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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A public meeting of the residents of Hurstville, convened by the Mayor (Alderman. John Thompson), to consider the necessity of taking stops for the relief of the sufferers in connection with the late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--Unless those in authority give more exact instructions to the tram guards for the care of life when stopping and starting we shall have more severe accidents than if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held in the Rockdale Town-hall on Wednesday evening for the purpose of arranging assistance for the sufferers by the recent railway accident. The Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation representing the municipal council and residents of Camden was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. Kidd, M.P. The deputation stated they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In these days of electric, steam, and other motors people who have taken to motoring for business or pleasurable purposes occasionally express wonder that their grandparents did not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Friday of last week, an appalling railway accident occurred on the Illawatra line, about 300 yards south of the Sydenham station, on a perfectly level piece of road, and on a straight track. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. S. E. Lees, M.L. A[?]on Thursday introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) to ask for Government assistance in the construction and maintenance of the road from Kingswood to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Just as our paper was being issued last week we were able to send out a small slip giving brief particulars of a terrible railway accident that had just before taken place. The accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disappointed in the endeavor to obtain a bridge across the Parramatta to connect with Ermington and Rydalmere, the residents of Silverwater and Newington are now agitating for one across…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The successful methods employed by the late Mr. Barnes, of Austin." said a New Orleans inventor, "have suggested to me that machinery might be applied with great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Friday.-- A party of Boer train wreckers destroyed a culvert on the main trunk line, between Natal Spruit and Klip River stations (about 18 miles, by road, from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The mystery in connection with the terrible railway accident on the Hurstville line on Friday afternoon of last week, when nine persona were killed and over 30 wounded, has…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Civil Ambulance and Transport Brigade yesterday conveyed to Sydney Hospital a lamp trimmer named James Clemow, who was injured near the entrance to the tramway yards in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,-Unless those in authority give more exact instructions to the tram guards for the care of life when stopping and starting, we shall have more severe accidents than if proper care was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So far the Victorian Government has given no instructions to the railway authorities to provide accommodation for the Royal visitors while travelling over the Victorian railways (says…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ACCORDING to statements made at the last meeting of Sydney Lebor Council, the Railway Commissioners are paying blackleg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE PEOPLE does not belong to the sensational-mongering fraternity, but it certainly does hold that the fullest inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The half-yearly meeting of the Silverton Tramway Company, Limited, was held to-day. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, said that after the payment of £79,122…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At a meeting of the Macleay progress committee last night it was decided to urge on the Government the necessity for referring a further section of the North Coast railway from Grafton to Macleay to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A new departure in railway constructor has evoked considerable interest in London during the last year. I [?]llude to the Central London Railway, vulgarly known as the Twopenny Tube. It is only…
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