The City Railway. a Scheme Adopted by the Government. Circular Quay the Terminus
The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 7
The Government at the Cabinet meeting yesterday, Finally adopted a scheme for the extension of the railway system from Redfern through the city to a terminus near Circular…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 3
It is reported that Germany is arranging to build and control the Tientsin-Shantung railway, the line to be the property of the Chinese Government. One of the conditions…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 4
The Government will be placed in a very awkward position over the City Railway, for the assistance they have borrowed from the Victorian Railway Department has resulted…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 4
In future all suburban railway tickets are to be punched with the letter "B" at the station barriers, as the passengers pass on to the platforms. That is, all tickets but those of the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 4
The Cabinet has decided at last upon a scheme for carrying the railway into the city which it can support. So we learn that the services of the Public Works Committee…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 7
The above plan illustrates the route for the city railway recommended by Mr. Rennick, the Engineer-in-Chief for Victorian railways. In an explanatory report to the Premier on the subject,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 5
The conference of railway officials, representing Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, commenced at Parliament House to-day. The Queensland representatives are Mr…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 9
The autumn flower show held under the patronage of the Railway Commissioners and officers of the various departments of the service, was aliened at the Railway Institute, Devonshire-street, last night. The Chief…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 6
Some 12 months ago an agreement was entered into between the Government and the Newtown Municipal Council that the main road of that borough, known as King-street. Which up to this period had been maintained and controlled…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 6
LONDON, April 26.—The "Times of India" states that Russia has secured the right to eventually occupy Bander Abbas, as the objective point of a railway to the Persian Gulf…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Travelling. (To the Editor of the "Evening News.")
Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 8
Sir,—I notice in your paper of the 19th instant a correspondent signing himself "Traveller," calling attention to men travelling in ladies compartments. I am a daily and nightly traveller on the…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 3
Matters are progressing well in connection with the initiation of the work of building the Byrock to Brewarrina railway. The work will be commenced from the Byrock end, and will be pushed…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 5
The autumn flower show, held in connection with the Railway Institute, was concluded last evening. As on the opening night a large attendance of visitors was present, and great interest…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 5
As the outcome of the recent meeting held at Watson's Bay to advocate the extension of the electric tram to that marine suburb, Mr. J. Garland, M.L.A., to-day introduced a deputation from…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 6
LONDON, April 26.—Two Chinese and three Europeans have been appointed directors of the Tientsin-Ching-Kiang railway…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 6
LONDON, April 26.—Sir John Lubbock, M.P., who presided at the meeting of the London Trust Company, Limited, yesterday, expressed the opinion that the action of New…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 5
Sir John Lubbock, M.P., when presiding at a meeting of the London Trust Company, Limited, stated that the action of New Zealand in regard to the Midland…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 5
Two Chinese and three Europeans have been appointed as directors of the TientsinChing-Kiang railway in China…
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The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 7
The date of the opening of the George-street electric tram is still a matter of uncertainty. It is officially explained that all the delay now is due to the fact that one of…
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The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 3
Presiding at a meeting of the London Trust Co., Limited, the chairman of directors, the Right Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., said that the action of the New Zealand…
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