average man for keeping above ground, the tendency to burrow down beneath the surface of thickly- populated cities in order to find means for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WELLINGTON, Friday.—The railway revenue for the year shows an increase of £110,000, to earn which the expenditure was increased £30,000. This was after spending £50,000 In rolling stock,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—For a number of years these two subjects, which I designate "fads," have cropped up continually, but so far nothing serious has been done. As, however, a Royal Commission is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—It would be well if the commissioners attention be directed to the carelessness and apparent indifference to human life exhibited by some tram conductors in the discharge of their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—In conversation with numbers of suburban residents and others, there is a consensus of opinion that the charge of three half-pence to the railway station is excessive, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—I think the most cogent reason yet advanced in favor of the extension of the railway into the city is that voiced by the Secretary for Railways in his evidence before the now sitting…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Public Works Committee yesterday gave some further consideration to the proposal to construct a railway from Moree to Inverell. Mr. H. Deane, engineer-in-chief, railway construction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON Saturday last, what might have been a serious accident, was happily averted by the intelligence of a lad, 11 years of ago, named Tom Hewlett. The lad, who resides at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Shore Bicycle Club held their first road race yesterday over a course of about 7½ miles, and although the going was heavy the contest was a great success. The sine starters were despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →He drives directly home, even in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The over-hanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds, don't bother…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LAST Saturday night week, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a married woman Mrs. Con-nelly, living in Parson street, Balmain, wet with a serious accident while alighting from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT having been determined that an electric tram shall run along George street, the next question is when the work will be commenced and when completed. In order to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following report of recent Police Court proceedings at Parramatta is taken from the 'Cumberland Free [?] and is re-published in these columns not so much for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, March 28.—Mr. H. C. Stanley, Chief Engineer of Railways, Queensland, who is on a visit to England and the Continent, recommends that Queensland should adhere to its existing railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the Convention has only been sitting here for a week some of the main outlines of the constitution which Will be produced by the present gathering are already coming into view. Whilst the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- The project for running the electric trams in Dunedin has been abandoned, but the question of introducing gas motors is being considered. The electric trams…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WARREN, Monday.—Plans for the proposed railway station at Warren can now be seen at the courthouse, and tenders are being called for the same. It is considered that the passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Royal Commission resumed its inquiry to-day as to the expedience and best methods of extending the railway system into the city. Mr. Geo. Pile, a business man of long standing, stated that during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. H. C. Stanley, Chief Engineer of Railways in Queensland, who is on a visit to England and the Continent, recommends that Queensland should adhere to…
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