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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,--I consider that Dr. J. D. Sly is entitled to the thanks of the travelling public generally for his able advocacy of a reduction in the suburban railway fares. It seems unnecessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A collision occurred at the Parramatta railway station yesterday afternoon shortly before half-past 5 o'clock, between an engine which was being shunted and a train waiting to start for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The secretary of the League of Wheelmen in Sydney recently received a communication from the California Associated Cycling Clubs, which body has seceded from the League of American…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation from the Stockowners Association, consisting, of Mr. G. H. Cox (Mudgee), Mr. Herbert Cunningham (A.M. and A. Company) J. H. Davies (Gunnedah), Vincent Rowling (Luc),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Emu Bay Railway Company, Limited, has issued a program report. The engineer-in-charge advises that the majority of the men have returned to their work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →It has been decided by the Egyptian authorities to at once push on the railway towards Khartoum…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →JOSEPH VINCENT, 22, tram-guard, living at 168 Union-street, Erskineville, fell off a tram last evening, and was taken to Sydney Hospital suffering from serious injuries to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A GENTLEMAN prominent in commercial and social circles complained bitterly to a SUNDAY TIMES representative on Friday last of most unwarrantable and unconth treatment meted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT cannot be said that the RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS are happy in their semi-official replies to the arguments in favor of a reduction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following weights have been declared for the events to be run at Lillie Bridge to-night:- 14.1 Handicap, 4 furlongs.—Sweetheart II., 9st, Lady Lovel, 8st 13lb; Caloola, 8st 9lb; Recovery, 8st 9lb; The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland, has sent the following telegram to Rear-Admiral Bridge: "Before your Excellency's departure from the Australian station, I desire, on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early this morning a fire was discovered under the Pyrmont Bridge. The outbreak spread to some of the bearings, and several of the crossbeam were damiged. The fire was extinguished by means of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 9.-Mr. Cecil Rhodes states that the construction of the Zambesi railway depends partly upon the output of the Gwelo gold fields, and partly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The city coroner held an inquiry at the Coroner's Court this morning relative to the death of a tram conductor named Joseph Vintznetz, who died yesterday morning in the Sydney Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tram guard named Joseph Vintzentz, aged 25, who resided with his parents at 168 Union-street, Erskineville, met with an accident on Saturday afternoon which unfortunately had a fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It has been decided to extend tho railway from Abu Homed to El Damer, at the confluence of the Nile and the Atbara. Jan. 8…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Cecil Rhodos says that the construction of the Zambesi railway doponds partly upon the output of the Gwelo goldfield and partly on the working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The gross earnings of the railways of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1896 (says an exchange) were 1,150,169,376dol, (two hundred and thirty millions pounds)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The accident which deprived a tramway conductor named Joseph Vintzentz of his life was the subject of a magisterial inquiry at the City Coroner's Court this morning. In the…
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