Insufficient Railway Trucks
LITHGOW, Thursday.--To-day three of the local collieries stopped for two hours each for lack of railway trucks. A strong feeling of indignation prevails regarding these ever-recurring…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
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The Country. Poorly- Equipped Railway Station
MOLONG, Thursday.--Great inconvenience and loss of time and money are just now being experienced by farmers and wheat-dealers owing to their inability to obtain trucks at the local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reduced Train Fares. to the Editor
Sir.--The Railway Commissioners' statement in to-day's issue regarding the increase of £250,000 for the first six months of the present financial year is very opportune…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Procession Passing Through the Wool Arch, Bridge-street
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Continued on Trove, page 30 →Unemployed Again. Bevival of the Agitation. Tram and Railway Works
The Commonwealth celebrations, like the cleansing of Sydney alter the plague, gave a considerable amount of employment, and aura[?] hundreds to Sydney. In fact, for a few [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recognition of Railway and Tramway Employees. to the Editor of the Herald
TO THE EDITOR OF THE [?] Sir.—I feel sure that there will be very few citizens who will not endore the opinion that during the Commonwealth celebrations in which the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Celebrations.-- Railways and Tramways. to the Editor
Sir,-- I read with pleasure the appreciative remarks of the Railway Commissioners with reference to the efforts of their staff during the Federal celebrations, and as a constant traveller…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway and Tramway Employees. to the Editor
Sir,-- I feel sure there will be few citizens who will not endorse the opinion that every railway and tramway official is entitled to the highest possible praise for the safe conveyance of the public…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Railway Matter
A deputation, representing the ParramattaBlacktown-Penrith Railway League, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Thursday morning by Messrs. O'Conor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Trams. To the Editor of the "Evening News."
Sir,-As a visitor to Sydney, and for the past four weeks a constant traveller on the various tramways, I trust you will give publicity to a few words of unstinted praise of the officials on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mayfield Tramway
WARATAH, Friday Afternoon.-The Mayfield tram, which connects Newcastle with the runfield pality of Waratah was officially opened this afternoon by the Minister for Works, who reached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tram Episode
At the Water Police Court yesterday, Frederick Richard Hibberd, 23, laborer, was charged with assaulting Ernest Connors, on December 28. The evidence for the prosecution was that Connors,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Transvaal. Activity in the North. Concerted Attacks on the Railway. Repelling the Cape Invasion. Extreme Measures Probable. London, Jan. 10
The Boers on the night of January 7 simultaneously attacked all the British outposts at Belfast, Wonderfontein, Nooitgedacht, and Wildfontein Pan on the Delagoa…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Cycling
One of the most interesting exhibits at the National Cycle Show, England, was the Singer Motor bicycle. This machine is built on the same lines as the ordinary cycle, the motor (a two-horse power one)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Motor Car Runs 621 Miles Without Stopping
A non-stop motor car run of 621 miles was recently held on the Crystal Palace track, London, by an eight-horse power French motor car. The above distance was covered in the smart time of 24…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Motor Tricycle Record
The motor tricycle hour record has again had mother lift, this time by a French cyclist named Semester. This rider succeeded in covering 45 miles l63 yards in 60 minutes, on the Princes track, Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Ministerial Visit to Newcastle. Official Opening of the Mayfield Tramway. Newcastle
The Minister for Pubilc Works, Mr. E. W, O'sullivan, M.L A., visited this district to-day for the purpose of performing the ceremony of officially opening the new extension of the tramway system to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Minister for Works at Newcastle. Opening Mayfield Tramway. Cost of the Commonwealth Celebrations. the Expenditure Defended. Sacrifices by Sir William Lyne
NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- The extension of the Newcastle tramway system from Tighe's hill to Mayfield was declared open for traffic this afternoon by Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister for…
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The question, Will the coming man fly? yet awaits an answer. So far, the aerial moving man has generally only succeeded in flying downward, and that at break-neck…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Assaulted in a Tram
A man named Frederick Richard Hibbard, 23, laborer, was charged at the Water Police Court with unlaw. fully assaulting Ernest Connors, in a Randwick tram, and was lined £-2 and coats, in default two months…
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