Queensland Railway Official. London, March 20
Mr, W. H. Nisbet, who has been appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer (Locomotive Branch) for the Queensland railways, will sail for Brisbane, via America,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250
The Trans-african Railway
Some concern has been caused among the Transvaal Boers by the arrangements made by Mr. Cecil Rhodes with the Berlin authorities for bringing his Trans-African railway…
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Mr. Nisbet, the newly-appointed locomotive superintendent in the Queensland Railway Department, will sail for Australia in April…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Tramway Accident. a Man Killed at Marrickville
A man whose name had not been ascertained up to an early hour this morning, met with a terribly sudden death at Marrickville at 9.35 last night. He wanted to catch a tram to Sydney,…
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Speaking at Auckland, the Premier said he thought Auckland and Wellington ought to be connected by railway within the next five years…
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A man, about 60 years, was run down by a train early this morning near Richmond station. When picked up ho was still alive, but his head was frightfully battered. He was taken…
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In the middle of April the railway time-tables that are affected by the seasons will be altered to the winter schedule. The local facilities on the Blue Mountain trains will continue until the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Bondi Tram. an Extraordinary Occurrence
A correspondent writes:--The last tram from Bondi Beach on Saturday night met with an unusual accident. After leaving Bondi Beach and reaching the top of the hill, a jolting sensation aroused the feeling of the…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--At the railway disaster inquest to-day the stationmaster said that the driver should not have come beyond the points, as no signal was given for him…
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A road race has boon arranged for Good Friday, under the auspices of the Parramatta Cycling Club, in which considerable interest is being taken throughout the district, and in which most of the local cracks are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liverpool Progress Association. Orange Grove-road—Direct Telephone Service—The Evening Trains
A general meeting of the Progress Association was held on Thursday. Present: C. A. Scrivener, Esq., vise president (in the chair), and Messrs…
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At yesterday's meeting of the Metropolitan" Transit Commission the registrar submitted a report in reply to a communication from Mr. J. P. M. Docker, of 8…
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GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—Great satisfaction is expressed nere at the result of Mr. Kennedy's investigations of the country between Guyra and South Grafton, this being the riv 1 route…
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Mr. Joseph Dolton. secretary to the School of Arts, whose name appeared on a receipt for 2s 6d, and which was found in Gordon's purse, informed the police at North Sydney that W. T. Gordon…
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CANOWINDRA, Tuesday.—The railway league held a most successful meeting on Saturday at the local School or Arts. Mr. Thomas Finn was in the chair. It was decided that Mr. Waddell,…
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A man whose name is supposed to be John O'Brien was ran over and fatally injured by a train on the Belmore-Canterbury line last night. No one appears to have witnessed the occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Byrock-brewarrina Railway. Selection of Station Sites
The Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction, and an officer of the Railway Department, are at present away on a trip over the route of the proposed railway from…
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The Minister for Works this afternoon, in the Legislative Assembly, replying to questions, announced that a survey had been made of the railway from Lismore to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Old Man Killed. Supposed Railway Fatality
While the 6.27 train from Fern Hill to Sydney was travelling along tho Belmore line yesterday evening the guard noticed a man lying inanimate at the side of the rails…
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