Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Tram and Cab Collision. Claim for £2000

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 10

An action was commenced in the Banco Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury, in which Michael Hogan sued the Railway Commissioners to recover £2000 in respect of a tram…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

New Bridge Over the Lane Cove. the Work Commenced

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 9

The scheme for improving the supply of water to the northern suburbs Includes, it will be remembered, the construction of a bridge over the Lane Cove River, capable of carrying three mains…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Law Report. Wednesday, March 12. Banco Court. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four.) Injury Through a Tram Accident. Hogan v. Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 3

Mr. Colonna-Close and Mr. Teece, instructed by Mr. E. R. Abigail, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Reid, K. C., and Mr. C. B. Stephen, instructed by Mr. J. C. Thom (solicitor to the Railway…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Tenterfield-casino Railway

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 6

DRAKE, Wednesday— The Standing Parliamentary Works Committee held an inquiry on Monday into the proposed construction of the railway from Tenterfield to Casino. A good dealregard to…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Washaways on the Railway. Sydney-newcastle Line Affected

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday— During the rain Storm yesterday morning, the railway deviation works on the Sydney-Newcastle line were in several places considerably damaged. A wash…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Tram Incident

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday, Henry George Lockman was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and Percy Young with inciting Lockman to resist arrest. Lockman stated that…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Inglewood Railway Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 7

As a result of the departmental inquiry regarding the railway collision at Inglewood on February 10 the chief mechanical engineer preferred a series of charges against Driver Cotter, of the goods…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Randwick and Kensington Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 4

The Randwick Council at its meeting on Tuesday night resolved, at the instigation of Alderman J. C. M'Dougall, to approach the Commissioners for Railways by deputation in reference to several matters…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Deputations. Tramway Extension to Coogee Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 4

Mr. Storey, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday afternoon a deputation representing the boroughs of Coogee, Randwick, and Waverley to ask for a tramway extension to Coogee Bay. The…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sydney Tramways. Their History and Growth. a Marvellous Development. Tramways of the Future. No. IV

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 3

In the last article the reader was brought up to the opening of the Pitt and Castlereagh streets line, which took place on the 18th of last December. It should have been…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

City Lads on the Tramp. Arrested and Sent Home. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 5

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday two lads appeared before the police magistrate, Mr. T. E. MacNevin, charged with stealing two kelpie pups. The charge…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Randwick to Coogee Bay Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 7

The Mayor of Waverley and the Mayor of Woollahra, accompanied by Mr. D. Storey, M.L.A., called to remind the Minister of his promise, to two previous deputations, and to…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Tram and Cab Collision. Claim for £2000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 8

An action was concluded in the Banco Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury, in which Michael Hogan sued the Railway Commissioners to recover £2000 in respect of a tram…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Gore-hill Tramway. a Further Extension Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1902 · page 3

The decision of Mr. O'Suillvan to proceed at once with the construction of the tramway to Folly Point has caused some surprise in the Lane Cove district, where it was understood…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Deputations. Roads at Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

Mr. G. A. Burgess, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. Williams, representing the Farmers and Settlers' Association, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday morning with the view of drawing…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Road Votes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

A memorial is being signed by members of Parliament, principally country members, asking the State Premier to defer the expenditure of loan money upon an unreproductive work such as…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Temora-trangie Road

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 2

A deputation of two, of whom Mr. Burgess, M.L.A., was one interviewed the Minister for Works yesterday, and asked for a grant of £1000 to put the road from Temora to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

John Bridge and Co., Limited

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

The past week has been rather quiet in the wool trade, the majority of buyers holding off as usual in anticipation of the London sales; a few parcels—chiefly of passed-in lots—have…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

How to Train a Racehorse. Colonial Methods. (All Rights Reserved.) CHAPTER XVIII.—Continued

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 9

The slightest carelessness is often responsible for the loss of a good position in running—simply because the rider is slow to appreciate the movements of the field, and to retain or improve an advantage…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Holiday. No Stoppage at the Railways

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 3

Some anxiety is lelt among Sussex-street merchants as to whether railway business at Darling Harbor and the goods depots will be suspended on Monday next, owing to the holiday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →