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Railways, roads & transport, 1900

5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

League Motor-paced Carnival. To-morrow Night's Programme

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1900 · page 4

The events down for decision at the League of Wheelmen's night cycling carnival to-morrow are of an interesting nature, and as all the cracks will be engaged the racing gives promise of being…

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Tramway Accommodation

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1900 · page 6

Attention has more than once been drawn in the "Sunday Times" to the disgraceful overcrowding which goes on in connection with the Rose Bay electric trams. Of…

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Electric Tram for Regent-street

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 3

A meeting has been convened for to-night by the Mayor of Redfern, at the Redfern Town Hall, with the View of advocating the formation of a branch line of the electric tram up Regent-street…

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Newcastle. a Chapter of Fatalities. Mining, Lift, and Railway Accidents. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 9

A miner named James Roach, employed at the Stookon Colliery, and lately residing at Strandstreet. Stockton, was killed at about 9.45 yesterday morning by a sudden fall of coal. It appears that…

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The City Railway

The Australian Star · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At last Mr. Norman Selfe has been able to drag a section of the Public Works Committee with him along the only proper line of approach to the city's centre, and to North…

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Railway Institute

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 3

On Thursday evening last a meeting of railway employees was held for the purpose of expressing in some way their sympathy for the wife and family of the late J. Pendergast, inspector in the Railway Department. In…

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The Douglas Park Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1900 · page 7

William John King, of Fairfield, who was admitted to Parramatta Hospital on Friday, was operated on yesterday morning by Drs. Brown and Furnival. The accident occurred through the fall of an iron tank from a…

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Ladysmith Provision Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 6

The Army Service Corps must just at the present be a highly popular branch of the sorvice with the relieved garrison of Ladysmith, because that is the department which is responsible for the transport of…

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Parramatta and District the Direct Bankstown Road

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 8

The proposed improvements on the line of the direct road to connect Bankstown with Graville and Parramatta, avoiding the Rookwood angle, are not likely to be carried out just yet, in view of flip total cost and the fact…

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Fatal Fall From a Tram

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 6

While riding in a Randwick tram at that suburb on Thursday Miss M. Randall, residing at Kemiss-street, Randwick, dropped her parasol, and, [?]n endeavoring to recover it, fell to the roadway, her…

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Belmore-liverpool Railway

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 3

LIVERPOOL, Monday.—At a meeting held at Moorbank on Friday, under the auspices of the Liverpool District Progress Association, the following resolutions were unanimously carried:…

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Fatal Fall From a Tram

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 3

On Thursday last a young woman named Mary Ann Rendall, who lately resided at 5 Kemiss-street, Randwick, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital, suffering from a lacerated wound on the…

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Proposed New Tramway

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 7

The Paddington Council, introduced by Messrs. Neild and Quinn, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works on Monday, and urged the necessity for giving direct tramway communication to the…

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Country News. Grafton-casino Railway. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 3

The Ho[?]. W. I. Trickett and Messrs. M'Farlane and Watson, Ms. L. A., members of the Sectional Public Works Committee, arrived on Saturday and took ovidence on the proposed railway from Grafton…

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The Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 6

The City Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin) conducted an inquest at the Clarendon Hotel this evening on the body of an omnibus propri[?]tor, named John Jack, lately r[?]iding at Carrington, who was killed…

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Electric Tram Service to Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 6

A meeting was held in the Redfern Town Hall last evening for the purpose of advocating the extension of the electric tram service along Regent-street from George-street West to Redfern-street, Redfern, The…

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Intercolonial Railway Excursion

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 2

The next excursion to Adelaide, Mount Gambler, and Broken Hill will be on Monday, 12th inst., when return tickets will be issued at the reduced fares of £6 first-class…

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A Paddington Tram Extension. Minister Promised Consideration

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 8

That closely populated part of Paddington between Oxford-street and Ocean-street, wants a tram extension, and there are several routes which have been suggested. Yesterday…

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Belmore to Liverpool Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1900 · page 7

LIVERPOOL, Monday.--A public meeting was held at Moorbank on Friday evening, to urge the extension of the loopline to Liverpool by the originally-proposed route via Moorbank. It was…

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