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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Licensing Tramway Cars an Important Decision

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday Afternoon.— The Full Court has decided that the cars run by the Melbourne Tramway Company must be licensed, and that the company must obtain the licences, but…

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New Zealand. the Manawatu Railway. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Sir Joseph Ward says that if the inspection of the Manawatu railway is satisfactory the line will be taken over by the Government under the Act of last session…

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Balmain District. Tramway Extensions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

The work of extension in connection with the Balmain tramway from the existing terminus to the foot of Darling-street, which was started last week, is proceeding rapidly. It is anticipated that the line…

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Public Works Committee. Casino-tenterfield Railway. Casino

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

Members of the Public Works Committee arrived last night, and took evidence to-day into the question of the construction of the Casino-Tenterfleld railway. There were present Messrs. M'Farlane,…

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Railway Management. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 6

Sir,—For some years there have been general and univerasal complaint about the inefficiency of the working of our railways and the inconvenience and hardship the producers have had to submit to…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 7

A tram conductor named' Woods was Jammed yesterday at Randwick by a tram car, and his thigh was badly Injured…

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Willoughby Tram

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Mr. Howarth, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Railway Commissioners notifying that the request of a recent deputation for the extension of the penny tram section from…

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American Railway Strike. Protest Against Nor- Unionists. Twenty Thousand Men Affected. LONDON, March 18; 2.35 p,m

The Australian Star · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 4

An important railway strike, is reported from America, where 20,000 labourers on the New York- New haven railway have ceased work rather than handle goods which have…

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The Melbourne Tramway Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

In the Full Court to-day, judgment was delivered as to whether the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company should have licenses from the City Corporation for its tramcars. The…

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Steyn and De Wet. They Cross the Railway. British Columns in Pursuit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Advices from Heilbron, in the north of the Orange River Colony, state that ex-President Steyn and General Christian De Wet succeeded in…

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The Manawatu Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 5

Engineers have lately been inspecting the Manawatu Railway Company's line with a view of it being purchased by the State in the terms of the legislation passed last session. The…

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Railway Collision. Occurs on a Bridge. Runaway Trucks and a Goods Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 8

BLAYNEY, Friday--About 9 o'clock last night a railway accident occurred about half a mile from the local railway station. By some unexplained means, five trucks laden with wheat…

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Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 57

T. M., New Zealand steamer: Your hand illustrates the axiom that, towards the end of a hand, when the position of the eards is often known, opportunities frequently occur when tricks can…

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North Shore Bridge Tenders

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 8

A cable message has been received by the State Government from the Agent-General, intimating that the Pennsylvania Steel Company, through Lord Kintore, urged that the time for receiving…

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A Dangerous Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 14

It has been decided by the Pymble Progress Association to approach the Department of Works with a request for the improvement of Station-street which is the route of access to the railway…

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How the Boers Train Their Horses

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 2

An Englishman, who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the trenches with them, and this…

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That Early Morning Train. Why Should it be Stopped?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 10

From the 1st December up till tho 1st of March instant, the train which leaves the Meadowbank railway station at 4.55 a.m. for Sydney, has been run every day, but since the…

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A Tale of the Road. (All Rights Reserved.)

Watchman · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 2

"All aboard there," shouted the driver. "All aboard," answered a stumpy man standing in the middle of the dusty road, behind the coach, "and don't forget to leave the…

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"Our Railways," Etc. a Criticism. Iii

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 7

Mention is made in Part VIII of the "Herald's" articel of Mr H B Howe, the Works Manager at Eveleigh. "Harry" Howe is an old hand; this scribe remembers him well…

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Two Tram Accidents

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 4

"While crossing Pitt-street, opposite the Strand Arcade, on Friday afternoon, an elderly lady, of respectable appearance, was struck by an electric tram, and knocked down with considerable…

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