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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Two hundred men belonging to the commando which invaded the eastern portion of Cape Colony stoppe[?] a train containing 60 men of Prince Alfred's Volunteer Guard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Everything was unprecedented in Sydney on Commonwealth Day. The Inauguration of the Commonwealth was unprecedented; the behavior of a large number of the State's guests…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday, October 13, the ever energetic and up-to-date Kaiser was to have inaugurated an extraordinary new railway, situated in the Wupper Valley, Germany. The ceremony, however, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the steam trams were carrying their enormou[?] loads of sightse[?]rs along Oxford-street yesterday afternoon Constable Sharples, of Bulli, who is on special duty in Sydney for the celebrations, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The gables, ridges and so on forming th[?] roofs of the different buildings comprised in the Redfern Railway Station bl[?]zed last night with electric light. All the poles from George-street to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE Groper Parliament of W.A. is fast drawing to a close. The now setting session is said to be the last of this awful, corrupt, and plundering reign of Forrest, Since…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday afternoon Constable Sharpies, of Bull, was riding on the footboard of a tram in Oxford street, when by some means he was knocked off. Sharples was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considering the immense concourse of people which had to be conveyed from the Centennial Park to the city, the number of tram accidents was very small. James Sharples (28), a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Your request that I should compress into comparatively few words my views as to the world's progress in power during the century just closing covers a large order…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"A record! Why to say the least it has been phenomenal -- and even that word does not accurately convey to one's mind the magnitude of today's and to-night's traffic," said Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The long stretch of Oxford -street from Hyde Park to the review ground was one mass of. people moving backwards and forwards, going and coming, crossing, riding, driving,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Two hundred Boers belonging to the eastern commando of invaders, stopped a train containing 60 of Prince Alfred's Guards who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the military review at the Centennial Park to-day the tramway authorities have arranged for trams to run at frequent intervals from Bent-street for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A correspondent writes: Of course it is impossible to help the trams being crowded, but the public simply take them by storm, and no one seems to have the least authority to order them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway and tramway traffic on Tuesday was phenomenal, and excelled all previous records to a very considerable extent. On the railway lines the traffic was a long way in front of all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the week ended December 29 the total revenus from the Railway Department was the largest ever known in South Australia for any seven days. The amount was £31,614, while for the same week of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In connection with the Military Review at the Centennial Park to-day, the tramway authorities have arranged for trams to run at frequent intervals from Bent-street for Queen-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. Watson, accompanied by Messrs. Barnes and Fitzpatrick, Ms. P., who represented that in the districts they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A scene of much splendor was presented at the Redfern railway station. The Railway Department has achieved one of the most charming illumination successes in the city. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"We cannot furnish complete returns of Tuesday's traffic," remarked Mr. J. Kneeshaw, traffic manager for tramways, to a "Daily Telegraph" reporter, "with the staff and men working at…
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