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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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An inquest into the circumstances connected the death of William R. Johnson (26), an employee at the Green Tree Hotel, Pyrmont, the victim of a train accident in George-street on Sunday night, was held by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. O. Plumer, commanding the Second Battalion of Baden-Powell's Frontier Light Horse (the Rhodesian Horse),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--The annual conference of the heads of railway systems of all the Australian colonies was begun at the Railway Commissioner's Office this morning. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An old man named William Murray, employed as donkey-man on board the steamer Currajong, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital early yesterday afternoon in an unconscious condition. He was standing on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KALGOORLIE, Monday.--A sensational robbery took place today. The Accountant of Railways was taking the cash to the bank from the main railway station, and was bailed up by a man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KEMPSEY, Tuesday.—The date of opening the new Kempsey Bridge has been definitely fixed for April 5. At a meeting of citizens, a programme of the demonstration was arranged, at which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In carrying out the alterations at Strathfield for the purpose of affording increased accommodation, it was found necessary to alter the levels of Everton-road, one of the main approaches to the station. These…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hon. the Minister for Works will receive a deputation at his office to-morrow at 2 p.m., from the residents of Waterloo, Redfern, Alexandria, Darlington, Botany, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOWRAL, Tuesday—A thoroughly representative and well-attended public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Bowral, last night, with the view of supporting the proposal of the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Public Worke Committee had under farther consideration yesterday the expediency of extending the railway system of the colony from the present terminus at Redforn into the city,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Premier has received the following meseuge from Sir Alfred Milner (High Commissioner for South Africa):—"I find now that we could do with from 40 to 50 men, ages from 25 to not exceeding 32,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The matter of the state of George-street, Parramatta, owing to the divided duty of maintenance, and the condition of the tram rails, was again before the council on Monday evening. In answer to letters on the matter,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners are well satisfied with the traffic which has taken place to the mountain resorts during the present season, and which, it is pointed out, is keeping up longer than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COROWA, Tuesday.--Messrs. R. King and Co., Corowa, are receiving donations in wheat for the relief of the distress existing amongst the poor in India. Twenty bags so far have been received BOWRAL, Tuesday.--A large and representative meeting was held in the Town-hall last night under the presidency of Alderman Stephens, Mayor of Bowral, to take steps to strengthen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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 10 →Respecting the Queanbeyan bridge, which is to be opened on Saturday next, we learn that the structure consists of three composite truss spans each 91ft. and two 30ft. beam spans, carried on four concrete…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Boers, in the course of their retreat northward from Bloemfontein, have exploded the bridge across the Modder at Glen siding, about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 21.—The Boers have blown up the railway bridge over the Modder at Glen Siding, north of Bloemfontein…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to the frequent settlement of the land in the English salt districts, it has (says "Nature") always been found a difficult matter to maintain in proper order bridges and other similar structures…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The need of some means of connecting by a broad and more direct road the streets of Parramatta with Victoria-road -- the main thoroughfare through Rydalmere and Ermington to Ryde and Sydney, was fully discussed…
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