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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 6 →Benjamin Bridge, who had pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions on Friday to escaping from Murrurundi Gaol in 1892, was brought up for sentence. In the afternoon Mr. Levien…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An anonymous letter has reached the Parramatta Progress Association, asking it to use its influence to prevent the using as ordinary passenger carriages to Parramatta of the carriages that during each afternoon form…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. G. Carroll, M.P., rccently asked the "Works" to furnish a special report on the state of the roads in the Sherbrooke Electorate. We understand that in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KEMPSEY, Friday.--The Kempsey bridge was opened yesterday. The bridge was named by Mrs. W. T. Dangar, Mayoress, and opened by Mr. Frank Clarke, member for the district. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our view of the new Kempsey bridge is taken from the East Kempsey side, looking towards Central Kempsey. The bridge is on the main North Coast road, and will afford great facilities to the…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →LONDON, April 6, 3.45 p.m.—Two men have been arrested at Beaufort West for attempting to wreck the train by which Sir Alfred Milner (British High Commissioner in South Africa) was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. O'Sullivan's visit to the fruit country on Wednesday did not give the residents the opportunity they had hoped for of showing him some of the bad roads, or tracks, over which they have to carry produce. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KEMPSEY, Friday.—The new Kempsey bridge was opened yesterday, with great eclat. The bridge was named by Mrs. W. T. Dangar (Mayoress), and opened by Mr. Frank Clarke, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The bridge consists of a steel lift span, giving a clear waterway of 55ft., and three truss spins of 110ft. each. The cylinders m main piers under lift Bran are 6ft. in diameter, cast iron below witter and wrought above, connected by wrought iron eliptical bracing. The lift span is built principally of steel weights about 32 tons and is suspended by steel wire ropes which pass over large…
Continued on Trove, page 814 →The bridge was opened yesterday with great eclat. The bridge was named by Mrs. W. T. Dangar, Mayoress, and opened by Mr. Clarke, member for the district Mr. Hassall,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two men have been arrested at Beaufor West for attempting to wreek the train by which Sir Alfred Milner (British High Commissioner in South Africa) was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →We are marching to relieve you, Cecil Rhodes; Honor will not let us leave you, Cecil Rhodes;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AS SEEN THROUGH THE SPECTROSCOPE. This is the latest invention to determine the distance of any object in the field of battle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After the bridge was opened Messrs. Hassall, Clarke, Hogan, and other visitors were entertained at luncheon at Nell's Hotel, the Mayor (Alderman Dangar) taking the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two men have been arrested at Baufort West, 80 miles south of De Aar, for attempting to wreck the train conveying the High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The deputy city coroner, Dr. Todd, held an inquest yesterday concerning the death of the cabman Samuel James Ellis, which took place on Thursday afternoon in the Sydney Hospital, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WANTED some information as to why the limit of the motive power is reached by the extension on one suburban branch when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The stationmaster at Ravenswood has reported that on Wednesday night, after shunting No. 19 down train, the driver and fireman ran over a heap of rocks placed on the points in an…
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