Baird's Aerial Boomerang Railway
LONDON, January 22. -- Mr. A. L. Baird, a man of "many inventions," has now obtained provisional protection for his new notion, at which I hinted a week or two ago. It is a species of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250
The City Railway. Mr. Rennick's Secret Report What the Victorian Engineer Says
The question of the extension of the railway into the city continues to excite the interest of the thousands of travellers who dally use the line. The Railway Commissioners declare that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Bad Old Days. the Knights of the Road
THE police having arrived at Glenrowan, the battle began, which was to prove the "Waterloo" of Ned Kelly, and yet shed but very little lustre upon his conquerors. On emerging from the wicket-gate…
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Heard in the Parramatta train (during a busy trip). He: "There was quite an accident on this line last evening."…
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LONDON, March 3.—Mr. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary for the Foreign Office, stated in the House of Commons last night that the British Government regarded the Neuchwang…
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Tho Hon. St. John Brodrick, UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons last night that the British Government regarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Tram Accident
A lad named Joseph Francis Locchi, residing with his parents at 349 Oxford-street, met with a tram accident at Bondi on the 22nd ultimo, sustaining injuries which refuted in his…
Continued on Trove, page 505 →Motor Pacing Machines for Australia
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 for we learn that…
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La question du City Railway revient réguliérement devant le Parlement de cette colonie à chaque législature, et non moins…
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Mr. W. St. John Brodrick, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, states that he regards the terms of the Niu-chwang railway loan as a binding engagement on China…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Reforms. Paddington Wants Penny Sections. New Lines and Electric Traction
The tramway question is a burning one in the eastern suburbs, and the intimation by the Railway Commissioners of their intention to apply the system of electric traction to the western suburban lines has given rise to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Rising Northern Seaport. III. (See illustrations on this page and page 31.) the Cairns-mareeba Railway
THE CAIRNS-MAREEBA RAILWAY LINE, QUEENSLAND. (PHOTOS BY BROWN, CAIRNS.) (SEE LETTERPRESS ON PAGE 33)…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Serious Sulky Accident. Runaway in Newtown-road
A runaway, attended with disastrous results to the occupants, occurred in Newtown-road, near the intersection with George-street West, yesterday afternoon. Mr. John Harris Cooper, of 126…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Near Picton. Eight Goods Trucks Derailed
The railway authorities have received particulars of an accident which happened on the Picton line about midday on Sunday. It appears that owing to the failure of the wheel of a long…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chillagoe Railway and Mines. Melbourne
A meeting was held to-day to reorganise the Chillagoe Railway and Mines, Limited, into one million shares of £1 in accordance with the London agreement for the issue of £100,000 6 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Institute Council
A meeting of the council of the Railway Institute was held at the institute on Friday evening. The president (Mr. H. M'Laehlan) occupied the chair. The hall committee reported that during last month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Departure of Lord and Viscountess Hampden. the Citizens' Farewell. Scene at the Railway Station
The citizens bade farewell to Lord and the Viscountess Hampden and also to the Hon. Alice and the Hon. Dorothy Brand yesterday. And they did so by assembling along the route which it was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Niu-chwang Railway Extension
The leading British newspapers support the Marquis of Salisbury in his demand that the Chinese Government shall respect the agreement in connection with the Niu-chwang…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike in the West. Railway Commissioners Back Down. PERTH
The Railway Department on Saturday carried about a dozen men, in covered trucks, to take the places of the strikers. Only one of the number went to the truck, the others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Extensions
Officials of the Railway Department have been engaged reporting on three proposed, electric tramway extensions that the Minister for Works has in contemplation. Ono is a lino from Manly…
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