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Railways, roads & transport, 1899

5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Cycling. Road Rage at Gundagai

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 8

GUNDAGAI, Wednesday. -- A road race under the auspices of the Gundagai Cycling Club, over a thirteen miles course, was run to-day. A strong wind was blowing throughout. The race, in which thirteen…

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The Belmore Railway

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 3

The proposal to continue the extension of the Belmore railway line was discussed at the regular meeting of the Bankstown Council, when Alderman Gilliver moved that the council consider the advisability of…

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German Interests. Railways and Mining

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 6

LONDON, March 1.—Addressing the Budget Committee of the Reichstag yesterday, Count , von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated that owing to the anti-foreign…

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Prevention of Railway Accidents. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

Mr. O. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, introduced the Railway Accidents Prevention Bill in the House of Commons this afternoon. The bill…

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Victoria. Narrow-gauge Railway. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

Some interesting particulars as to the working of the narrow-gauge Dundas railway in Tasmania were supplied to the Railway Committee to-day. The 20 miles of 2ft. gauge line,…

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Starving S10cr and the Railways to the Editor Ot the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 5

Sir.—Living in a district that is suffering as much from drought as any part of the colony, having had no decent rainfall since February, 1898, I have, of necessity, heard and reas a great deal respecting starving stock rates and…

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China and Her Railways

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 3

Hu-yu-Fen, whose dismissal from the post of Director of Northern Railways is the occasion of the latest friction between Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister, and the…

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The City Railway. Mr. Reid's Scheme

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

The Premier repeated in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, in reply to a question asked by Mr. Haynes, his previous statement, that he intended to lay upon the table…

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Railway Accidents. Imperial Legislation. LONDON, February 28, 3.42 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

The bill which has been introduced to the House of Commons by the Right Hon. C. T.. Ritchie for the prevention of railway accidents contains a provision under which the…

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Parramatta-singleton Railway

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 8

Mr. Hassall intends to ask the Minister for Works, in the Legislative Assembly, this evening, if when considering the proposal for a railway from Singleton to join the main…

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Starving Stock. And Their Carriage on the Railways. (To the Editor, of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 8

Sir,--Living in a district that is suffering as much from drought as any part of the colony, having had no decent rainfall since February, 1898, I have of necessity heard and read a…

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Questions in the Assembly. the City Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

Mr. Haynes asked the Premier whether he was prepared to lay on the table of the House the report of Mr. Rennick, the Victorian engineer, who inquired into the matter of an alternative…

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Accident at Redfern Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

Frederick Smith (24), residing in Smith-street, Summer-hill, and employed at Gavin and Gibson's cycling agency in Clarence-street, was treated at Sydney Hospital late last night for a severe wound at the back of the…

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Preventon of Railway Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Notice has been given of a bill in the House of Commons by Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, dealing with the prevention of railway…

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Chinese Northern Railways. Hu-yu-fen Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Hu-yu-Fen, whoso dismissal from the post of Director of Northern Railways is the occasion of the latest friction between Sir Claude Macdonald, the…

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Newcastle—toronto-road

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 3

A deputation from the Newcastle district, and comprising among others Messrs. Dick, Fegan, Edden, Watkins, Stevenson, and Gillies, Ms.L.A., also waited upon the Minister for Works to urge…

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John Bridge and Co., Limited

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 7

No sales were held this week. The auctions set down for the 7th and 8th March have been postponed for a week, owing to the small quantity of wool available, Since last…

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Proposed New Road to Lake Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 7

Yesterday Mr. Dick, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation, the object of which was to urgs that the main road at Newcastle be connected with Toronto at Lake Macquarie. There…

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The Tram Motors. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 6

Sir,—How is it that the motors emit so much smoke from their funnels now! Such a nuisance used not to be the case, but for several months it has been most noticeable. The smoke drives into the cars and smothers the shops and…

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Further Concession on the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners recently intimated that they had determined to grant the concession of half-rates for seed wheat sent to districts where the crops had failed during the late…

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