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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Several people witnessed a peculiar occurrence on Saturday afternoon between one and two o'clock as the 12.25 train Parramatta was nearing the Rookwood station The train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,--I wish through your columns to draw attention to the railway service on the Richmond line. On Saturday night last the train leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—1 wish to object to P. Alissoff being credited in your worthy paper with wresting the Goulburn to Sydney record of 10 hours 38 minutes from me. The officials of the League…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. T. D. Richards, president of the Railway and Tramway Service Association, and a member of the Railway Appeal Board, has addressed a meeting of railway employess in the Protestant Hall. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The trial of the Australian burglar, Henry Gilmour, for the attempted murder, of Madame Kolb, which occupied the Paris Assize Court recently, was of special interest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the 31st annual meeting of the Hawkesbury Race Club, on the 20th instant, there was a good attendance, with Dr. Callaghan, J P., in the chair. In…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Sutherland correspondent writes: In the Cronulla Hall on Saturday evening a dinner was given to Mr. T. N. Williams, secretary of the Progress Association. Mr. Atkinson, chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners left town by the Northern train yesterday for the purpose of going over the different routes proposed in connection with the North Coast railway. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to the scarcity of timber-getters, railway sleepers are coming in very slowly for the Narrabri-Walgett railway. It is estimated by Mr. Hodgson, the contractor, that at the present time not more than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As a young man named William Lamcy, aged 20, a visitor from the country, was slighting yesterday from a tram while it was in motion, he fell and sustained injuries to his head. He was admitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Furnaces at white heat were all round, and the red sparks flew from the mass of heated iron as the steam hammer struck its blows. The locomotive shops at Eveleigh were in full swing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. G. S. Ridley, inspector in the Audit Department, came out of hospital yesterday, after undergoing treatment since Saturday, for injuries he sustained whilst travelling on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The deputation asked Mr. O'Sullivan to arrange that a tram should be run to suit the men to be employed at the Penitentiary buildings. The line to La Perouse cemetery would bring them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOMBALA, Tuesday.--Inspecting Engineer Fraser, from the Victorian Railway Department, paid this district a visit this week for the purpose of putting under way a survey of a line to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners left last night for Guyra and Coff's Harbor. From there they proceed to Grafton in connection with the proposed new line. It is intended also to inspect the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Newtown Court, before Mr. John L. King, D.S.M. John Moore (46) was charged with a breach of the tramway bylaws by refusing on demand to deliver up to the conductor the ticket or fare legally demandable in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--Permit me to say that there is an error in your paragraph of this morning about tramway extension, which lays me open to misconception and contradiction. I did not say that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The half-yearly meeting of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company was held today, Mr. Clapp, managing director in the chair. The chairman said that the traffic receipts for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inter-State Committee of Railway Engineers appointed for the purpose of reporting upon spark-arresters, submitted to the Railway Department, held their first meeting at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The construction branch of the Public Works Department has made great progress during the past month in its work of transforming the now neutral station site. So far advanced, indeed…
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