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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

6,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

British Finance a French Railway. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 9

British capitalists finance the French concession for the railway from Jibutil, on the African shore of the Gulf of Aden, to Adisabeba, with the right to continue it…

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The Railway Appeal' Board. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 5

Sir,—In your issue this morning there in an account of a mass meeting held at Redfern for the purpose of "selecting a candidate from the number nominated with a view to his having the support of…

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Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 13
Also in The Australian Star

As the Anniversary holiday is being held on Saturday next the ordinary week-end excursion trains will meet the convenience of passengers travelling from Sydney to the favourite tourist resorts. The…

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An African Railway. January 18, 5.20 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

British capitalists are financing the French concession for the railway from Jibutil, on the African shore of the Gulf of Aden, to Adisabeba, with the right to continue the line if…

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Railway Carriage Tragedy. January 18, 5.20 am

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

A shocking tragedy occurred in a train onI the London and South-Western line yesterday. It appears that just as the train had left Surbiton one of the passengers, an…

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Tampering with Trams. a Dangerous Practice

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 11

When the driver of a tram-car, which left Circular Quay at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, arrived near the Bathurst-st. corner he found that the pneumatic brake would not act,…

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Our Tramway Service. American Methods to Be Studied. Objects of Mr. Kneeshaw's Visit. Mr. Oliver Interviewel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

The Railway Commissioners are sending the Superintendent of Tramways (Mr. Kneeshaw) to America, in order that he may make himself acquainted with the development which has…

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Railway Employees. the Question of Promotion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 15

At the hint monthly meeting of the council of the Railway Institute the class committee drew attention to the smallness of the number of students presenting themselves for examination in certain of the classes,…

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Tampering with Tram-cars. a Dangerous Practice

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 15

Llewellyn Jones (12), newsboy, was charged, under by-law 20, at the Central Court, before Mr. Edwards, S.M., with unlawfully interfering with the mechanical appliances connected with…

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Proposed New Railways. Temora to Gunbar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 12

Further consideration was given yesterday by the Public Works Committee to the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Temora to Gunbar…

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Proposed Belmore-liverpool Railway Extension

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 5

ON Monday last Messrs. Dick (chairman), Garran, Levien, Macfarlane, Shepherd, Hyam and Watson, members of the Public Works Committee, accompanied by Mr. T…

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she Parramatta-Singleton Railway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

A press telegram, dated Singletoo, Wednesday, says that the Parramatta people are in error in supposing that the local advocates of the proposed loop-line of railway between the…

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The River Works and the Tram

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

Sean on Friday morning, Colonel Ferris, M.P., said there was nothing new to communicate to the press re the river works; but by Monday evening there might be…

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About "Bridge."

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 9

Five or six years have passed away since Lord Brougham, by a happy accident, brought "Bridge" with a bound to the notice of some of the best whist players in England, who were at once…

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The Train Murder

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 6

The man who murdered a farmer in a train on the London and South-Western railway, as reported in "The Week" in this issue, was subsequently arrested. He…

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Railway Cheap Excursions

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 2

Particulars are given elsewhere of the railway excursion arrangements for Anniversary Day. Holiday excursion tickets will be issued from all stations to all…

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The Tram Service. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 8

Sir,—As it is now generally understood that the steam tram service to Leichhardt will shortly be superseded by an electric one, it is to be loped that the Tramway…

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Tampering with Trams Turning on the Taps. Extraordinary Sentence. Notice of Appeal

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 4

A LITTLE boy of 12 years of age, named Llewellyn Jones, was brought before Mr. Edwards, S.M., at the Central on Friday, charged with unlawfully interfering with the…

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A Train Captured

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, January 20. 1 p.m.-The Boers captured a train at Bast Balmoral, on the Delagoa Bar line. The train contained a quantity or mining material…

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