The Holiday. Randwick Tram
The tram arrangements at Randwick on the conclusion of the races Were much better than on some previous occasions. All the available cars were sent along before the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
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A Novel Railway Contrivance
A simple and exceedingly useful contrivance has been introduced at the Eveleigh sheds for moving waggons and carriages into the repair shops. There are two large brick sheds on…
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The early morning tram traffic was very quiet, not being equal to Boxing Day, but by 11 a.m. the department was taxed to its utmost. The loading to the Highland Gathering at the…
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Mr. Robert Hollis, M.L.A., informed the Erskineville Council, at its meeting on Monday, that the proposal to extend the tramway from George-street West to and through Erskineville…
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For three mouths a London publication conducted a mail vote, in an effort to discover what innovations or new features appeal most strongly to the cycling public, and would meet with the warmest welcome. The…
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ORANGE, Wednesday.--An inquest was held to-day before the Coroner and a jury on the body of William Bone, fuelman, who was yesterday afternoon crushed between a locomotive and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Those Trams Again. to the Editor
Sir,--I desire, through the medium of your valuable columns, to draw the attention of the proper authorities to the dangerous practice indulged in by various tram drivers in driving…
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No sales were held this week, but on Monday next auctions will be resumed, when large catalogues will again be brought forward. There is a good demand at prices equal to those…
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Charles Emmett, aged 34 years, residing at 624 Harris-street, Ultimo, while at Darling Harbour this morning, met with a serious accident. He was sitting on a step of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trades Meetings. Railway and Tramway Men
A meeting of the No.1 Sydney branch of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held in the Trades Hall last night. The president (Mr. Lamond) occupied…
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A meeting of the Sydney branch of the Railway and Tramway Service Employees' Association was held last night at the Trades-hall. Mr. Lamond occupied the chair…
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"Of course the tram traffic on New Year's Day as not so heavy as on Commonwealth Day," said Mr. kneeshaw, tramway manager, yesterday, "for on that occasion there was, in addition to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. at Darling Harbor
A point-cleaner, named Charles Emmett, 34, who resides at No. 624 Harris-street, Ultimo, and who is employed at the Darling Harbor railway yard, this morning met with a serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New City Railway Station. Progress of the Preparatory Work a Huge Undertaking
A walk over the site of the new central railway station which is to be built partly upon the old Devonshire-street Cemetery, and partly upon land extending northwards from the cemetery towards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Fatality. Orange
An inquiry was held before Mr. Marriott, coroner, yesterday into the death of William Bone, a fuelman, who was killed at the railway station yesterday. Deceased jumped on the steps of the tender…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Stock Traffic
From returns received by the Railway Department, it appears that during last year no less than 2,500,000 sheep and 100,000 cattle were received at the metropolitan stock-yards by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sunday Work on the Railways
There appears to be an impression that Sunday work is a regular thing for railway navvies, especially on the Mountains in connection with the deviations As against this mere…
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Answer: The correct lead would be the queen. Although it would absolutely mislead as to both the quantity and quality of the leader's suit, the increased chance which it would give of making…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →The Road Through the Wood
A special prize for pictorial effect in photography was offered last year by Messrs Baker aud Rouse to the Photographic Society of New South Wales, and as the offer came too late for usn in the then current show a supplementary contest was decided upon. The results of the contest were exhibited in the Queen's Hall on the 21st ultimo, when 68 pictures were shown, representing, photographic work of several of the States and of New…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Driving the First Pile, St. Albans Bridge
The views here presented are a representation of the driving of the first pile in the St. Albans Bridge on the M'Donald River, a tributary of the Hawkesbury, the contract for which his been let to John…
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