A Railway for Dural. [To the Editor.]
Sir,—I was pleased to see at the meeting at Dural on Saturday night last, the amount of enthusiasm that was shown by the many influential residents of Dural, Castle Hill, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 194
Railways from Narrabri to Moree. NARRABRI, April 1
To-day the railway line from Narrabri to Moree was officially taken over. Everything went off in a satisfactory manner…
Continued on Trove, page 789 →Railway Extension to the Queensland Border. LISMORE, April 5
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…
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The City Railway Commission took further evidence yesterday as to the proposal for extending the railway into the city and to the deep-waters of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By Federal Aid. Overland Railways. The Shortest Mail Routes. Land Grant Lines. NO. 3
The subject of the continental railways of the future may be considered apart from existing lines. There are three proposed lines of this class,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Moree-narrabri Railway. Officially Opened by Mr. Young. Speech by the Minister for Works. Mr. D. O'connor Denounces the Public Service Board
MOREE, Friday. -- Under a scorching sun 417 miles from Sydney, amidst the greatest display of enthusiasm, Mr. J. H. Young, Minister for Works, to-day performed the ceremony of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Federation. the Convention at Adelaide. How the Bill Shall Be Considered. Heated Debate in the Convention. Strategic Move by West Australia. the Finance Committee and the Railways. an Inter-state Railway Commission
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The first real trial of strength between the two partes in the Convention took place to-day. There have been struggles in the committee, but they are only private…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Nevertire-warren Railway
NEVERTIRE, Friday. -- A number of laboring men have been arriving here daily for more than a week, expecting to find the supposed line to Warren already started. Many are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Concert at the Railway Institute
A successful concert in connection with the metropolitan branch of the Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps was held in the hall of the Railway Institute last night, the building being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Railway Extension. Mr. M'master's Scheme
Two schemes possessing novel features have been submitted to the Royal Commission on the City Railway Extension by Mr. Oswald M'Master, civil engineer and railway contractor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Easter Railway Excursions
For the convenience of holiday-makers who may have a few days at their disposal at Easier, the Railway Commissioners have arranged for a special cheap excursion to leave Sydney on Monday next, the 12th…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railway to Dural
Residents in the districts which would be nerved by the extension of the Rosebill Railway to Dural have very wisely decided to make a supremo effort to secure their object. Tho…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway to Dural. to the Editor
SIR,-I was placed to sec at the meeting at Dural on Saturday night last the amount of onthusiasin that was shown by the many influential residents of Dural, Castle Hill and…
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A meeting was hold at Dural lust Saturday night in connection with the agitation for the continuation of the Rosehill Line to Dural, and to arrange details for the reception of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Chronicles of Watson's Bay. a Bygone Signal. Night Beacons of Fire. Who Was Watson ?--Mrs. Captain Macarthur's Picnic-An Historic House--The Old South Head Road-- Industrious Soldiers --Famous Oarsmen. NO. 2
Before the first lighthouse was built, as already mentioned, in Governor Macquarie's time, means had been taken to assist, in some degree, ships…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Fast Flying Train
A WASHINGTON man has invented a fast flying train and track, both of unique construction, which the New York HERALD describes. The tract, it says, is only…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Man Who Knows the Road
He drives directly home, oven in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The over-banging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain [?]ounds, don't bother…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Old Mantons Money Chap. X.-on the Road to the Iron Mountain (Continued)
Owing to the roughness of the ground their progress was now slow. From the brow of the ridge they caught sight of a column of smoke coming from a slab hut…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Easter Railway Excursions
PARTICULARS of the railway arrangements for the Easter holidays will be found notified elsewhere in thin issue. Through excursion tickets will be issued to Melbourne, Adelaide…
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