The Hoxton Park-road
The wretched condition of the Hoxton Park road, near Liverpool, has for years caused dissatisfaction. Some time ago the member for Canterbury (Mr. V. Parkes) was approached on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
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Deviation of a Road
BOWRAL, Tuesday.—Mr. V. J. S. Blomfield, resident engineer, met the Bowral and Mittagong Councils on the Gib Hill yesterday afternoon. Mr. M'Court, M.L.A., accompanied the party. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stockton-port Stephens Road
Messrs. Dick, Price, Watkins, Jas. Thomson, Fegan, and Edden formed a deputation, to the Minister for Works at Parliament House last night to urge that the road from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fuller Gets Rack the Road Record
On Saturday last A. E. Fuller of the Albury Bicycle Club, succeeded in lowering the Albury to Melbourne record (200 miles) lately established by E. A. Pearson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Paper Train. Truck Op Goods Destroyed
ALBURY, Tuesday.—A truck on the train known as the "paper train" took fire near Junee this morning. The whole of the contents, comprising a large quantity of merchandise,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps
A commencement has been made with the sessional classes for the instruction of railway aud tramway employees in rendering first aid to the injured. The classes held at the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Travelling. To the Editor of the "Evening News"
Sir,—May I ask for a few lines of your space for the purpose of directing the attention of the railway authorities to what may some day prove a source of great trouble to them. I allude to the careless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lion Hunt at Willesden. Trapped on the Railway
An exciting lion hunt took place (says the Loudon "Daily Telegraph ") recently in the neighbourhood of Willesden Junction Mr. George Sanger was escorting a party of friends Mound his circus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Manly to Narrabeen Tramway League
A general meeting of the Manly to Narrabeen Tramway League was held on April 12, when the Mayor of Mainly (Alderman W. H. Fletcher) was in the chair. A report was presented from Messrs. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Willoughby Tram Line
A deputation, consisting of the Mayor and several aldermen of the Willoughby Municipal Council, waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday to ask whether the Commissioners could arrnnge to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. the Railway Commissioners on Tour. Gulgong
Messrs. Felton and Kirkcaldie (Railway Commissioners) and Mr. Harper (traffic manager) were interviewed at noon to-day by the leading restdents as to the adantages to the district by the extension of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Tram Car
Mrs. Ellen Duffy on Friday afternoon last boarded the Balmain tram at King-street. When it stopped at Market-street a young fellow got in and sat beside her. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bicycles on Railway Tracks
An invention has been patented which seeks to provide a simple attachment by which an ordinary bicycle can be used upon a railroad track, the bicycle running upon one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cudal Railway
The Minister for Works informed Mr. Lyne, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, that no decision had yet been come to respecting the proposal to give railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rose Bay Tram. Statement by the Minister for Works
The Minister for Works informed Mr. D. Davis, in the Legislative Assembly, this afternoon, that it had not yet been decided to extend the Rose Bay electric tram to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Converting the Steam Tramways. a Local Tender Accepted
The work of converting the steam tramways is to be pushed forward, and we understand that a local tender has been accepted for the supply of the poles required for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Electric Tram. Delay in Completion
Replying to a question asked in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon by Mr. Carroll (for Mr. Nelson), the Minister for Works stated that the delay in completing the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rosehill Railway
The Minister for Works, in reply to a question asked in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, said that the sum of money authorised by Parliament had been offered to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Railway Accident. a Man Killed at Hornsby
James Bennett (74). who had resided at Wahroonga, met his death in a terribly sudden manner on Monday night at the Hornsby Junction railway station. For some time past Bennett…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Theft on a Tram
John Brown (20) was charged at the Central court yesterday with having, on Friday last, in a tram, stolen from the person of Ellen Duffy a purse containing £3 7s and two tram tickets. Accused elected to be tried in a…
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