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Railways, roads & transport, 1900

5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Gore-hill Tram Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 4

The extension of the North Sydney tramway system in the direction of Gore-hill, which is to be officially opened in the course of a month or so, ends at present near nowhere in particular,…

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North Sydney Tram Service

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 4

The residents of North Sydney have been suffering from a repetition of the George-street tram disappointments, and they are beginning to wonder if ever, and if ever when, the electric system…

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North Shore Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 9

The proposed establishment of better communication between Sydney and the North Shore by means of a high-level bridge across the harbor received the attention of the standing municipal…

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The Armored Train Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Mr. George Humphreys, of this town, who had been working for some years at the Transvaal prior to the commencement of the war, was compelled to leave…

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How Abyssiniaus Train for War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 42

A well-illustrated article on Abyssinia, and King Menelik appears in the November number of the "Windsor Magazine." Of the sturdiness of the people the writer says: "A country of lions and…

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An Improved Road Gate

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 30

This is a gate which may be conveniently opined and closed from either side by persons on horse back or in vehicles, without a ighting. The improvement is the subject of an American patent…

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The Building of St. Mary's. The Cardinal's Appeal. Memories in Stones. How the Cathedral Arose!. "A Golden Bridge." His Eminence at St. Francis', Haymarket

The Catholic Press · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 24

In pursuance of his scheme of special parochial collectional in behalf of St. Mary's Cathedral Building Fund his Eminence the Cardinal president at 11 o'clock Mass at St…

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Liverpool-Mulgoa Railway

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

A large meeting in connection with the above, to make arrangements for the visit of the Minister for Works on a tour of inspection over the the proposed route, was held in the M[?]lgoa Hall on…

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Belmore-mulgoa Railway

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

The Cabramatta Progress Association is vigorously prosecuting the movement in support of the construction of the proposed Belmore-Mulgoa railway extension by a route via Cabramatta. At…

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Proposed Tram Extension. Discussed at Redfern Council

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Redfern Council[?] communication was read from the Waterloo Council asking co-operation in a deputation to urge the Government to extend the tramway…

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North Sydney Tramways. Engineer's Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 5

Considerable time has passed since the work connected with the conversion of the North Sydney cable tramway to the electrical system was completed, in so far as the relaying of the permanent…

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Newcastle. Visit of the Railway Commissioners. Contemplated Improvements. a Series of Deputations. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 10

The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Oliver, Fehon, and Kirkealdi[?]), accompanied by Mr. F[?]rth, (engineer-in-chief), Fraser (assistant engineerin-chief), J. Harper (traflic manager), and Mr…

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Russia's Asiatic Railways

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 7

The recent transport of Russian troops from This, in Trans-Caucasia, to Kushk, on the Afghan frontier, as an alleged "experiment" gives special interest to Mr. R. E. C…

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Railway Matters

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 6

Messrs. Oliver, Fehon and Kirkcaldle, railway officials, to-day, received a number of deputations from local municipal and other bodies. The Newcastle council drew…

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Electric Tram Fatality. The Coroner's Inquest

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 6

Yesterday the City Coroner held an inquest into the death of Timothy Leonard, who died from injuries received in an electric tram accident in George-street on the 16th…

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Belmore-mungoa Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 11

LIVERPOOL, Friday.--Successful meetings have been held in the Cabramatta and Canley Valo district in support of the above railway extension by a route via Cabramatta. At a…

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Newcastle. Visit of the Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 11

Messrs. Oliver. Fehon, and Kirkaidy, Railway Commissioners, received several deputations at Newcastle yesterday. The City. Council protested against the proposed sale by the Commissioners of a piece of land…

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A Yankee Railway. the Great Black Diamond Swindle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 14

LONDON. December 15.--The arrest in America of Albert E. Boone, the principal promoter of the notorious "Black Diamond Trunk Line," marks the final collapse of a gigantic swindle…

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Tram Accidents. the George-street Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 12

An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday touching the death of Timothy Leonard (50), which took place at the Sydney Hospital, following on an accident on the George-street tramline on the 16th, near…

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Proposed Electric Tram Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 9

With regard to the movement for the extension of the electric tramline front Enmore, via Addison-road, Livingstone-road, Morgan-street, and Wardoll-road, Marrickville, it has been decided…

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