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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The expediency of extending the railway system of the colony from the present terminus at Redfern into the city, including the erection of a large central station, was further considered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, March 16.—Captain Grant, of the Engineers, extracted the explosives from the holes made by the Boers for blowing up Bethulie Waggon Bridge. Major P. C. Shaw, Lieutenant R. S. Popham, and some more heroes of the Derbyshire Regiment meanwhile removed the wires. The New South Wales Ambulance Corps, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, March 15,6.55 p.m.—Some British officers, in the face of the enemy, daringly removed the wires connected with the mines laid by the Boers for the destruction of the waggon bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners have recently approved an arrangement providing for the issue of round tickets at any station between Sydney and Milson's Point, thus allowing residents on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works continued its sittings yesterday afternoon under the presidency of the Hon. W. J. Trickett, M.L.C., when the business engaging its attention…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →There have been rumours current that the purchase of the Rosehill railway line had been completed, and that the Railway Commissioners contemplated opening the line for traffic on the 1st of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Minister for Works was eutertained last night at a banquet in the School of Arts by the citizens of Bega. Mr. Bland (the Mayor) presided, Mr. Cowdroy, ex-Mayor, occupying the vice-chair…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Railway Commissioners are fully impressed with the necessity for keeping the milway lines as free from contagion as possible. The principal officers have received certain instructions in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yet another city railway scheme was placed before the Public Works Committee yesterday. Mr. Thomas. Aldersen explained that he objected to any encroachment on Hyde…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners left last evening for Adelaide to attend the annual conference with the Commissioners of the other colonies, to be opened in that city on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →NIMITYBELLE, Friday. -- The Minister for Works, when passing through Nimtybelle, met a number of leading residents. His health was proposed by Mr. S. M'Donald, and enthusiastically…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →COOMA, Friday. -- The Minister for Works, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, visited Cooma on the way from Bega, where he attended the show. He was met on the Nimitybelle-road by the Mayor,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In some parts of the United Kingdom the horse seems to be getting replaced by the motor-car (says "Cyclers' News"). In London the auto-cabs are very slow in becoming popular, owing, no doubt, partly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On inquiry at the Railway Commissioners' Office yesterday it was ascertained that special steps had been taken with the object of keeping everything as clean as possible on the lines and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The usual annual conference of the Railway Commissioners of the various colonies is to begin at Adelaide on Monday next. The object of the conference is to secure uniformity in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The expediency of extending the railway system of the colony from the present terminus at Redfern into the city, including the erection of a large central station, was further considered…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Much railway rolling stock, including eight engines, has been captured by the British at Bloemfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →C. DUNBAR desires to inform the residents of Liverpool and surrounding districts that he is offering Lenten goods, such as tinned fish, etc., at reduced rates. Also, as his new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Of late years there has been a crane for constructing miniature railways in gardens and drawing-rooms. While these models are, many of them, as beautiful as they are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →These two appliances, which are entirely distinct from each other, are the invention of Messrs. T. H. Patching and R. H. Finch, both of Strathfield, and patent has been applied for in…
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