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Railways, roads & transport, 1897

3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 194

The Railway Dispute. Lord Rosebery to Arbitrate. LONDON, April 13

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 6

It is announced that Lord Rosebery will arbitrate in the railway dispute which occurred a short time ago between the North-Eastern Railway…

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City Railway Extension

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The City Railway-Extension Commission sat again yesterday, and took further evidence as to the necessity for extending the railway into the city and to…

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Ministerial Visit to Dural. the Carlingford-dural Railway. the Party Entertained at Lunch

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 3

For a number of years the residents of Dural and its surrounding districts have been agitating for a railway. Of late the proposal has been that the Government should buy the railway known as…

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The Railway Dispute in England. Lord Rosebery to Act As Arbitrator

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Karl of Rosebery has consented to act as arbitrator in the dispute between the North-Eastern Railway Company and their employees…

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The Cape and the Transvaal. the Railways and Transvaal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Sir James Sivewright, the Commissioner for Public Works in Cape Colony, says that if the Cape should lose the Transvaal trade the Cape railways…

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Proposed Railway From Nerang to the Tweed. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 6

Mr. Collins, the member for the Albert district, Queensland, is at prosent touring the Northere dist[?]cts with the object of gaining information relative to the construction of a line of railway from Nerang…

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The Cape Railways. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 5

Sir James Sivewright, K.C.M.G., Commissioner of Public Works in the Government of Cape Colony, states that, oven if the colony loses the Transvaal trade, the…

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Carlingford-dural Railway

The Australian Star · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 3

A. Ministerial visit was made to Dural on Wednesday for the purpose of inquiring into the necessity of extending the railway from Carlingford to Dural. The…

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The Railway Murder. a Strange Story

The Australian Star · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 4

The Scotland Yard authorities, having disposed of the clue reported from the district of Reading, which culminated in the arrest of a man named Marshall,…

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Tram and Van Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 7

A great amount of evidence was adduced at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday touching tho death of a man named John Beech, victim of a collision…

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Supposed Assault in a Railway Carriage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 3

MURRUMBURRAH, Thursday.--On the arrival on Tuesday night of the excursion train from Wagga a man was found in a second-class carriage bleeding freely from wounds in the head, and…

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The Cape and the Transvaal. the Railways and Transvaal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Sir James Sivewright, the Commissioner for Public Works in Cape Colony, says that if the Cape should lose the Transvaal trade the Cape railways…

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City Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 4

Mr. William Cowper laid a scheme for the extension of the railway into the city before the Royal Commission yesterday. His proposals contained provision for two large central…

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Railway Excursions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 6

To meet the convenience of holiday-makers desirous of leaving town to-day, cheap excursion tickets will be issued by trains leaving at 8.20 a.m. for Eskbank, 8 a.m. for Goulburn, 5.18 p.m. for Pieton, 7.38 a.m and 5.30…

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Tramway Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have made extensive arrangements in order to meet the expected heavy traffic during the holidays. To-day the ordinary weekday, timetable will be in force on all lines, with the exception…

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John Bridge and Co., Ltd

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 12

In our advertising columns is announced the fact that the well-known firm of John Bridge and Co. has changed into a proprietary company, and will in future trade…

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As[?]ault in a Train

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 40

HARDEN, Wednesday.—A man was taken from one of the second-class carriages of the excursion train last night covered with blood, caused, it is Gaid by a man striking' him with a bottle…

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Young Folks. Song of the Road

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 833

Tinkle, twinkle, motor-car, Just to tell us where you are. While about the streets you fly Like a comet in the sky…

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Railway and Tramway Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 7

The tramway traffic yesterday was very heavy, the returns being above the average for Good Friday. The largest number of passengers went to Moore Park, the show being the chief attraction…

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