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Railways, roads & transport, 1900

5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

The Crookwell Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 4

Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, will turn the first sod of the Crookwell railway on May 24. The work of beginning this line has, it is reported, been delayed owing to a section of…

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The Walcha Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 4

The Minister for Works, Mr. O'Sullivan, will leave with a Parliamentary party for Walcha on Friday night. The Minister's attention is to be directed to the necessity of extending the line…

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At Bethulie. Diverting the Railway Line

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Mondny Afternoon.--The railway line has been diverted so as to cross the Orange River at Bethulie by the waggon bridge…

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Railway Accident at Helensburgh. Armstrong and Wife V. Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 8

An action was brought by Alexander Armstrong and his wife, Margaret Armstrong, to recover £1000 damages from the Railway Commissioners for injuries received by the female plaintiff in a railway accident, said to be…

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The Armidale Roads Engineer

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 3

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—Mr. T. Spencer, who has occupied the position of district road engineer at Armidale for several "years past, is about to be removed to Casino, and the settlers of the…

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The Wooden Poles on Parramatta-road

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 3

The hostility that has so frequently been exhibited by many of the residents of the western suburbs to the wooden poles erected along the Parramatta-road, for the purposes of the electric…

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The Tram Fares. a Big Alteration. Penny Sections Introduced

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners to-day gazetted a new and comprehensive bylaw, giving rates, etc., to come into force on and after Monday next, April 2. The following are the rates of passenger…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 6

[?]UBBO, Tuesday.—The annual sports and picnic of the railway employees on the lines west of was held at the Dubbo Show Ground yesterday.The attendance was estimated at about…

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Railway Appeals

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

A rather peculiar piece of argument was adduced yesterday by the Chief Railway Commissioner with respect to the agitation among the railway employees for the establishment of a court of…

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Repairing the Railway Basutos at Work

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, March 27, 3.55 p.m.—Basutos are at work repairing the railway north of Bloemfontein…

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Public Works Committee. Tile City Railway Proposals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works had under further consideration yesterday the expediency of extending the railway system of the colony from the present terminus at Redfer[?] into…

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The Gore Hill Tramway. Proposed Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

Ever since the opening of the Gore Hill tramway an effort has been made by the residents and municipal authorities to secure an extension of the line further into the borough. The question was again…

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Bethulie Railway Running. London, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 7

When Lieutenant-General Sir W. F. Gataere was advancing on Bethulie, on the Orange River, from Burghersdorp, the Boers destroyed the railway bridge…

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The Culcairn to Corowa Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 10

Sir,—In justice to this line, the district, and those gentlemen who, as members of the Public Works Committee, recommended its constructon, I ask you to kindly place before the public a few facts connected…

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Court of Appeal for Railway Employees. Statement by the Chief Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners, when seen yesterday with regard to the meeting of railway servants at Newcastle on Saturday, declined to discuss the matter, stating that beyond what was reported in…

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6.20 a.m. Basutos at Work on the Railway. London, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 7

It is feared that many escaped Basutosare at work repairing the railway north of Bloomfontein…

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Tram Fare Alterations. a Penny City Section

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 5

After much and prolonged consideration the Railway Commissioners have at last fallen in With the wishes of the general public, so often brought before them, and conceded the penny…

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An Alleged Slander Disturbance in a Railway Car

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 2

Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury were occupied in No. 1 Jury Court yesterday with an action for slander, involving an estrangement between relatives. The plaintiff, Sydney Ford,…

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Repairing the Railway. Black Labour Employed. LONDON, March 27, 3.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

Basutos are being employed by the British to repair the railway line north of Bloemfontein…

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Railway Sleepers. Ninety Thousand Commandeered. LONDON, March 27, 6.35 a.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 March 1900 · page 4

Ninety thousand sleepers which had been stored at Dundee for the proposed railway from Dundee to Vryheld have been transferred by the Boers to the Transvaal…

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