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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Opening of the Alexandria Tramway. Speech by the Minister for Works

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 8

The branch electric line between Botany-road and St. Peters was declared open yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Mrs. E.W. O'Sullivan, who cut the blue ribbon…

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Obstructing a Tram. a Cabman Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 8

Before Mr. Macfarlane. D.S.M., at the Water Police Court yesterday, Inspector Walter Strickland Wigg, of the Tramway Department, proceeded against George Billett (cabman) on a charge of wilful obstruction…

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North Shore Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 4

In regard to some remarks concerning the North Shore bridge, made at the Willoughby Council, the State Minister for Works asserts there is no basis for the complaints about…

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Illawarra Train Service. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 8

Sir,--I was pleased to see the letter signed "Traveller" in your issue of the 21st inst, re train arriving in Sydney in time to allow passengers to reach the heart of the city by 8.30 sharp…

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Railway Returns

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

The gross earnings show an increase of £19,390 over the corresponding quarter of hist year, on which occasion the increase was £127.115 above the…

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Railway Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 7
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For Anniversary Day the railway authorities have made ample arrangements for conveying passengers to and from tourists' resorts, Cheep trains to the Mountain districts and to the North and South Coast…

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The Railway Commissioners. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners passed through here yesterday. A deputation of business people waited upon them with reference to railway trucks and other matters…

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Continued Scarcity of Railway Trucks. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

An immense quantity of wheat is stacked at Molong railway station awaiting trucks…

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Transcontinental Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 5

The Premier has received a report from Mr. John Muir, inspector of engineering surveys in Western Australia, on the country between Kalgoorlie and Eucla, forming part of route of the proposed…

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The Merewether Tramway Route

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 6

The Merewether Council, acting on representations made by the City Council, has unanimously declared itself in favour of an alternation in the route of the proposed line of tramway to the ocean bech at Merewether. The work is…

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Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

Nature has endowed this State very liberally with many natural beauty spots, and on public holidays such as the one now approaching numbers of Sydney people take…

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Willoughby Tram Service

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 7

A well-attended meeting of the residents of Naremburn and Middle Harbour was held in the Naremburn Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening. In the absence of the Mayor…

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The Willoughby Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 9

A public meeting was held at the Temperance-hall, Naremburn, on Wednesday evening, in connection with the movement for extending the first section of the Willoughby tramway from…

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Newcastle. the Proposed Darby-street Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 6

There seems a probability of success attending the action of the Newcastle Council In moving to have the proposed tramway to the Mere wether Beach go by way of Darby-street from…

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Tramway Improvements at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

The disabilities under which the tram-tra- velling public of Leichhardt are said to suffer were brought under notice at the last meeting of the local council, when it was resolved, on…

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Railways in Tiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 7

The accompanying illustration, taken from the "Four-Track News," shows four passenger railroads in three tiers, one above the other, located in the centre of New York city. With the…

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The Transcontinental Railway. a Report by the Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Barton has received a report from Mr. John Muir, Inspector of Engineering Surveys In West Australia, on the route of the proposed Transcontinental Railway…

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Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 58

H. O., Bligh-street: A false lead is inexcusable, and uncertain and varying methods of choosing the suit necessarily leave your partner in doubt as to whether you wish him to return a…

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A Railway Accident. the Train Collides with a Horse and Dray

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 3

The Western passenger train, due to arrive in Sydney at 4.20 p.m. on Tuesday, was delayed about 20 minutes owing to an accident on the Sydney side of Glenbrook. The train is timed…

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