Trampet and Flag
The last bugle's dying echoes falter down the narrow valley, The doubtful battle tarried in so long: As turning from their headlong charge the scattered…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250
Tasmanian Railways. (Se illustrations on next page.)
Railway construction in Tasmania has mainly conducted, on the same lines as those prevailing in the other Australian colonies—that is, the Government has constructed and run the lines…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Rosehill Railway Rumors of Completed Purchase. Inquiries by the Argus
Mt. Frank Fornell iuformed a representative of THE ARGUS this week that the solicitors of tho vendors of the Rosehill Railway had told him that they hoped to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The War Occupation of Bloemfontein. Guards' Forced March. Army Moved Like Clockwork. Daring Feat of Engineers. Frustrates Arrival of Boer Reinforcements. the "Herald's" War Correspondent. First to Enter the Town. Lord Roberts's Entrance in State. Union Jack Everywhere. British Divisions Joining Hands. Heroes of Bethulie Bridge. America's Friendly Aid. "In the Interests of Peace." Declined by Lord Salisbury. London, March 16
On Monday the Guards Biigade, under Major-General Pole-Carew, marched for 22 hours, and then had 2½ hours sleep. Forty thousand men and 18,000 horses…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War. Conditions of Peace. America Offers to Mediate. Lord Salisbury Declines Any Intervention. Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein. a Military Governor Appointed. Free Staters Indignant with Steyn. Exciting Episode at Bethulie. Explosion of a Bridge Prevented. Gallantry Shown by Our Medical Corps. the British Advance. Lord Roberts' Triumph. His State Entry Into Bloemfontein. an Enthusiastic Reception. Loot to Be Restored. Pretyman Appointed Governor
LONDON, Friday. -- On Monday, the 12th inst., the Guards' Brigade, under Major-General Sir H. Pole-Carew, advancing to the support of Lieutenant-General French on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Major-general Clements Crosses the Orange River. a Secret Road. Railway Bridge Being Repaired. Dispersion of Southern Free Staters. London, March 17
Major-General Clements, who a few days ago occupied Norval's Pont, secretly constructed a road lined with mimosa bushes, so as to be invisible to the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Tram Accident
Between 9 and 10 o'clock last night the Civil Ambulance and Transport Brigade conveyed 10 the Sydney Hospital William R. Johnstone, 26, residing at the Green Tree Hotel, Pyrmont, and employed at Grant's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Business Resumed at Bloemfontein. Railway to Capetown Opened. London, March 17
At Bloemfontein the markets and the banks have resumed business. March 18. The railway from Capetown to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Demonstration at Bloemfontein. Popularity of Lord Roberts. Business Resumed in the Town. Railway Open to Capetown. Free Staters Disarming and Submitting. Refusal to Obey Mr. Steyn. British Divisions Unite. Transvaal Burghers Disheartened. Two Commandants Go Home. Australian Losses. London, March 16
The extraordinary cordiality of FieldMarshal Lord Roberts's reception at Bloemfontein is attributed to the relief which it gave the Free Staters from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nearing Mafeking. The Railway Line Clear. Colonel Plumer Closing In. LONDON, March 18, 8.42 p.m
Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. O. Plumer, commanding the Second Battalion of Baden-Powell's Frontier Light Horse (the Rhodestan Horse), who was last reported to be at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fatal Tram Accident
This morning at half-past 4 the man William R. Johnston expired at the Sydney Hospital front the effects of injuries received from a tram accident in George-street lust…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kensington Tramway
Good progress is being made with the laying of the tramway from Moore Park to Kensington, and thence to the rifle range. The line leaves the main Randwick line at the site of the old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Line Open. All Clear to Bloemfontein. Boers Retreating Northwards
LONDON, Sunday.--The railway line is now open between Cape Colony and Bloemfontein. The cavalry scouting to the north of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Tram Accident
William R. Johnson (26), an employee of the Green Tree Hotel, Pyrmont, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from serious injuries, as a result of a train accident…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clyde Railway Tip Nuisance
At the marshalling or shunting yards, Clyde, the Railway Department has for a long time been filling up the low ground towards Duck River, on the west, with ashes and other refuse from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Breakdown of a Mail Train
COOMA, Monday.—One of the steam pipes of the engine drawing the mail train, which left Cooma on Saturday afternoon, burst when the train was at Bredbo, twenty-two miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parramatta and District Dural District Roads
In view of the continued neglect of the main road from Castle-hill to Dural by the authorities, an effort is being made to start an agitation in the matter once more. Although passable in dry weather, the first continued rain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Methuen at Warrenton. Saving a Bridge
LONDON, March 19—-Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen arrived at Warrenton on Friday, aud prevented the Boers from destroying the deviation bridge. He also secured the pont over the Vaal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Methuen at Warrenton. Saving a Bridge. London, March 19
Lieutenant-Genernl Lord Methuen, Administrator of the Kimberley district, on Friday arrived at Warrenton, 43 miles north of Kimberley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employees' Picnics. Junee
The annual railway picnic, No. 3 district south, held at Old Junes to-day, was attended by nearly 3000 persons, and included visitors convened by special train from Sydney, Narrandera, Berrigan,…
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