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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Russia's Manchurian Railway. Army of Railway Workmen. LONDON. March 30, 3.33 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

In pursuance of Russia's Eastern policy, 100,000 Tientsin coolies have gone to Nuichwang to build the Manchurian railway…

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The Delagoa Railway. Unsatisfactory Arbitration. LONDON, March 30, 4 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

The arbitration tribunal at Berne appointed to consider the claims of the Delagoa Railway Co. for compensation for the seizure of the line by Portugal on June 29, 1889, has given its…

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The Tramway Fares

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

The "Government Gazette," No. 267, March 27, 1900, is a remarkable document. It consists of a bylaw running over three and a halt pages; and the bylaw is supposed to contain…

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Railway Repairs. London, March 30, 6.20 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 5

The repairs to the railway to Nerval's Pont, which had been destroyed by the Boers, have been completed…

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The Tramways

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

In connection with the partial conversion of steam to electrical working, commencing on Monday next, electric trams will be run at frequent intervals throughout the day at Newtown,…

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Emu Bay Railway Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

The third ordinary general meeting of the Emu Bay Railway Company .was held to-day. The statement of accounts showed a loss on the year's working of £5078, which, added to the…

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A George-street Tram Sensation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

Early last evening, when the George-street electric trams were heavily laden and filing up towards the railway station in close order, a slight delay was caused through an accident in the…

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The City Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 5

The expediency of extending the railway system of the colony front the present terminus at Redfern, including the erection of a large central station, was further considered yesterday…

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Obstructing a Railway Line

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

Two brothers named Albert Faulks (10) and William Faulks (8) were charged at the Lambton Court yesterday, before Mr. L. S. Donaldson, S.M., with having, at Dudley, on Tuesday last,…

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At Norval's Pont. Railway Repairs Complete

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- The restoration of the permanent way and railway bridge at Nerval's Point, which were destroyed by the retreating Boers, has been completed…

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Delagoa Bay Railway. Award of the Arbitrators. Indignation in England. a Blow to National Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- The arbitration tribunal at Berne has unanimously awarded to America and Great Britain, as compensation for the shareholders in the Delagoa Bay and East African Railway…

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Dapto Railway League

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

DAPTO, Friday. -- At a mooting in the Agricultural-hall, Dapto, on Wednesday night, the following resolution was carried unanimously: -- "That a Hallway League be formed here to…

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Railway Stores, Liverpool

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

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…

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The Bethtulie Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 14

LONDON, March 26, 3.45 p.m.—When Lieutenant-Geheral Gatacre was advancing from Burgh[?]dorp on Bethulie, on the Orange, River the Boers destroyed the railway bridge across the…

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Railway Fog Signalling. an Improved System

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 61

The invention of a fog-signalling apparatus Winch will do away with the system of pasting men at the foot of signal posts, to place detonators on the metals when the arm is at…

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A Woman's Annual Tramp

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 26

The American papers give an account of an aged woman who has regularly walked once a year from Bagor, Maine, to New York, 450 miles, for the enjoyment of the thing, since 1824, when she was 16…

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A New Motor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 18

A Berlin engineer asserts that he has invented a new motor superior to any other hi[?]herto in use. It is (says the "Newcastle Daily Chronicle") unlimited in its application, and may be used for…

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Railway Station Earnings

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners are went to reply, when asked that improvements may be made at this or that railway station, that the traffic at that place will…

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Railway Collision in a Tunnel

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1900 · page 8

A workman's train "ran into another in a tunnel near Glasgow. Five persons were killed outright and 22 injured…

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The Latest Thing in Guns a Motor Quick-firer—480 Shots a Minute and 2000yds Range. A Cycle Corps as Escort

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 April 1900 · page 5

While our War Office is slumbering, other countries are fully alive to the advantage of cyclists. In a recent issue the "Engineer" gives particulars of a motor…

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