The Man Who Knows the Road
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 10 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1897
3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 194
A Railway Horror in a London Train. a Young Woman Murdered. Under Mysterious Circumstances. Escape of the Murderer. The Sweetheart's Story
London is again confronted by a murder mystery which has all the elements of a big sensation. The murder occurred in a London and South-Western Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Excursions
PARTICULARS of special railway excursions at reduced fares to and from the country during the present month are advertised casewhere in this issue. That from Sydney to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wharf and Railway Extension. (To the Editor.)
SIR,-It is to be hoped that the Commission now sitting will not confine their inquiry simply to present requirements. The progress of Sydney during the past quarter of a century…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Murder Mystery a London Train Tragedy Ghastly Discovery at Waterloo. A Barmaid Murdered and Robbed-- Sensational Statements-- Description of the Alleged Assassin-- Police Following Up Clues
London has been shocked by the circumstances of a revolting railway murder, resembling in its details the terrible crimes for which Lefroy, and before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Stores Branch
As the result of the deliberations of the Board of Inquiry, various changes have been made in the Stores Branch of the Railway Department. In future the Stores Branch will be under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federation. the Adelaide Convention. the Work of the Committees. Federal Control of the Railways Abandoned. the Consolidation of the Debts. an Australian High Court
ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- This has been a quiet day. It is hot -- furiously, mercilessly hot -- and there are no signs of an immediate change. Adelaide people come up to you cheerfully, and say,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Roads Vote. Increased Expenditure Asked For
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. O'Sullivan, Wright, Perry, Brown, M'Donald, Affleck, Rose, Ball, and Kelly, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to urge an increased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Expenditure on Country Roads. Deputation to the Minister for Works
A deputation of members of Parliament representing country constituencies called upon Mr. J. H. Young, Minister for Works, yesterday to ask if it were possible to expend a little more public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road Vote. Reputation to the Minister. Complaints From the Country
A deputation, introduced by Mr. O'Sullivan, M.L.A., and consisting of Messrs. F. A. Wright, Kelly, Brown, M'Donald, Rose, Affleck, Ball, Carroll,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Edition. Accident to the Melbourne Express. Wreck of the Train Narrowly Averted
YASS, Tuesday Morning.--The mail train from Melbourne ran off the line last night about three miles on the Sydney side of Yass station, through running over a calf which had strayed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway Extension
The Royal Commission resumed its inquiry to-day as to the expediency and best methods of extending the railway system into the city. Mr. Oswald M'Master, engineer and contractor for railway works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Russian Railway Loan
LONDON April 5.—Russia is borrowing £9,000,000 for the purpose of railway construction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident on the Railway. the Mails Delayed
YASS, Tuesday.—The up mail train to Sydney met with a slight accident last night between Yass and Coolalie, caused by running over a calf which had strayed on to the line. Two carriages were derailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Construction in Russia. London, April 5
Russia is borrowing £9,000,000 for the purposes of railway construction within the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Picnic
The annual picnic of the railway and tramway employees of the traffic and permanent way depart[?] was successfully hold at Toronto, Lake Mac[?], to-day. Special trains left Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Extension to the Queensland Border. Lismore
A public meeting was held this evening for the purpose of urging upon the Government the extension of the Lismore-Tweed railway to the Queensland border. The Mayor presided. The attendance was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Departure of the Railway Commissioner for Adelaide
The Railway Commissioner, Mr. Mathieson, left to-day for Adelaide, the Premier being desirous of consulting him on railway matters in connection with the Federal Convention proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. The Mail Delayed. From Melbourne to Sydney. Runs Over a Cow--A Stoppage of Five Hours--Goes Off the Line Near Yass--The Express Also Delayed--No Passengers Injured. YASS
The mail train from Melbourne to Sydney last night, shortly after 11 o'clock, got derailed four miles on Goulburn side of Yass through running over…
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