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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Proposed Mono Railway Edinburgh to Glasgow

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, February 4, 2.25 p.m.—Plans for a Mono railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow (43 miles) have been submitted to the Board of Trade. It is proposed to run…

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A Serious Assault. Schoolgirl Waylaid by a Tramp. the Assailant Armed. a Systematic Search. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

News reached Junes this morning of a serio[?] assault having been made on a schollgirl, aged 12 years, by a tramp, at Mitta Mitta, 16 miles from here, yesterday afternoon…

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Automobile Exhibition at Paris. Utilitarian Motors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 8

The Paris correspondent of the "Times" supplies that paper with the following account of the International Automobile Exhibition opened in that city on December 10:—…

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Powers of the Railway Commissioners. to the Edtior of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 8

Sir,—In your issue of the 1st instant, under the heading of "Lithgow Industries," it is reported that the Cohar copper syndicate have obtained freight concessions from the Railway Department, viz., 25…

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Proposed Railway Extension. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 4

The Peak Hill Railway League has decided to cooperate with the Cummock League in agitating for railway extension from Molong to Peak Hill, via Cumnock, and also proposes that the extension should…

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Deniliquin-moama Railway Company. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 4

The fifty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the Demiliquin-Moaina Railway Company was held to-day. Mr. G. Simmie, chairman of directors, presided. In the report is was stated that the affairs of the…

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Our Railways. How They Have Grown. How They Are Worked and the Men Who Work Them. X. the Carriage Workshops, a Great State Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

In writing about our railways we cannot talk of how we build engines, because at the present time we do not build new ones. But the work of rebuilding, remodelling, reconstructing, and…

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New York Railway Collision. a Great Disaster. Some Acts of Heroism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 9

The shock of the collision of passenger trains at Park Avenue tunnel, New York, on January 8, was plainly heard by the people on the street above the tunnel Smoke and steam filled the…

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Watson's Bay Tram

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

Correspondence from Mr. Latimer, M.L.A., was before the Vaucluse council for consideration last evening. According to the letter Mr. Latimer had recently had an interview…

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A Mono Railway. London, February 4, 2.26 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 4

The plans of a mono railway from Edinburgh to Glasgow, with a speed of 117. miles an hour, have been submitted to the Board Of Trade…

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Newcastle. the Proposed Darby-street Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 8

Mr. Owen Gilbert, M.L.A. for Newcastle West, has succeeded in obtaining from the Minister for Works a definite promise to construct a tramway to the Merewether Beach via Darby-street. The…

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Balmain Tram. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 10

Sir.--I would like to draw the attention of the commissioners to the great inconvenience the Rozelle and Balmain residents are put to "by the Newtown and Glebe Point residents. By…

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Storms in America. Railways Blocked by Snow. Telegraph Lines Down

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A furious storm has occurred in the United States. The railway and telegraph services between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic are…

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Deniliquin-moama Railway Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 7

DENILIQUIN, Tuesday.--The 55th half-yearly meeting of the Denillquin-Moama Railway Company was held to-day. Mr. G. Simmie, chairman of directors, presided. The directors' report…

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Supply Train Held Up

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A supply train has been held up and partly burnt in the Cradock district…

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Supply Train Burnt. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 7

A supply train has been "held up" by the Boers and partly burnt in the Cradock district, Cape Colony…

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Wednesday's Deputations. Cook's River Road

The Australian Star · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 7

Mr. Fallick, M. L. A., accompanied by Mr. Hogue, M. L. A., introduced a deputation from the St. Peters council to the Minister for Works yesterday to urge the widening of the…

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How to Make a Handy Man. Train Our Boys at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 8

"Stick to your desks, and never go to sea" said Gilbert when describing how to make a ruler of the Queen's navy. Mr. O'Sullivan apparently thinks such advice…

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Watson's Bat Tram

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 5

The Vaucluse Council, at its meeting on Monday, discussed the question of the proposed tram to Watson's Bay, which was opened up through the receipt of a letter from Mr. W. F…

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Transcontinental Railway Scheme

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 8

The Hughenden correspondent of the Brisbane "Courier" wires as follows:—At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held on Saturday, Mr. M'Master brought under the notice of…

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