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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Mr. Kneeshaw, superintendent of the tramways, accompanied by Mr. G. Cowdery, tramway engineer, and Mr. G. S. Fisher, assistant engineer of tramway construction, waited upon the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHURST, Saturday.-Mr. C. Farquhar, stationmaster at Bathurst, Trail shortly retire on a pension, after forty years service in the Railway Department. Mr. Farquhar is a popular and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners announce that in connection with the special train run between Sydney and Melbourne at excursion rates, cheap excursion fares will also be granted from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The work of laying the Rose Bay tramway will soon bs underway now. Owing to the action of Mr. Andrew Johnston, in throwing up his contract (which was for £2992), on the ground that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Newtown Police Court yesterday Adolph Sandbury, John Keenan, and Albert Organ were proceeded against by Chief Ticket-inspector Davies (of the Railway Department) for travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Mannix was a ganger on the Western railway, near Girilambone. He had been a most trustworthy and sober employe of the Railway Department for over thirteen years, during ten of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company has reduced the fare across the Continent to £5…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Scholes, instructed by Mr. John Stinson, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Pring, instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom (solicitor for the Railway Commissioners) for the defendants. This was an action…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company have reduced their fare across the continent of America to £5…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Saturday, 2.30 a.m.--A discussion upon clause 89 occupied the Convention until 1 a.m. This clause provided that trade within…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Thursday Night.--The Canadian Pacific Railway Company proposes to reduce the passenger fares across the continent to £5…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Friday.--In the House of Commons last night Mr. G. N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that Count Mouravieff, the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Within a week or two the George-street electric tramway will be commenced. For many reasons the public will be gratified when the work is completed. For a long time past attention has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A correspondent wishes to know when the blocks in George-street are to be taken up in order to lay the tramway. He points out that business people will suffer much inconvenicnce…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There has been some delay in getting to work on the electric tramway to Rose Bay. The lowest tenderer for the permanent way was Andrew Johnston, and he entered into a contract to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Some sayings from Mark Twain's new book: When in doubt tell the truth. Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →At last Saturday's meeting of the Kenthurst Progress Association a letter was read from the Baulkham Hills Vigilance Committee, seeking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Parramatta Council met on Monday. Present: The Mayor (Alderman Moxham) and Aldermen Dixon, Noller, Hill, Campbell, Allen, Taylor and Saunders…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →STATEMENTS having been recently publicly made to the effect that the railway and tramway men would be thankful for a weekly day of rest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A SPECIAL cheap excursion to and from the Southern district is announced by the Railway Department. Tickets at specially low fares will be issued at Sydney and suburban…
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