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Railways, roads & transport, 1900

5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Strike of Railway Men. Serious Trouble in West Australia. PERTH

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3

The developments of the past few days in connection with the friction existing in the railway service between the general manager and the locomotive engineers has…

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The Crookwell Railway. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 6

Mr. W. Hutchinson, supervising engineer, arrived at Goulburn to-day for the purpose of carrying out the preliminary work of the Crookwell railway. He intends going over…

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Tramway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 6

The fact that the daily earnings of the George-street tram far exceed all expectations based upon the previous omnibus traffic is an example of the manner in…

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The Bendigo Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 9

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances concerning the death of two young men, John Langley and B. Burston at M'lvor-road crossing on New Year's Day, was concluded to-day…

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Trouble in West Australia. the Railway Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 9

PERTH, Monday.--Mr. Plesse, in reply to the deputation, has forwarded a statement to the press, stating that for some time past it has been generally known that…

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A Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 4
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

A narrow escape from a serious accident took place on the George-street tram line, Parramatta, on Monday evening. The train was coming along the street at the ordinary pace, when a horse attached to a cart…

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City Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 6

Mr. Oliver, Chief Railway Commissioner, is to give evidence before the Public Works Committee when the question of the railway extension into the city is further considered by the…

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Proposed North Shore Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4

Apropos of the alteration in the date for receiving designs for the North Shore Bridge from December 1 to August 1, the Premier explains thai he is anxious to take practical steps in the…

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Bicycle-racing on the Rocky Point-road. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4

Sir,—I notice in a paragraph of your issue of to-day Alderman Green has thought it necessary to table a motion in the Rockdale Council to prohibit the above, and instances some five accidents that have…

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Vicissitudes of a Cable Tramway System

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2

The cable of the North Shore tramway system was injured last evening at 5.30 p.m., with tie result that traffic was stopped for the remainder of the evening. To add to the inconvenience of…

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The Railway Strike in Western Australia. an Engine Seized by Strikers. the Trouble Ended. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 6

The strike of railway employees is causing considerable inconvenience among all sections of the community, and if the dispute is protracted a few days longer most of the producing mines of tbe district…

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English Mail News. the Panama Canal. the French Navy. Scenes at an American Fire. Death of a Distinguished Missionary. Russo-persian Railways. Native Troubles in British North Borneo. the London to Budapest Telegraph. the American Cycling Furore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 4

The mails by the steamer Rome were delivered in Sydney yesterday. She brings flies of English papers to December 8, from which the following interesting items are called:…

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Railway Strike in West Australia. Perth

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 5

The strike of railway employees, which has been the cause of so much Serious inconvenience, has ended. Yesterday afternoon a conference was held…

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West Australian Railway Strike. Agreement Arrived At

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 7

PERTH, Wednesday.--Matters in connection with the railway strike took a turn for the better to-day. Many of the men took a favorable view of the commissioner's remark yesterday that up…

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Railway Court Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3

At the Ryde Police Court, before Mr. G. M. Pope, J.P., yesterday, William Brennan elected to be summarily dealt with, and pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a tarpaulin at Hornsby Junction, on the 9th inst., such being…

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John Bridge and Co

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 13

A larger volume if business is noticeable this week, the trade generally having settled down to their usual buying operations, and although in one or two lines a dulness is reported,…

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A Granville Road

The Australian Star · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 7

The Municipal Councils of Granville and Bankstown, introduced by Mr. Parkes, M.L.A., asked tho Minister for Works yesterday to undertake the construction of a road to…

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Deputations. Bankstown-granville-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 7

A deputation representing the districts of Bankstown and Granville yesterday waited on the Minister for Works to ask that a road b built connecting the two places. The deputation comprised the Mayor of…

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The War. News by the English Mail. War Letter From Winston Spencer Churchill. Cruise in the Armoured Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 7

The "Morning Post" on December 7 published the following letter from Mr. Winston Churchill, its war correspondent, whose double capture by and escape from the Boers has been notified in the columns…

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