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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Bridge Over Stoney Creek-road

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, M.A.A., accompanied by municipal representatives of Bexley, interviewed the Minister for Works…

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Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 59

F. P., Hobart: (1) I cannot give you a ruling unless you state the hands, showsng explicitly why "no trumps" was declared. (2) The call for tramps is sometimes used when all the trumps…

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Painting the Forth Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 62

Since the Forth Bridge was opened for traffic eleven years ago, the work of painting the structure has gone on continuously without a break, excepting Sundays and bad weather. Thirty-five…

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A Rocky Road

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 1

Mr. Slimpurse (who has been accepted by Miss Wealthy, without inquiries as to his financial standing) : ‘I wonder, my darling, if you parents…

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Deputation. Bowral and Mittagong Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 5

Mr. W. M'Court, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the municipal councils of Bowral and Mittagong to the Minister for Works yesterday with reference to the improvement of Gib Hill, which is situate…

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Hurstville and Como Train Service

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, consisting of the Mayor of Hurstville and residents of the district between Hurstville and Como, at which Mr. David Story, M.L.A., was…

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40, Henslowe Road, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E. Messrs. Ashton & PARSONS

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 8

Dear Sirs,—I am delighted to bo able, for the first time in my life, to bear testimony to the eflicacy of a patent medicine (and I have tried numbers), but I must certainly…

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The Gib-road. a Government Grant Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 15

Mr. M'Court, M.L.A., yesterday introduced to the State Minister for Works a deputation from the municipalities of Bowral and Mittagong, asking for a grant for the improvement of the…

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Zig-zag Railway

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 3

LITHGOW, Friday.—The Parliamentary Standing Works Committee, which went over the proposed route of the deviation to avoid the, zig-zag the previous day, sat at the courthouse,…

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The Uganda Railway

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

There is apparently every reason to hope that the official opening of the Uganda railway, the rail laying in connection with which has just been completes to the terminus at Port Florence,…

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The Santa Cruz Wave Motor

The World's News · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 3

Ever since man first sought to render useful the various forces of nature, the wonderful power in the mighty waves of the ocean has excited his awe and exercised his ingenuity…

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No More Railway Collisions. Electric Signals Which Prevent Accidents

The World's News · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 12

A new and highly interesting system of preventing railway accidents has been invented by Herr Bartelmus, an Austrian electrician. Herr Bartelmus announced it at a recent sitting of…

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New Russian Railways. Nearly 7000 Miles of Strategic Lines

The World's News · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 26

The progress which Russia is making in laying down railways, not only of commercial but of strategic value, attracts much attention in Berlin. In two directions the network of…

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Balmain Tram Extension

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon the preliminary step of turning the first 80d in connection with the extension of the tramway from its present…

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Railway Termini

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 4

Respecting the termini of English railways Charles Brown writes:—"The greatest of all British railways—the North-Western—has never moved from its original location at E[?]ston-square, where the…

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Law Report. Friday, February 21. Supreme Court. in Banco. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and Mr. Justice Simpson.) the Resale of Railway Tickets. Davies v. Tutton. Appeal of Commissioners Dismissed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 8

Mr. C. B. Stephen and Mr. Scholes, instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom (solicitor for the Railway Commissioners), appeared for appellant, Robert Davies; and Mr. James and Mr. P. K. White, instructed by Mr…

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Century Commemoration Fund. the Organising Secretary's Letter. to the Editor. a New Railway

The Methodist · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 3

I left Moree on Saturday week for Inverell by the railway that has but recently been opened. The distance travelled is about…

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The Grazier. a Gigantic Railway Scheme

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 457

Recently Mr. Francis Bacon, of Dumble station, near Groodooga, in referring, in a letter to the "S. M. Herald," to Sir John Forrest's Trauscontinental railway scheme, proposed another that…

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Railway Ticket Case. a Queensland Return-half

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 14

The conditions surrounding the sale of a railway ticket formed the subject of an argument before the Full Court, in the case of Davies v. Tutton. Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice…

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The Sutherland to Cronulla Tramway

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 2

IN connection with the above movement a large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Cronulla Hall, Cronulla, on Saturday evening last, for the…

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