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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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For the forthcoming holiday the Railway Commissioners have provided ample facilities for residents of the metropolis visiting the cool highlands, if desired, or other pleasure resorts. To meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A daring robbery was perpetrated in Elizabeth-street, near the Hay-street corner of Belmore Park, shortly before 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon, and, though the thief just missed securing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For the forthcoming holiday the Railway Commissioners have provided ample facilities for residents of the metropolis visiting the cool highlands, if, desired, or other pleasure resorts. To meet the convenience…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the forthcoming holiday the Railway Commissioners have provided ample facilities for residents of the metropolis visiting the cool highlands, if desired, or other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Since July 1 last 453,000 bales of wool have been trained to Darling Harbor, Morpeth, and Newcastle. The corresponding part of last year the traffic covered 535,700 bales. The figures mean…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board has received a letter from Mr. P. W. Shaw, assistant engineer in the railway construction branch of the Works Department, under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ministers decided in Cabinet to-day that in pursuance of the determination come to some time ago that Westinghouse brakes should be procured for the railways of the colony, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We are informed by Major Ferris, M.P., that the Minister for Works has approved of the application for a special grant of £50 for expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The road across the Bondi beach, for the construction of which £2500 has been voted, has been outlined, and work will commence in a few days. The road will start from the present main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wombeyan Caves-road, giving direct communication between Bowral, Moss Vale, and Mittagong, and the Wombeyan Caves, is to be officially opened on Monday next by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEANBEYAN, Tuesday.—While shunting at the railway station last night, the engine of the mail train ran into some standing carriages and trucks. No one was hurt. The concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The George-street tram collided with a Lieich-hardt 'bus, near the corner of George and Wynyard streets, at about half-past 9 a.m. yesterday, with the result that the driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, January 23.—The report of the Royal Commission on automatic railway couplings includes employment on railways in dangerous trades, and recommends the extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Comndssioners are taking in hand the work of the conversion of the steam tramways into the electric system.The cost, however, is likely to be far greater than was at first anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tho report of the Royal Commission on automatic railway couplings includes railway employees as men engaged in dangerous trades, and recommends the extension…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The ninth annual general meeting of the Railway Institute was held on Friday night, the chair being taken by Mr. Hugh M'Lachlan, Secretary for Railways. The report of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →George-street tram has, from a revenue-producing point of view alone, proved a project successful beyond the most sanguine expectation, and has proclaimed the superiority of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The daring game of smartly boarding a moving tram, snatching at purses or reticules, and speedily and strategically decamping is one which has been worked many a time with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the invitation of Mr. D. Thomson, M.L.A., and the Mayor of Manly and other prominent residents, Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, has arranged to visit "our village"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is some talk of the railway strike breaking out again. The engine-drivers complain that three or four men who were taken on temporarily during the strike have been kept, and…
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