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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Mr. W. J. Ferris, M.L.A., states that he has had an interview with the Minister for Works in reference to the tramway from Parramatta to Banlkham Hills, and has been informed that a surveryer will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A meeting of the executive commitee of the Manly to Narrabeen Tramway League was held on Monday, and was well attended, amongst those present being the Mayor (Alderman E. W. Quirk), Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Postmaster-Gerneral of Queensland is considering the advisablity of running a motor mail service to some of the outlying postal districts, which have at present to be covered by relays of coach horses…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade have decided to fit a motor to one of their fire reels, thus enabling quicker progress to outlying fires. The sum of £80 has been voted for the purchase of the motor,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There were no developments yesterday in connection with the disastrous railway accident near the Sydenham Station on Friday evening. It is understood that the report made by Professor Warren and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seldom is there a busier sight in any part of the harbour than that just now presented by the shipping at Darling Island and the Railway Wharf. At the Wharf yesterday there were the Eskasoni, of 1750 tons, loading shale [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The injured persons lying in Prince Alfred and Marrickville Cottage Hospitals were this morning reported to be progressing favourably. The engine-driver, Doyle, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.--Messrs. Dick, Shepherd, and M'Farlane, members of the Public Works Committee, arrived last night, and were engaged to-day in taking evidence connected with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Matters in connection with the Sydenham railway disaster are at present at a standstill pending the coronial and official inquiries. The former has been fixed for the 26th instant, and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Hawthorne, M.P., has been in communication with the Railway Commissioners, with a view to securing an extension of the penny tram section from Johnston-street, Annandale, to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A Router's correspondent states that when Herzog's commando entered Calvinia, and heard of the Queen's death, they trampled upon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"I had an interview last Saturday with Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan're Parramatta-Baulkham Hills tramway. He informed ma Surveyor Jones would visit tho district and start…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible accident, by which nine persons were killed and twenty-two injured, occurred on Friday evening on the Illawarra railway, a few hundred yards beyond Sydenham. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Leichhardt aldermen have decided to ask the State Minister for Works to receive a deputation to urge on him the fulfilment of a promise to place a swing in the Iron Cove Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The good roads movement which is being made here has gained great strength in Canada. By the last Canadian newspapers it is learned that the movement is making great headway, and the Ontario…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A train was derailed by the Boers between Johannesburg and Vereeniging, on the Vaal River, but the enemy were repulsed before they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The presence of mind of an engine-driver to-day saved a passenger train from Ballarat from a serious accident. At 9.30 a.m., when the train was a mile past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When the passenger train from Ballarat had reached the foot of a steep decline a mile on the Maryborough side of Talbot yesterday morning the driver noticed that the truck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On inquiry at the Marrickville Cottage Hospital yesterday, it was elicited that Goodall and Beat tie were both improving. The same report was made from Prince Alfred Hospital in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Barry, 60, said to have come from Victoria, was a striking and picturesque figure in the dock yesterday at the Central Police Court, where the charge against him was that of having…
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