Railway Tenders
The Railway Commissioers, have received 254 tenders for the annual supplies. They have also received two tenders for the cartage of wool from Darling Harbor…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250
The Narrabri Board and the Railway Commissioners. Voting by Post
A point has been raised by the Railway Commissioners in the discussion with the Narrabri Board that deserves consideration. The Narrabri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. New Railway Lines. Brisbane
The Premier paid a visit to Wide Bay district to-day, and was interviewed at Childers and Maryborough on the question of the early construction of a number of local railways within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHINA. -c,?? Directorship of the Northern Railway. Disregard of British Protests. London, Feb. 27
Recently the British Ambassador at Pokiu, Sir Claude Macdonald, protested. against the appointment of Chang-yi[?]as Hu-yu-Fen's successor in the directorship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Electric Tram. Extension to the Eastern Suburbs
A movement has been started with the object of inducing the Railway Commissioners to convert the eastern suburban tram service to the electric system before making other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Inquests. a Railway Station Fatality
At the Coroners Court, Chancery-square, yesterday; the City Coroner concluded the adjourned inquest into the death of James Austin M'Hugh, who was run over by a vegetable cart on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General News. Electric System of Tramways
An agitation has been started in the eastern suburbs to have the electric system of tramways first established in that part. The Railway Commissioners having been approached on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →England and China. the Northern Railways. Crafty Chinese
LONDON, Monday. -- Chang-yi, a member of the Chinese Council of State, will shortly be appointed to act as joint Director of Northern Railways, with Hsu-Ching-Chang, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ring's Bridge Push
At Parramatta Council mooting on Monday the " Ring's Bridge Brigade " formed the subject of a discussion, on a motion to receive a letter from the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burwood Club Road Race
The Burwood Club's five-miles road race was [?] on Saturday over the Durwood-Bankstown course, and resulted in a win for the limit man Farrell, who had plenty to spare at the finish. There were 15 starters,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Tenders
The Railway Commissioers have received 254 tenders for the annual supplies. They have al o received two tenders for the cartage of wool from Darling Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Appeal Case. North Sydney Investmunt and Tramway Company, Limited, v. HIGGINS
The appeal above referred to, which we arw informed by cable has been dismissed, was one by the liquidator of the company against the decision of his Mouor Mr. Justice Owen of November 8, 1895,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Converting the Trams. Western Suburban Traffic
No time is to be lost by the Railway Commissioners in commencing the work of converting the metropolitan steam tram service to the electric system. As already stated a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City Railway
Some reference was made by the Premier in the Assembly the other evening to the question of the extension of the railway into the city. An impression seems to have been formed, from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Appeal Case. North Sydney Tramway and Investment Company V. Higgins
An English cable message states that the appeal in the case of the North Sydney Investment and Tramway Company v. Higgins has been dismissed, with costs, by the Judicial Committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal. Burwood Railway Matters
Mr. Archer, M.R., has represented to the Railway Commissioners the absolute necessity for a better service of trains to and from that suburb. As a result of a very persistent agitation, it has been promised that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Powers and China. a Failure of Diplomacy. the Northern Railways Question. Great Britain Ok Russia? with Whom Shall China Keep Faith?
LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- In an article to-day on the position in China, "The Times" expresses the opinion that that country is drifting back to a state of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankstown Railway
The agitation for a railway to Bankstown is breaking out more than ever. It is probable that a conference of delegates from the townships interested will be held shortly, probably at Bankstown, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extension to Bankstown. Alderman Gilliver Sanguine
The matter of the railway extension from Belmore to Bankstown was introduced at the Council meeting on Thursday by Alderman Gilliver, who tabled the…
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