The Light Transit Railway System
A syndicate is now being formed (see prospectus on page 6) to purchase the patent rights for the Australian colonies of the above system. The mechanical objection to the present system…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
The Holiday. By Train, Tram and Steamer
The many conveniences in the way of travel provided for holiday-makers to-day left most people in a condition of uncertainty as to what to do with themselves. Somewhere to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ermington-road
The Ryde and Ermington and Rydalmere Councils have been conferring of late as to the carrying out of work on the Ermington-road. An agreement was drawn up by the Ryde Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seven-hills Road
Residents of a portion of Kcilyvilie are finding cut that they can reach the railway line at Seven hills more quickly than by coming to Parramatta, more especially in view of the fact that the road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fall From a Train
A girl, aged 8½, named Winifred Hourn, whose parents reside at Young, died in the Western Suburbs Hospital on Friday from the effects of injuries received on the railway. Deceased was on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Boundary Road Trouble
The Ryde and Hunter's-hill councils have of late been considering the question of repairing and maintaining the boundary road between the two boroughs. A deputation from the two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Point Piper-road, Woollahra
New Year services were held at the Point Piper-road Congregational Church, Woollahra, yesterday, at which the congregations were large. The pastor (Rev. John Fordyce, M.A.) preached both morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Khartoum Railway Contracts. Sixty Bridges Across the Nile
Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, accompanied by Lord Edward Cecil, his aide-de-camp, was busy in London on November 7 in connection with the extension of the Soudan railway to Khartoum…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining and Railway Concessions
LONDON, December 31.—An Anglo-American s[?]dicate has secured from the Chinese Government extensive mining and railway concessions in the province of Sze-Chuan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cook's River Tram
The extension of the tramway from St. Peter's Railway Bridge to Cook's River has been agitated for a long time, there having been deputations to the Government authorities and a deal of official correspondence respecting it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dural and the Railway
The railway controversy is stirring Dural to its depths, or rather heights. All old and thoroughly representative resident, seen by a "Dally Telegraph" reporter on Saturday, says no public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Accident
A magisterial inquiry, held on Saturday last at Ashfield, into the cause of death of Winifred Alathea Hourn, eight years and a half of age, who on Wednesday evening last, as she was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railways and Mining. a Concession in Szechuan
LONDON, Saturday.--An Anglo-American syndicate has secured from the Chinese Government a concession which will enable it to carry an extensive mining and railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gore-hill Tramway
It would appear that, after a considerable period of hope deferred, there is at last some prospect of the work in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway from Manly to Narrabeen
A public meeting was held in the University School Hall, Manly, on Dec. 12th, to further the proposal for a tramway to Narrabeen. The Mayor of Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train and Tram Traffic
There was a substantial increase in the number of passengers travelling by train yesterday, as compared with the corresponding day last year, the figures being 81,964 against 67,115, or, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Those Dural Roads
Whoever is responsible for the treatment received by the Dural district in the matter of roads has a great deal to answer for. Nearly six months ago a large quantity of metal was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sentence on a Train-wrecker
The quality of mercy has been strained to breaking point of late by many who sit in high places and pronounce judgment on those who sin against society (says the "Morning Post.") For…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Returns
The passengers and takings on the railways yesterday were respectively 14,849, and £155 19s 11d in excess of New Year's Day, 1898. The increase is attributed chiefly to the favourable state of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Traffic
The tramways carried cousiderably more people yesterday than on 1st January, 1898. All lines shared in the increase, and it is officially estimated that the receipts reached £1600, and that the fares…
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