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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

6,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Murder in a Railway Train. a Confession of Guilt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--In connection with the murder of a man named Pearson by an ex-soldier in a railway carriage on the London and South-western line, the prisoner has heen…

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Ministerial Visit to North Sydney. the City Railway. the North Shore Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 3

On Saturday morning Mr. E. W.O'sullivan, Ministor for Works, visited North Sydney for the purpose of inpecliag the route of the proposed tramway extension from Palcon-street. to Tolly Point, via…

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Murder in a Train. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 7

The ex-soldier Hill, who, it is alleged, murdered a farmer named Pearson in a train between Surbiton and Arauxhall, was brought up at the police court and remanded. He…

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A Mines Train Captured. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 7

The Boors captured a train at East Balmoral, on the Delagoa Bay line. The train containcd a quantity of mining material…

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Another Train Incident. January 20, 1.0 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 4

A train containing a quantity of mining machinery has been captured on the Dela[?] Bay railway line by the Boers…

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The Boer War. Fighting at the Springs. Boer Outpost Captured. Another Train Episode

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday ' Afternoon—Three .squadrons of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles recently captured a Boer outpost at the Springs, the terminus of the East Rand…

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Runaway Collides with a Tram

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 6

As the 10.18 a.m. tram from Circular Quay to Enmone was passing the Haymarket on Saturday, a runaway horse, attached to a buggy, which was coming from the direction of the railway station,…

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Railway Appeal Board

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 2
Also in The Australian Star

Considerable interest is beineg manifested among the railway employees in connection with the election of a representative by them to the Railway Appeal Board. The nomination papers…

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The Railway Tragedy. Confession of the Murderer

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 6

LONDON, January 18, 2.26 p.m.-The man Hill, who committed the terrible murder in a train on the London and South-Western Railway, was brought up at the South-Western Police Court…

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Cooma-bombala Railway

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 8

COOMA, Monday.-The Parliamentary Standing Committee on public works arrived at Cooma on Saturday to take the evidence of residents on the question of the proposed line of railway…

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The Railway Institute. Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 3

The tenth annual meeting of the members of tha Railway Institute was held on Friday eveuine; at the institute, Dovnshire-stteet, and was presided over by Mr. McLachlan), Secretary for Railways as…

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The Minister for Works at Lane Cove. Proposed Tramway Extension. Locking the Lapie Cove River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 3

At the invitation of the Mayor and aldermen of the borough of Line Cove, the Mimsior for Workks (Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan)visited the district on Saturday afteruoou for the purpose of inspecting the route of…

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Folly Point Tramway. Deputation to the Minister for Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 3

When at Folly Point on Saturday the Minister for Works (Mr. E. W. O'sullivan) received a doputatiou of gentlemen intersted in the extension of the tramway to Folly Point, via Alfred-street. This was a…

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The Trans-continental Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 7

Sir John Forrest has on several occasions luring the past week or so made reference to the prospect of an extension of the railway so as to bridge the distance between the…

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Dubbo Railway Traffic. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 5

The following are the returns of business done at the Dubbo railway station during the year ending DocembEr 31, 1900:—Live stock received, 793 horses, 2126 cattle, 40,272 sheep, 4 calves; live stock…

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Railway Appeal Board. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 3

Sir,--In your issue to-day there is 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…

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North Sydney Improvements. Tram Extensions

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 3

The Minister for Works, Mr. O'Sullivan devoted the whole of Saturday on a visit to the northern suburbs of Sydney in response to requests from various municipal bodies and…

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The Delegate Railway. Cooma

The Australian Star · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 4

The Public Works Committee, after taking evidence regarding the proposed extension of the railway to Delegate, via Nimitybelle and Bombala, leave here to-day to visit the places…

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Public Works Committee at Cooma. Proposed Railway to Delegate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 4

COOMA, Sunday.--The Parliamentary Standing Committee, consisting of Mossrs. W. Dick chairman), J. C. Watson, J. M'Farlane, P. C. Shepherd, and S. H. Hyam, with Mr. C. Lyno…

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