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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

6,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Cooma-bombala Railway

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 3

COOMA, Friday.-The Parliamentary standing committee of the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. Dick, Shepherd, M'Farlane, Hyam, and Watson, returned to Cooma on…

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An American on Australian Railways

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 7

From Sydney to Melbourne the distance is 530 miles (says a correspondent to the Honolulu "Republican," of December 19), and the journey can be made by rail or boat; but if made by rail in…

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All Sorts and Conditions of Trams

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

DO you notice what a boom there is in trains Just now? All the out-of-the-way…

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King-street Tram Fatality

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 3

The death of Albert Edward Sinclair, 16½, which occurred in Sydney Hospital on Thursday, formed the subject of an inquest held by the city coroner on Friday. The deceased, as shown…

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Parramatta District. Rosehill-carlingford Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 6

During the week the departmental officers [?] train as far as the new Carlingford railway statics with Mr. H. A. Richardson, and other officers connected with[?] the department, on a tour of…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

The death of Albert E. Sinclair (16), which took place at the Sydney Hospital on Thursday, after an operation had been performed upon his leg, formed the subject of on inquest at the Coroner's…

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The River and the Tram

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

Colonel Ferris, M.P., when interrogated by an ARGUS representative on Thursday evening, stated that there was nothing new to report with reference to the river or the…

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The Rosehill Railway to Carlingford. Preparations for Traffic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

On Tuesday morning last, a train arrived at the new Carlingford railway station with Mr. H. Richardson and other gentlemen connected with the Railway Department, on a tour of…

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Train Wrkckers

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 9

Lord Kitchener, with a number of troops, proceeded toy train on Wednesday in the direction of Middleburg, on the Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railway…

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Riyal Schemes for Trans-continental Railways. From Bourke to Port Headland v. Poet Augusta to Kalgoorlie, Reasons Why the First Mentioned Would Be Preferable

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 5

The State of New South Wales has been asked to pay the piper in many respects in connection with Federation, and unless the electors wake up to a sense of their…

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Record Quarter on S.s.w. Railways

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 9

Last quarter's earnings on the New South Wales railways and tramways were the largest yet experienced. The revenue on the railways amounted to £1,052,399. This is…

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That Railway Record

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 6

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the last three months of 1900 is of an epoch-making description, for it reveals the fact that, for the first time in the history…

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Tramps

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 9

Five children named Marshall were arrested by the police at Gundagai, charged with living with people having do visible means of support. The children, whose ages vary…

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Victorian Vengeance. Robbing Us of Our Railways

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1901 · page 1

MORE and more, as the system of Barton-ruled Federation developes, it becomes plainly a scheme of Victorian vengeance against New South Wales…

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New Dane Cove Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

The bridge recently built at the head of the navigable portion of the Lane Cove River was to have been formally opened by the Minister for Works inst Saturday; but, owing to the death…

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The Tamworth Mail Train

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

SINGLETON, Monday.-Several of the towns along the northern line are complaining that the up Tamworth mail train from Sydney has been late continuously for months past, much to the…

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Saturday's Function. The Funeral Train. February 2, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

At the conclusion of the service held by the vicar of Portsea at Clarence Yard, eight petty officers of the Royal yachts carried the coffin to the train, the vicar of Portsea preceding…

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Sunday Work on the Railway

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

MITTAGONG, Monday.-At the evening service at St. Stephen's Anglican Church on Sunday, Dr. Rutledge entered an emphatic protest against the action of the Railway Commissioners in beginning…

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Railways Cease Running. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 7

During the funeral of the late Queen several of the English railways ceased running for half an hour…

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Tram Accident

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5

A man named Michael Finnegan, 37, residing in Wattle-street, fell from an electric tram in George-street last night and sustained concussion of the brain. He was taken…

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