New Zealand. on the Road. Chapter Ii
When we were talking [?]about leaving home on the Mokoia my wife read that Clement Wragge, the Queensland Meteorologist, prophesied…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250
The Modern Tramp
"Well, I suppose I'll get three months for this, and that will carry me on to shearing time," was the complacent remark of a swags man arrested a little out of Parramatta on a charge of destroying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The George-st. Tram. Those Wood Blocks
It will be recollected that Mr. A. H. Griffith, during the life of the last session of Parliament, asked the Minister for Works several questions relating to subsidences which had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News by the Mail. the French "Jack the Ripper." the Queen and France. New Steelmaking Process. the New Year Honors. the Liberal Leadership. Terrific Railway Speed
ALBANY (W.A.), Friday.âThe following items are from latest London files by the R.M.S. Britannia: Vacher, the French "Jack the Ripper," suffered…
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A very good start has been made by some of the those who agreed to collect statistics and other information in connection with the proposed railway to Singleton. This is more particularly noticeable in connection with…
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Tenders are being called by the Railway Commissioners for 20,000 sleepers for the Tarrawingee tram. Last session a vote was passed by Parliament for the purchase of the line, which…
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As will be seen by the following communication from the Works Department, Mr. H. Knox, of Preston, who has been in communication with the department for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways and Tramways. Commissioners' Quarterly Report
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December, 1898, has been issued The work of the quarter is briefly reviewed by the Commissioners in the following terms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Bad Old Days. the Knights of the Road
MRS. Scott, when relating the Euroa bank episode to a newspaper reporter, said that Ned Kelly's manner and appearance were a direct contradiction to the representations that were circulated about him…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Conversion of Steam Trams
"Steam trams, Their conversion still delayed," was the portentuous heading of a paragraph in the Sydney "Telegraph" of last Tuesday, These trains have for long…
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Alderman Barlow, at yesterday's meeting of the City Council, movedâ"That the City Surveyor be instructed to report upon the best means of minimising the present danger to pedestrians and…
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The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December 31 last has been prepared and forwarded to the Minister for Railways. It shows that there were 2705¼ miles open,…
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At about 5 p.m. yesterday a man, not vet identified, was knocked down in Elizabeth-street, near Bathurst-street, by a tram going to Marrickville. The man Was picked up and conveyed to…
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An elderly man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was knocked down by an outgoing Marrickville tram last evening, at the corner of Bathurst and Elizabeth streets…
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NOTE Approx position of surveyed routes. Thus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. H. Young at Tumut. a Local Railway Required. the Resources of the District
TUMUT, Friday. -- Mr. J. H. Young, Minister for Works, and party, now on a visit to the Tumut district, were met at Brungle on Wednesday afternoon by a large number of residents…
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At the recent conference of Railway Commissioners of the various colonies, the question of the unused halves of intercolonial return tickets was considered. It was decided that in cases where…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Knocked Down by a Tram
At about 5.30 yesterday afternoon a man about 50 years of ago, whose name is unknown, was knocked down by a tram at the corner of Bathurst and Elizabeth streets. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cairo to the Cape. the Railway and Telegraph Schemes. Mr. Rhodes in Egypt
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Mr. Cecil Rhodes has started from England for Egypt, with the object of furthering his transcontinental railway and telegraph scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parramatta-Singleton Railway. (Photo, by Egan and Clark, Abercromble-street, Sydney.)
A conference of delegates from Singleton, Parramatta, and other districts interestet In the proposed Parramatta-Singlton radliwaiy was held at Parramatta on January 25. Among those present were: Messrs. [?], Ferris,[?] and O'Connor, Ms.L.A.; J. G. Diglht, J. Hayes, T. H. Blick '(Picton), Todhunter, Taylor, caires, Noller, Dixon, Murray, Gates, Thorpe, Bultton, Tamsett, Wright, Walters, Pearce, and Batchelor. Mr. W. J. Stephenson presided. On the motion of Alderman J. W.Hill (Parramatta), seconded by Mr. J. Hlayes (Bulga),…
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