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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A special general meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, adjourned from the annual conference held at Swansea in October last, opened on Tuesday January 6, at the Holborn Town…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The motor-paced tournament which opens on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-night will be the first up-to-date exhibition of motor-paced racing under the Continental method that has taken place in this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Supreme Court will shortly investigate to the claim of the Midland railway Company against the Government for £20,602 alleged to have been wrongfully paid by the Government to Mr. E. V. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The motor-paced tournament under the auspices of the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen will, open tonight at the Sydney Cricket Ground, when Robi, the motor-paced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The war between the tram officials and the general public still continues with unabated activity. During the last three months of the campaign the passengers have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How much more evidence does the Public Works Committee propose to take with respect to the Bega- Eden Railway? It ought by this time to have collected all the facts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The formal opening of the Elizabeth-street-Zetland tramline was performed yesterday afternoon by Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan (Minister for Works). There was a number of city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The residents of Ryde and district recently approached the Railway Commissioners with a view to having the through tare on the Druntmoyne tram, from Parramatta River to the Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--The South African authorities, so it is announced, have placed an order in New South Wales for 500,000 railway sleepers. The order will provide employment for a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. George Edward ColebrooK, an Australian leather merchant of St. Mary Axe, London, E.C., has been killed by a motor car accident at Hendon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-night, on the Sydney Cricket Ground track, the champion paced riders of the world, Theo. Robi and P. Dickentmann, will make their debut in Sydney. The two celebrated riders arrived in Sydney yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The new compound engine of the Midland Railway Company, drawing a weight of 350 tons, has attained a speed of 82 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday the League of "Wheelmen formally welcomed to Sydney the world's champion paced cyclist, Theodore Robi, and Piet Dickentmann, the champion of Germany. The cyclists and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Wednesday.--Mr. Jenkins, the South Australian Premier, replies as follows to Sir John Forrest's recent statement:-- "I have no time nor opportunity to read his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No sales have been held during the current week, but on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next the last auctions of the regular series take place, and after that sales will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Operations on the roads in the Cumberland district are mainly in the hands of butty gangs, of whom there are nine, and these are at present employed in the Sherbrooke electorate. In addition to these, there is a gang…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Valder (Commercial Agent in South Africa) has cabled to the State Minister for Agriculture that he is in a position to place an order for railway sleepers, 7ft by 10in by 5in, if the price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Adelaide newspapers announce the death at his residence, Rosemont, Norwood, on the 6th instant, of Mr. William Christie Buik, the Adelaide "Tramway King." Mr. Buik, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. J. S. Robbie, hon. secretary to the movement for improved tram service to the northern suburbs, sends a copy of a letter addressed to the Sydney Labour Council, asking for support. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners have received a report regarding the scalding of the driver and fireman of a stock train in the Brook's Hill tunnel, near Bungendore, on Tuesday. It appears that…
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