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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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LONDON, Monday.--The work of combating the Boer invasion, and consequent rebel action of a section of the Boer population, of Cape Colony, is proceeding vigorously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The coal famine is now affecting the railways. Mr. Math[?]eson hopes to be able to make satisfactory arrangements with the colliery proprietors, but negotiations are not yet closed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A man named D. Scott (35), residing in Crescent-street, Manly, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night, suffering from severe injuries to his head, caused by a fall from a tramin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The old man who was knocked down by a steam tram on the Waverley-road, between Ocean- street and Nelson-street on Sunday night, has not yet been identified, and the paddington police…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The widening of London Bridge is (Austin Brereton writes in the "Morning Post") a problem which occurs at various, but none the less certain, periods to the city fathers. For a thousand years…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Commissioners are commencing to find some little respite from the extremely busy times that they have been experiencing since shortly before Christmas. Under ordinary circumstances the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister for Works Is taking the [?] min[?]ry stops towards, consummating the tension of the railway to the great [?] depot, which is to be erected to the nor[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nearly 200 special trains were run from country stations during the celebrations, and it is estimated that 56,000 persons were brought by railway to Sydney from the country. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is the intention of the Minister for Works to put the Pitt and Castlereagh streets trams in hand next week. The work will be carried out by day labor, and Mr. O'Sullivan hopes to have it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway traffic earnings for December show the following increases and decreases:—Southern Division, increase £1739: Mackay, increase £49; Cairns, increase £449; Cooktown, increase £[?];…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I desire, through the medium of your columus, to direct attention to the manner of running the Willough by trams during the recent Commonwealth demonstrations, in the hope that on any…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Among the "submerged" members of society described in Sir Walter Besant's "East London Types" in the December "Century" are some who were born gentlemen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There was a great amount of speculation at Wall-street, New York, on Saturday, when 1,500,000 railway shares changed hands at a great advance. Messrs. Rockefeller, Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway, Commissioners are comm[?]ing to find some little respite from the,[?] tremely busy times that they have been [?] periencing since shortly before Christian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deputy City Coroner, Dr. Todd, conducted an inquest at the South Morgue yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of the unknown man who was killed by a steam tram…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Speaking at the State luncheon at Berry yesterday, Mr. Fehon and Mr. Kirkcaldie gave some figures showing a most gratifying increase in the railway revenue for the present financial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway traffic is getting back to its normal condition. Nearly 200 special trains were run from country stations, and it is estimated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the morning of Commonwealth Day the railways before twelve o'clock brought between forty-five and fifty thousand persons into the city. And during the entire week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The commissioners have already expressed their satisfaction with the work done by the railway staff during the Commonwealth celebrations, and are marking their appreciation in a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Having regard to the satisfactory public results of the running .of the electric trams in George-street and to Dulwich Hill ana the Glebe, there is naturally some interest in the question…
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