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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Exploration by Motorcar

Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 6

Senor Auchorena, a sportsman in the front rank of automobilism in France some months ago, has undertaken an exploring expedition in Patagonia, to be carried out largely by motor car. He is…

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Collision in Pitt-street. (Some of the In this Issue appeared in our latest Edition yesterday.) Tram and 'Bus

Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 6

The "I told you so" man-in-the-street was yesterday furnished with corroboration of his prognostication regarding the insufficiency of room for the traffic in…

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Information re Victorian Railways

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 5

Before the Royal Commission inquiring into the management of the Victorian railways, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Acting Commissioner of Railways, said that…

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Fall From a Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 6

Shortly before noon 5 yesterday a boy named Richard Boyle, aged 14 years, residing at George-street, Waterloo, attempted to board a tram in motion near Buckland-street, Redfern. He slipped…

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Public Works Committee. Glen Innes to Inverell Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 7

The members of the Public Works Committee returned to Sydney on Saturday after making inquiry at Lithgow and other places concerning the proposed abolition of the groat Zigzag. Yestersay afternoon…

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Tram Arrangements

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 5

The Tramway Department is evidently not of the belief of sceptical writers, who allege that a great many people go fishing or picnicking, instead of praying for rain on such…

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Sydney Tramways. Their History and Growth. a Marvellous Development. The Days of Steam. No. II

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 3

In the last article we came up to the last length of line that was opened in 1884--on Queen's Birthday. This gave a cumulated length of single-line tramway open, to that…

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A Motor-car Repairs. a District Court Action

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 7

In the District Court yesterday, before Mr. Acting-Judge Harris, the hearing of the action in which Albert Edward Kemsley, trading as tho Austral Cycle Agency, Ltd., of 73…

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Boarding a Moving Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 7

Richard Boyle (14), residing at 101 George-street Waterloo, attempted to board a moving tram at Bucklaud-street, Waterloo, yesterday morning, and fell from the car. His foot was…

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Casualties. Tram and 'Bus

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 7

A collision between an electric tram and a 'bus occurred in Pitt-street yesterday afternoon, happily without serious results. A Waverley 'bus, proceeding to that suburb, collided with a tram…

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Gratitude for a Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 7

Soveral of the municipal representatives of Waterloo and Redfern, accompanied by Messrs. M'Gowen, Anderson, and Dacey, Ms.L.A., waited upon Mr. O'Sullivau, State Minister for Works,…

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The Northern District. Evidences of Prosperity. Progress of the Dairying Industry. Light Lines of Railway Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 7

During the Ministerial visit to the northern district of the State, an inspection was made of the experimental farm at Wollongbar, which is situated between Lismore and Ballina. It is now in…

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Glen Innes to Inverell Railway. Inquiry by the Works Committee. Adverse Report by the Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 6

The Public Works Committee had under consideration yesterday the question of the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Glen Innes to Inverell…

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Queensland Border Railway. Connection with New South Wales Line

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--The Railway Department has approached the New South Wales Department with a view of ascertaining their intentions with regard to meeting the new Nerang…

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Remarkable Railway Accident. a Bridge Burnt Through. Train Goes Over the Embankment

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 7

PERTH (W.A.), Tuesday.--A remarkable escape was experienced by the driver and fireman of a train belonging to the Jarrahdale Timber Co. yesterday. The train was running in the…

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Right of Road

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 1

THE secretary of the League of Wheelmen some time ago, when pedal-pushing town-wards near historic Liverpool, met an elderly and evidently irascible party named…

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The Rule of the Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

Judge Wade, whilst commenting on some features of the O'Brien case at the Parramatta, Sessions, explained the law with reference to the " rule of the road." He said that a…

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Train Service for Illawarra Suburbs. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 10

Sir,--Last week a deputation appointed by a public meeting at Mortdale, at which residents from Come, Oatley, Peakhurst, and Mortdale attended, waited on the Railway authorities with a…

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The Union. Two Road Records—Ashdown Gots Through to Melbourne

Referee · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 6

Several Union riders are training for the events on St. Patrick's Day programme at the Agricultural Ground. Mr. W. T. Kerr, official timekeeper to the…

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A Tram Conductor's Trouble

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

At the Water Police Court yesterday, Thomas Odium, 29, a tram conductor, was charged with having fraudulently appropriated a number of tram tickets, value 6s 3d, the property of the…

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