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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—Yesterday by rail came twenty-five truck loads of starving stock from the Moree and Walgett districts, where the country is in a terrible state for lack of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For some time past a large amount of work has been, carried out between Singleton and Newcastle in the reduction of the grades of the trunk lines. This work is now almost finished, the cost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Even in Sydney, where the vagaries of an unwieddy tram service are regarded with the contempt bred by familiarity, it is but seldom that citizens have a practical opportunity of judging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Now that with the close of the year the wool season of 1898-99 is practically over, it may be interesting to record a few facts and figures showing the great growth of the staple industry of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the forthcoming holiday the Railway Commissioners have provided ample facilities for residents of the metropolis visiting the cool highlands, if desired, or other pleasure resorts. To meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nearly eight years ago this useful institution was formally opened by Mr. M'Millan in the presence of a large and representative gathering. On the playform were Sir Henry Parkes, Messrs. E. G…
Continued on Trove, page 150 →It is barely twenty years since the public began to agitate for a tramline at Circular Quay, and already the Railway Commissioners are thinking about extending the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Public Works Department is preparing the proposal to construct a railway from Grenfell to Wyalong for the consideration of the Public Works Committee, and railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Messrs. Oliver, Fehon, and Kircaldy, Railway Commissioners, accompanied by some of the principal officers of their department, paid one of their periodical visits of inspection to Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Following is the list of officers elected for the current year to manage the affairs of the Railway Traffic Branch Sick and Accident Society: -- President, Mr. J. Parry (outdoor superintendent); vice-presidents, Messrs. T. Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Arrangements for the conference of delegates from councils and associations interested in the proposed railway from Parramatta to Singleton are in the forward state. The responses to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A growing class of traffic, and one for which insufficient accommodation is offered, is the carriage on the railways of bicycles. Here one is compelled to trust a valuable machine in the break-van, with heaps of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The possession of an electric fan-motor is extremely desirable in warm weather, but it unfortunately happens that not every building is provided with the means for obtaining tue necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 50 →LONDON, January 14.—Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is now in London, asks the Imperial Government to guarantee £2,000,000 for the construction of the railway through Rhodesia from…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The agitation for the continuation of the Belmore line of railway on to Liverpool still keeps fresh in the minds of residents along the proposed route. The Enfield and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the committee of the Parramatta Progress Association was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. W. J. Stephenson (President) occupied the chair also present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the forthcoming holiday the Railway Commissioners have provided ample facilities for residents of the metropolis visiting the cool highlands, if desired, or other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is full time that the railway commissioners withdrew from service those unsightly and unsuitable old tram-care that still disfigure some lines…
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