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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The cable advice yesterday that a Sydney firm had received instructions to proceed with the conversion of the Dunedin (New Zealand) horse trains into an electric system has been received…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A grievance with the residents of the suburbs served by the North Shore railway line is the absence of any train from Milson's Point between 7.10 and 8.40 p.m., a period of an hour and a half,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ORANGE, Friday. -- A railway guard, Mr. John Emmett, met his death this morning in the railway yard while engaged in coupling trucks. Deceased aud William Henning, a shunter, were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan and Mrs. O'Sullivan, together with Mr. Edward Terry, of Eastwood House, Mr. Frank Smith, of Laichhardt, Mr. H. E. Brigg and Miss Brigg,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—I notice that the tram line has been extended to the Cross-road, Baulkham Hills, and the men having left work at this end to start work at Parraamtta, I trust, sir, that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The revenue derived from Guildford railway station for the month of December last was as follows: Ordinary tickets, 1729, £76 5s 6d; season tickets, 20, £29…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A mysterious affair happened at Parramatta railway station on Wednesday night, when James Rutherford, a resident of Clyde, 60 years of age, lost his right arm,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It seems as if the construction of a railway from Asia Minor through Bagdad to Basra, on the Euphrates, near the river's outflow into the Persian Gulf, was about to be begun in earnest. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, January 18.—Reuter's Agency reports that the Sultan has approved a concession for the construction of the Bagdad Railway, with a guarantee of 17,000f (about £680) per kilometre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A new chapter in the story of our railways began on October 22,1888, when Sir Henry Parkes's Railway Act, vesting the management of the railways and tramways in three Commissioners, came…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reuter's agency reports that the Sultan has approved of the construction of the Bag-dad railway at a cost of 17,000f. (£656) per kilometre. A guarantee is to be given that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reuter's Agency reports that the Sultan has approved of the construction of the Bagdad railway at a cost of 17,000f. (£656) per kilometre. A guarantee is to be given that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tram accident occurred at the Pitt-street end of the tram line running through Belmore Park shortly after 6 on Friday night. The last car behind a steam motor ran off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. M. Doyle, the driver of the engine in the Sydenham railway disaster, who was awarded two years' salary when retired by the Railway Department, is improving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. M. Doyle, the driver of the engine which figured in the Sydenham disaster, is slowly improving. It was thought at first that paralysis had set in in one of ills legs, but he is now able…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last evening the Railway Commissioners left on a visit of inspection of the southern line and branches. They intend to give some attention while away to the demand for trucks in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PERTH, Saturday.--The question of the water supply along tho route of the transcontinental railway has been the subject of some attention, and the Engineer-in-Chief's opinion that artesian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.--Router's Agency reports that the Sultan of Turkey has formally approved of the construction of the Bagdad railway, at a cost of 17,000 francs per kilometre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was recently stated that the Railway Commissioners were about to paint the Hawkesbury Bridge. Arrangements are now being made to start the work in about a month's time. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The issue of the San Francisco "Chronicle," from which the description of the Illinois collision was taken, contains accounts of two other railway disasters. The information respecting a "wreck" on…
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