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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Strathfield Railway Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 10

At the Burwood Council meeting on Monday right Alderman Shute drew attention to a nuisance complained of by people who had to use the Strathfield Railway Station. He said…

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Trades and Labour. Government Tramway Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 10

A meeting of the Government Tramway Employees' Union was held at the Trades' Hall last evening. The secretary reported that a considerable sum had been raised in aid of a brother employee,…

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Emu Bay Railway Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 9
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The ordinary general meeting of the Emu Bay Railway Company, Limited, was held to-day. Mr. John Grice (chairman of directors) presided, and moved the adoption of the report, particulars of…

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Tramway Employees

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 3

At last night's meeting of he New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union, held in one of the rooms of the Trades Hall, it was announced that subscriptions…

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Balmain Tram Labour

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 3

In reply to a communication; from the Balmain Borough Council regarding the engagement of the local Unemployed on the tramway extension In Darling-street East, a…

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Goulburn-crookwell Railway. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 3

The roadway s? the Crookwell railway is now practically completed. The first of a series of trains put on by the construction branch for the Crookwell Show was…

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A Tramway Cash

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 7

The action brought by Daniel Selby against the Railway Commissioners to recover £2000 damages in respect of a tram accident was resumed in the Bunco Court yesterday before…

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Leichhardt Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 8

In response to a complaint from the Leichhardt Council as to the overcrowding of the trams to that district, a letter has been received from the Railway Commissioners admitting the validity…

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Tram Traffic Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 8

A delay in the tram traffic to the eastern suburbs occurred shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. A car attached to a steam motor was proceeding up Oxford-street, bound for the Randwick…

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Trades and Labor. Tramway Employees' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 8

At a meeting of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union last evening, it was announced that subscriptions from both the railway and tramway service had come…

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Struck by a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 9

Miss Lizzie Swanwick, who resides at St. John's-road, Forest Lodge, was knocked down by an electric tram near the Civil Ambulance Brigade headquarters at the junction of Pitt and George streets, yesterday morning. She…

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Preferential Railway Rates. Attempt to Secure Uniformity. Goods to Find Their Natural Outlet

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the House of Representatives today, Sir William Lyne, in reply to a question by Mr. Higgins (Vic.), said the Government was aware that there were…

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Mr. See at Adelaide. the Proposed Premiers' Conference. Water Conservation and Railway Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Mr. John See, Premier of New South Wales, arrived at Adelaide on Tuesday morning, on route to Broken-hill. The South Australian Ministry entertained the…

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Tram Accident at Marrickville. Claim for £2000

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 10

An action was brought by Michael Toohey against the Railway Commissioners in the Banco Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury, to recover a sum of £2000 damages as in respect of…

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Tram and Sulky Collision. a Verdict for £100

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 10

An action against the Railway Commissioners, to recover £2000 compensation in respect of a tram accident, was heard in the Banco Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury, the…

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A Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 7

News was received at Perth this afternoon that a collision had taken place at Barker's-hill, on the eastern goldfields railway, between a water train and a goods train. The water train, coming…

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Railway Freight Rates. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 10

Sir,--You would confer a favor upon the public by publishing the following facts in respect to railway freights or rates: I had the misfortune to want six bags of cracked corn from…

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Reduction of Railway Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 7

Last session the Minister for Railways slated that if the railway revenue showed the increase that had characterised it in the previous years further reductions of freight would be made. It…

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The Prosnect Tram

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

This tram, it ia expected, will be running very shortly, the locomotive having arrived from Wagga. This engine will pull the empty trucks from the railway to the quarry, the full…

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