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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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The Chillagoe Railway and Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 16

The directors of the Chillagoe Railway and Mines, Limited, have issued a circular to shareholders outlining a scheme for the reconstruction of the existing company, in lieu of an issue of…

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A Loop Tram-line Suggested

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

"D" writes stating that, in his opinion, the Government will some day run an electric tram right out along Pennant Hills Road to Carlingford, back via Dundas and…

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Good News Quadrupling the Railway Line to Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

Although the Railway Commissioners have received a good deal of abuse one way and another for their declining to accede to the requests of certain towns on the western line…

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The Parramatta-Baulkham Hills Tram. Work Resumed in Parramatta Streets

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 12

There are not wanting signs that before long the tramline from Parramatta to Baulkham Hills will be nearly fit for use ; though that is not to say that it will soon be in use…

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Woman Killed by Train

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1902 · page 8

Eliza Ann Starkey, 22 years of age, residing at Concord, met with a shocking death at Rhodes railway platform. She was a passenger by the 8 p.m. train from Sydney,…

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Boorish Conductors On Tramway Cars

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1902 · page 6

ON several occasions TRUTH has made reference to the arrogant and autocratic manner of some of the tram conductors, who appear to think that, instead of being public servants, they are…

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Western. Australia. Dynamite on a Railway Line. Narrow Escape of a Train. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 7

On Friday an accident to the express from Perth was narrowly averted by the promptitude of the railway official stationed at the crossing at Boulderroad, near Golden Gate.At that point a dray…

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Burragorang Valley. Opening a Road

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 4

On Saturday the State Minister for Works, accompanied by the Minister for Agriculture, proceeded to Burragorang Valley, about 46 miles from Sydney, to open n new route to that…

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The New Railway Station. to Cost £400,000. "Stateliness and Beauty."

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 6

Preliminary designs for the new Central Railway Station have been prepared in accordance with the latest requirements of the Railway Commissioners and the arrangements…

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The Kosciusko Railway

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 4

The Minister for Works having been invited to make trip to the Monaro district in company with Mr. Miller, M.L.A., he is considering the advisability of doing so as soon as the arduous…

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Bourke to Port Darwin Railway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 5

There is a good, scheme on clock for a railway from Bourke to Port Darwin. That is the kind of Federal scheme that we need. It would shorten our mail…

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Government Railway Advertisements. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 4

Sir,—Visitors from Great Britain, Europe, and other States of the Commonwealth have frequently directed my attention to the condition of the advertisements on the railway premises, some of them…

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Accident on the Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 8

Daniel Crowe, 24, railway engine-cleaner, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Friday morning with both legs so badly fractured that they had to be amputated at the knees.Crowe was employed…

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Bursting of a Watermain. Tramway Traffic Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 7

At about 9 o'clock last night a 36-inch watermain burst on the Newtown-road, in the Vicinity of the University Pink.A high pressure prevailed at the time, and within a few minutes a great volume of…

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Central Railway Station

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 6

Preliminary designs for the Central Railway Station have been prepared in accordance with the latest requirements of the Railway Commissioners and the arrangements…

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Crown-street Tram

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 3
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Mr. A. D. Nelson, M.L.A., of Flinders Division, is in receipt of a letter from the Railway Commissioners intimating that all that is possible to do for the conversion of the…

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Tragedy at Guildford a Safe-Burglar Shot Dead. by the Railway Stationmaster The Deceased a Young Local Resident. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 5

Early yesterday morning the Parramatta district was startled by the circulation of a report of a most sensational character--one to the effect that a man had been shot dead…

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The Central Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 4

To-day we publish the design for the projected Central Railway Station, which has been prepared by the Central Station Board and approved by the Minister for Works…

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A Burglar Shot Dead. by a Railway Stationmaster. a Guildford Sensation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 5

A sensational shooting affair took place at Guildford railway station shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday, a young man known in the district as Alfred Flynn Peckham, being shot dead--after…

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