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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The Boers who attacked the British near O'Neill's farm, under Majuba, Northern Natal, numbered 500. A portion of these were sent to wreck a train, and were successful…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The execution of Mr. Meyer de Kock by Commandant Viljoen on a charge of being in possession of documents from the Boer Peace Committee at Pretoria occurred on February…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The display of motor care was a most popular one Eight cars and three tricycles competed. A Renault car, fitted with a De Dion engine, received the highest prize. The Woods and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A peculiarly sad fatality occurred in george street West, at about 1 o'clock on the afternoon of Good Friday. Mrs. Mitchell, who resides in Abercrombie-street, city, was crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation from the City Council interviewed the Minister for Works on Thursday in respect to the Castlereagh street tram. The route follows…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a series of railway accidents yesterday. At the Lithgow Zigzag a goods train ran off at the top points, with the engine hanging over the bank. The crank of another engine broke on the Mountains,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway Commissioners have arranged cheap excursion trains at 2d per mile first-class return (minimum 2s), an 1d per mile second-class return (minimum 1s}, to leave Sydney at convenient times…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The motor is indeed moving. An American, and, therefore, it goes without saying, a highly enterprising, business concern, the Deering Harvester Company, of Chicago, have already applied it to…
Continued on Trove, page 855 →The Minister for Works was interviewed on Thursday by a deputation from the City Council in regard to a point on the route of the Castlereagh-st. tram. The line will run along…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stanley Mitchell, 4, residing with his parents in Abercrombie-Street, died in Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries sustained by being run over by a tram near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This is the first year in which motor ears have been included in the list of exhibits of the show, and it is a tribute to the progressive character of the management that an attractive schedule…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Mathieson, Railway Commissioner, who has been appointed general manager of the Midland Railway, leaves for England on May 15. The question of appointing a permanent' successor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A little boy named Stanley Mitchell, four years of age who resided with his parents in Abercrom-bie-street, died in Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon, from the effects of injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A commencement has been made with the alterations to Clyde railway station, which will be rendered necessary by its being made the Junction of the line from Carlingford with, the main…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The delay in commencing the work on the tramway to Baukham-hills, the first sod of which was a short time ago turned with such eclat, is giving opportunity for the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE Mayor of Liverpool (Alderman Chapman) has received the following communication from Mr. A. E. Burcher, hon. secretary of the Liverpool-Blayney Railway League…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At length a commencement has been made with the long promised improvement at Clyde Railway Station in connection with the opening for traffic of the line to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A petition has been got up and is being influentially signed praying the authorities to substitute a horse tram for a steam tram to Baulkham Hills. We understand that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As the Western express was passing through Strathfield station on Thursday evening a passenger named Samuel Duncan, of Faulconbridge, who was standing…
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