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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250
MR. White truly says that the battle of Glenrowan was the Waterloo of the Kelly campaigns, but with the difference that it was won by a species of bush fighting in which military qualities, so far as the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Cumbo met me, continued the Hen Editor, with a cheering smile. I soon discovered that while I was wanting valuable time with the good Scotch, lady, he had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The additions to the Railway Institute, which were recently finished, are to be opened on Tuesday, March 14. The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Oliver, Fehon, and Kircaldie) have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leave was given to James Penny to appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment of the Full Court of December 13, dismissing his appeal from the decision of the Equity Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrible railway collision has occurred in Belgium. The Mons express train telescoped a train near Forest station, Brussels, during a fog…
Continued on Trove, page 434 →The Works Committee, Parliament, and the people of the colony will need to clear their minds, and possibly harden their hearts, when the proposal for the Cobar-Wilcannla railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It appears that whilst the pacing teams conducted by the Dunlop Company in Australia have been disbanded, it is not the big tire company's intention to wholly relinquish record-breaking. The company is ever…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Railway Department is calling tenders for the erection of the first portion of what will be a very complete sot of workshops at Ipswich. They are estimated to cost approximately, without…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The agitation for the extension of the St. Peters tram from its present terminus on the borders of Newtown, to the Cook's River dam, passing the whole length or the St. Peters municipality -- an agitation in which the local…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Limited, by wire, dated 23rd, report that in No. 5, tunnel, south drive, bulk borings for the week ending 22nd February, give copper 6.7 per…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →When many years ago the tramway was being constructed to Newtown, it was pointed out that it would be an advantage to lay the hues between George-street and Bligh-street near the kerb, on the Victoria Park…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A revolution in the food supply of the world is anticipated. It is estimated that the new Siberian Railway will bring under wheat cultivation a zone of something like…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, February 19, 3.30 p.m.—An express train from Mons to Brussels yesterday during a fog ran into and telescoped a train at the Forest Station, near the Belgian…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The directors of the Chillagee Railway and Mines, Limited, North Queensland, have issued proposed resolutions for the reorganisation of the company from tile present form of 900,000 shares…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →GOULBURN, February 15.—A pubic meeting was held in the Goulburn Town Hall on Monday evening, presided over by the Mayor, to consider what steps should be taken to urge upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Concerning the fatal accident, by which a youth lost his life at Bondi on Wednesday evening, being crushed by a tram, it is worthy of note that the schoolboys (though…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That death trap, the portion of George street near Redfern Railway Station, was the scene of a fatal accident yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The engine of the express train, from Mons to Brussels, with 800 passengers, ran into a standing train at Forest station, a suburb of Brussels, during a fog, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A large and influential deputation of Newcastle, Toronto, and district residents will shortly interview the Minister for Works on the question of road communication…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At about 3 o'clock yesterday morning a Chinaman named Ah King (51), who was proceeding from Nyngan to Sydney, died in the train. He was accompanied by Ah Wong, a cousin of his,…
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