Electrical Traction for Railways
An expert representing an American electrical company waited on the Minister for Railways to-day, and offered to equip the suburban lines with the electric system at half the cost…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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The Drummoyne Tram
The Drummoyne Council has been notified Unit the Railway Commissioners have approved of the fourth section of the tram being extended as requested. The section will be from…
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SUTHERLAND, Wednesday.--The Under-Secretary for Works states that as a recent estimate of constructing the tramway to Cronulla beach is over £28,000, the matter will have to be…
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TEMORA, Thursday.—Plate-laying on the Temora-Wyalong railway line is being proceeded with rapidly. About eight miles has been finished. A large number of unemployed are waiting…
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A deputation, representing Marrickville, Leichhardt, Annandale, Newtown, St. Peters, and other municipalities, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday, by Messrs. M'Coy,…
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Preparations are being made by the railway authorities tor the opening of the Manly tram, which, it is expected, will be in full working order in February. A contract has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Superannuation Fund. the Railways of Great Britain and Their Schemes. Successful Undertakings. Interview with Mr. H. Richardson
Since Mr. H. Richardson, Superintendent of the New South Wales Railway Lines, first introduced in September of last year the question of the advisability of forming a superannuation fund among…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Institute Horticultural Society
The horticultural society of the Railway Institute held its monthly meeting at the Institute on Tuesday, the 20th instant. The chair was occupied by Mr. H. Church. At the suggestion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident at a Railway Crossing
A farmer of Karang, named Samuel Simms, aged 67, had a wonderful escape from being killed this afternoon on the level crossing a couple of hundred yards south of Kerang railways station. A new engine from…
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The Railway Department has arranged increased facilities for the travelling public for the Anniversary Holiday on Monday next. The tourist resorts on the several lines should receive large patronage, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements
The Railway Department has arranged increased facilities for the travelling public for the Anniversary holiday on Monday next. The tourist resorts on the several lines should…
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The conversion of the steam to the electrical system of working on the Eastern Suburban tramways has resulted in a large increase in the traffic, and the number of cars now used has been…
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The question of continuing the duplication of the North Shore line from Lindfield to Hornsby Junction has recently been considered by the Railway Commissioners. While they recognise that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Nielsen on Railway Retrenchment. to the Editor
Sir,--In the columns of "The Daily Telegraph" Mr. Niel Nielsen, M.L.A., recently expressed himself as deeply concerned over the action of the Railway Commissioners in their retrenchment…
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A deputation, representing Marrickville, Leichhardt, Annandale, Newtown, St. Peters, and other municipalities, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning by Messrs…
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The new royal train which was used by the King and Queen for their journey to Gopsall Park is stated to have been built by the London and North-Western Railway Company at a cost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways and Tramways. Report for the Second Quarter. Decrease in Gross Earnings, £130,559. Increase in Working Expenditure, £37,134
The Railway Commissioners yesterday forwarded to the Minister for Railways, Mr. T. Waddell, the following report regarding the operations of the railways and tramways for the quarier ended…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Skylarking in a Train a Chinaman the Victim. a Policeman Fined
At the Central Court yesterday, .Ah Ping,, of 6 Pitt-street, Sydney, proceeded against Constable Albert E, Winterton on an information alleging that in a railway carriage between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Doge's Palace. in the City in the Sea I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand
I ANY a traveller since Byron has thought these words as he has gazed along the Rio del…
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