Be Electric Trams, Etc
SIR,—I trust the powers that be have thoroughly investigated the question of electric trams. America is discarding overhead wire to favor of accumulators or cable trams…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
3,961 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 199
New Guinea As a Goldfield. an Explorer Who Spent Five Years There, And Caused the 1897 Rush by His Discoveries. a Rich Field of the Future. a New Rare Metal—Gold to be Had, but No Food—Diggers Must Wait for Roads— The Rubber Industry—Miles of Rubber Vines
IF Mr. A. Hudson, a sturdy young Englishman, who has spent five years prospecting with various luck about New Guinea, is not in terror that territory will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Wrong Side. An Erratic Tram
An individual charged at the Central Police Court to-day with being drunk in charge Of a horse and cart pleaded that he was in a false position, inasmuch as although he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Suspension Bridge
The Minister for Works has received a report from the engineer in charge, with reference to the construction of the Kangaroo Valley bridge. This is the first of the suspension type built by the…
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The following weights have been declared for the events to be decided to-night:- Bicycle Race, 6 sovs, 1 mile.—e. Kerrigan, J. J. Brady, scratch; George Smith, 10 yards; Wm. Stanford, M…
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The Public Works Department has put up a suspension bridge—the first of its type built by the Government in the colony—in the Kangaroo Valley, on the road from Moss Vale to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Edition. Two Men Drowned. Murray Bridge
Three man named George Brady, George Rafferty, and George Hill were upset from a sailing boat yesterday afternoon four miles above Murray Bridge. Rafferty and Hill were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Crown-street Tram Accident. Onus V. the Railway Commissioners
A case in which £1000 compensation is claimed from the Railway Commissioners, for injuries received in a tram accident, occupied Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury in No. 1 Jury Court. The plaintiff, Joseph Opus, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Rates
The fact was recently commented on by a correspondent at Albury that the railway rates from that town to Sydney were, on certain specified articles, much less than the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rose Bay Electric Tram
At last evening's meeting of the Woollahra Council a letter, dated March 11, was received from the Public Works Department in reply to one from the council, asking for the probable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Institute
To commemorate the opening of the Railway Institute the members held their annual dinner last evening. Mr. Dykes, the house steward, formed into a pretty banqueting-room. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bogan Gate to Condobolin Railway
The Bogan Gate to Condobolin section of the Parkes to Condobolln railway is to be formally opened for traffic to-morrow, and Mr. Young leaves for Condobolin by the 8 o'clock train…
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There was a good attendance at Lillie Bridge last night, when a programme of pony and bicycle races was run through. The following are the results:- One Mile Bicycle Handicap.—Final heat: W. Breen,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Crown-street Tram Accident. Onus V. the Railway Commissioners
The hearing of the case in which £1000 compensation was claimed from the Railway Commissioners by Joseph Onus for injuries received in a train accident in Crown- street on March 9, 1897, was concluded in No. 1 Jury Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rose Bay Electric Tram
At Monday evening's meeting of the Woollahra Council a letter, dated March 11, was received from the Public Works Department in reply to one from the council, asking for the probable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tram Accident. Claim for £1000
The hearing was concluded to-day of the action brought by Joseph Onus against the Railway Commisioners. Plaintiff sought to recover £1000 as compensation for injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Equality of Trade. the Railway Question
Six clauses relating to the equality and equity of trade relations between the States close the chapter. They provide that nothing in the Constitution shall prevent the imposition of such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Railway Amalgamation
NEW YORK, February 4.--The Lake Shore Railway to-day became the property of the Now York Central Railway Company. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, the president of the New York…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARRAMATTA-SlNGLETON RAILWAY
The Baulkham-hills and Parramatta progress Associations met at Baulkham-hills on Monday evening and conferred on the matter of railway requirements for the district. The president of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glebe Island Bridge
The Annandale council decided at Tuesday night's meeting to co-operate with Leichhardt Drummoyne, Balmain, Glebe, Hunter's Hill, Ryde and Marsfield councils in a deputation…
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