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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquest at his court in Queen's-square on Saturday on the body of the tram driver, Christopher Mead, who died in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Sunday.--The construction of the Siberian railway has been feverishly accelerated since the signing of the Anglo-Japanese treaty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Coroner's Court on Saturday, before the City Coroner and a jury, an inquest was begun concerning the death of Christopher Mead, the engine-driver who was killed through a steam…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--The Premier (Mr. John See) and the Minister for Works (Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan) paid a visit to the Newcastle district to-day, the latter to turn the first sod of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Works, the Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan, arrived in Newcastle shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday for the purpose of performing the ceremony of turning the first sod of the Merewether Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the report of the nineteenth annual meeting of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union last week it was stated that the membership stood at 1056, the highest roll reached in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—You have very properly directed public attention to the improvements which have been effected in the haulage power of locomotives employed on the English Great Northern Railway, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woor[?]) on Saturday initiated an inquiry into the cause of the death of Christopher Mead, who was fatally injured in the tram accident at North Botany on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two directors of the Manuwatu Railway Company have issued a circular to the shareholders stating that the directors are divided in opinion us to the proposed sale of property to the Government, and asking…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A conference of delegates from municipal councils interested in the tram[?]e which serves the districts embracing Ashfield, Canterbury, Enfield, Strathfield, Burwood, Concord, and Mortlake was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. O'Sullivan was then driven to the intersection of Hunter and Darby streets, where he personally turned the first sod of the proposed tramway line from the city, via Darby-street, to the ocean beach…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train and tramway officiate had a busy time yesterday, holiday-makers taking advantage of both services to reach various picnicking and tourist resorts. The returns show a satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MUDGEE, Monday.--This afternoon a man named Peter Sharf was found dead on the Gulgo[?]g-road, four miles from town. Sharf went out for a load of wood this morning, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At St. George's Church, Glenmore-road, Paddington, on Sunday, special Easter services were held. The incumbent (Rev. R. Rook) was the preacher for the day. He took as his text in the morning, "I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday's traffic on the railways on the whole showed an increase when compared with Easter Monday of last year. There was a falling off in the number of passengers carried on the Illawarra line of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A little girl, 3½ years of age, was crushed to death yesterday by an electric tram at Short-street, North Sydney. The accident happened at about 3 o'clock. Several children were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →H. M. Durand writes: Under the heading of "A Railway Traveller's Grievance," signed "Progress," in your issue of March 24, he sympathises with those poor unfortunate country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nellie Fielding, 21, and Agnes Fielding, 14, the two sisters who were injured on Wednesday night last by falling from a tram near Christ-church, immediately after their arrival from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is intended by the railway authorities to hold a departmental inquiry into the cause of the derailment of a tram motor on the Botany tramline on Thursday, by which the driver lost his life. As,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I have pe[?]sed the article under the above heading in to-day's "Herald," and it is very surprising that the "Times" should lend itself to what must, to take the kindliest view of it, be a mistake. Marshall'[?]…
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