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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

6,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 250

Train Wreckers Repulsed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Boers have again wrecked a train at Pan, near Middleburg, on the Delagon Bay line. Two hundred of them attempted to loot the train,…

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A New Tramway. Alexandria to Cook's River-road

Evening News · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

The ceremony of turning the first sod of the new tramway to connect Alexandria with Cook's River, via St. Peters, was performed by the State Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) at the corner…

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A New Tramway. Alexandria to Cook's River Road. the "Performing Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 3

The State Minister for Public Works yesterday afternoon turned the first sod of the new tramway line about to be made to connect Alexandria with Cook's River via St. Peters. The ceremony…

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A Tramway Extension. Alexandria to Cook's River-road. Turning the First Sod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 3

The Minister for Work[?] Mr. O'Sullivan, turned the " first [?]d" of the projected tramway extension from the Botany line to Cook's River-road yesterday. The advance of population has long ago…

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Feeding Tramway Horses

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 7

It is stated by an English contemporary that the stud of some 3,000 horses kept by the Glasgow corporation for the working of the tramways, and the management of which is so highly…

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The Mountain Railway

Evening News · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 6

LITHGOW, Monday—Matters in connection with the proposed duplication of the Great Western railway line across the Blue Mountains, from Lithgow to Penrith, are advancing apace. Mr…

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A Corean Railway Loan

Evening News · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, April, 1.—The loan to provide for the construction of the railway from Seoul, the capital of Corea, to [?]; the port; has been covered many times over in Tokio, Japan…

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Railway Freights. to the Editor Stock and Station Journal

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 8

Sir,—Your remarks under the above beading in the "Gossip" column are true to the life, and should be carefully noted, not only by the men on the land…

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A Corean Railway. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 6

The loan to provide for the construction of the railway from Seoul, the capital of Corea, to Fusan, the port, has been covered many times over in Tokio…

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A Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 7

Constable George Brictor, of No. 3 station, was treated at the Sydney Hospital yesterday for injuries to the back which he received by falling when attempting to board a moving tram in…

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Another Train Derailed

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, April 1, 2.10 p.m.—The Boers derailed a train at Olifantsfontein. There were no casualties…

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World's Bridge-building Record

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 9

The bridge record, hold by a British firm, has been beaten-- by another British firm, by the despatch of a now steel bridge to Lagos, from Liverpool. The contract was placed by the…

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An Abbotsford Road

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 5

The Minister for Works had an interview with Mr. W. Archer, M.L.A., and Captain Guest to- day with reference to the state of the Abbotsford Wharf- road. The road is…

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Hindus Wreck a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 9

The mild Hindu seems, like the rest of the Empire, to have been profiting by the lessons of the Boer war. Unluckily he has learned lessons which might well have remained beyond…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] the Boer War. Another Train Derailed

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 3

LONDON, April 1, 2.10 p.m.—The Boers derailed a train at Olifantsfontein. There were no casualties…

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The Boer War. Derailment of a Train. LONDON, April 1, 2.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 6

Advices just to hand from South Africa State that the Boers succeeded in derailing a train at Olifantsfontein. There were no casualties…

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Federal Railway Passes

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 2

Federal railway passes are now ready to be issued to all duly elected members of the Federal Parliament. They have been prepared by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners…

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Cable Tram Block

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 3

Shortly before 10.30 a.m. yesterday a block lasting for over half-an-hour, occurred on the cable tramline at the intersection of Elizabeth and King streets. The grip of a "dummy" forming…

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The Marrickville Tram Service

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 4

A deputation, representing the council and residents of Marrickville, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday morning by Mr. F. E. M'Lean, M.L.A., to ask that, in view of…

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Tram Reform

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 3

A deputation representing the council and residents of Marrickville was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. F. E. M'Lean. M.L.A., to ask that in view of…

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