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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

The City Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4

The Public Works Committee met yesterday--Mr. W. J. Trickett, M.L.C., presiding-- and took further evidence us to the expediency of extending the railway into the city…

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Carriage of Machinery on Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have done a good deal towards developing the inland industries by the considerable concessions they have previously allowed on machinery for mining and agricultural…

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Railway Coal Contracts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have accepted contracts for the supply of coal for railway purposes, the principal being for requirements in the metropolitan division and on the Southern…

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Ministerial Party Banquetted. Mr. Lyne on Australian Soldiers. Increase in Railway Revenue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 8

The Ministerial party were entertained by the residents at a banquet this evening at the Royal Hotel. The Mayor was in the chair, and about 100 were present. After the loyal toasts of the…

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Proposed Tramway Traffic Reform

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 8

Mr. A. Griffith, M.P., is moving to have the system of penny sections on trams recently adopted in Sydney extended to Newcastle, and has arranged for a deputation to wait on the…

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Gore-hiill Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 8

The proposed extension of the Gore-hill tramway is creating a good deal of interest in the Lane Cove district, and, on the suggestion of Alderman Catt, it has been decided to hold a special meeting of the local council after…

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New Zealand Railway Accident. 2500 Sheep Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 7

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The condition of Guard Hicks, who was injured in the railway accident on the Rimutaka incline, is more serious than was at first supposed. The man was buried…

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Merrylands Railway Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 10

Those dispatching produce from Merrylands railway station have for a long time been hampered by the want of a crane, while the receipt of goods by the business people of the district has been similarly rendered difficult…

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Glerks for the Railway Service. a Lover of Zola. Gold Shipments

Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 6

With reference to the examination for apprentice clerks to-day at the Railway Institute, and for which applications have already been received, the Railway Department wish to notify An unusual incident occurred at the Redfern Railway Station yesterday, enortly after 8 a.m. Mr. J. G. Moul, who is in charge of the New South Wales Bookstall Company's stall at The two mail steamers, Alameda and Omrah, which left yesterday for San Francisco and LONDON respectively, took away gold coin and bullion to the approximate value of [?]223.137. The…

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Deputy Railway Commissioner. Judge Murray to Be Appointed

Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

It is the intention of the Government to appoint a Deputy Railway Commissioner during the absence of Mr. Oliver from the colony. His Honor Judge Murray has been selected for…

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Fares on the Double Bay Cable Tram. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 3

Sir,—Some months since a deputation of residents of Double Bay waited on the Commissioners for Railways asking for penny sections on the catle tram line to Double Bay. This was refused, but a…

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Guarding the Railway. Boers Hold the Eastern Free State. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 7

Major-General Lord Kitchener commands 15,000 men, who guard the railway from Bloomfontein to Norval's Pont. Great precautions have been taken to…

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The Bethulie Railway. Rebels Seek a Strategic Opening. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 7

Commandoes of the rebels seek a strategic opening in order to threaten Bethulie, on the Free State-Cape Colony border. Brigade troops, however,…

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Public Works Committee. the City Railway Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

The Public Works Committee met yesterday afternoon to further consider the question of the advisability of extending the railway into the city, and to take evidence in regard to the several…

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Railway Institute. Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the council was held in the institute on Friday evening, 6th instant. The president (Mr. H. M'Lachlan) occupied the chair. A letter was read from the secretary to the Railway…

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Lord Kitchener. Guards the Railway With 15,000 Men LONDON, April 11, 3.43 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

A force of 15,000 men under Major-General Lord Kitchener, Chief of Staff, now guards the railway line from Bloemfontein to Norval's Pont, a distance of close upon 100 miles…

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Railway Institute

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the council was held last night at the Railway Institute, Devonshire-street, Mr. H. M'Lachlan (secretary to the commissioners) presiding…

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The City Railway Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 7

The Public Works Committee met yesterday afternoon. Mr. E. J. Sievers, Government land valuer, referring to Mr. Norman Selfe's scheme for…

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John Bridge and Co., Limited

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 7

There is little to report this week, no Bales being held. The newe from home continues very unsatisfactory, and the market here is in a stagnant state, there being no inolination at all to…

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Point Piper-road Church. Prayer and Plague

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 5

At the service held yesterday evening the Rev. Dr. Fo[?]d[?]ce spoke on the subject of ``Prayer in Connection with Plague.'' It had been objected that the plague was due to our own neglect and…

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