The Serviceton Railway
In reference to a statement made yesterday by Mr. Pendleton, the Railway Commissioner, regarding the Serviceton railway, Mr. Pendleton today, referring to official documents, says that the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
A Railway Drama. Scene I.
TRAIN stopping at a big junction. Ticket Collector (examining passenger's, ticket): "This won't do, sir; you'll have to get out and---"…
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The first section of what, it is hoped, shall be the long aud much promised Ryde tramway, viz., the extension from Westonroad, Balmain, through Drummoyne to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Shore Bridge Why It Should Not Be Erected. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Permit me to reply to "Clodhopper's" attempts to show "Countryman" and the people of New South Wales generally, the inestimable benefit to 'be derived by the building of the bridge. I…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bill Jones' Luck Fined for Carrying off the Road. He Looked for Gold and Found a Fine
A man named William Jones has been fined at Bendigo for taking away the surface of the roadway and washing it for gold…
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As I live near the sea I prefer the country for holidays, because there are so many different things to be seen there. It is grand to get plenty of frail, butter, cream, and milk, and I like to watch the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cars and Charity
Someone now possessed of an odd shilling may be the proud possessor of a valuable motor car at an early date. The Mount Kembla motor car art union (in aid of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transcontinental Railway or Inland Sea. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Regarding the two great proposals— the transcontinental railway and the suggestion to form a great inland sea in the depressed centre of Australia—do they not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wentworth Bridge
The Minister for Lands (Mr. Crick) and the Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) have gone to Melbourne to confer with the Victorian Government respecting a proposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Knocked Down by a Train
STANWELL PARK, Monday. —An old man named Charles Griffin, a resident of Thirrout, while proceeding over a crossing this morning, to catch a train, was knocked down by the 4.35…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Superannuation. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir.—Under the heading of "Proposed Superannuation Fund for Railway and Tramway Employees." I notice a paragraph reporting a meeting of a provisional committee of representatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Shanghai-nankin Railway
LONDON, January 4, 2 p.m. —The British and Chinese Corporation, Limited, and English Company, has secured an agreement for the construction of the Shanghai-Nankin Railway. Instead…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leaving a Moving Tram. a Widow Killed
The inquest on the body of Bridget Merchant, who died in the Sydney Hospital early on Christmas morning from injuries alleged to have been received through being thrown from'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tampering with a Railway Line
Early on New Year's morning someone tampered, with half a dozen fishplates on the Geelong to Cola[?] railway. A special train conveying passengers to the Terang races was passing ever the spot and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singular Railway Accident
A singular railway accident occurred at Korumburra last evening. A special passenger train leaves for Outtrim every fortnight in connection with pay at the mines. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wait Until the Tram Stops!
The inquest concerning the death of Bridget Merchant, a widow, 65 years of age, who had carried on business as a grocer at 121 Gloucester- street, and who died in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways Across the Murray
Mr. O'Sullivan (Minister for Works), Mr. Crick (Minister for Lands), Mr. Hayes (Hon. Minister), Mr. Scobie, M.L.A., and Mr. Deane (Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outlook on the Railways
In the January' issue of the New South Wales "Railway Budget," an organ devoted to the interests of the railway and tramway services, and which is conducted by the Railway Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Sleepers for the Cape
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received specifications from Mr. Voider, the Commercial Agent for New South Wales in South Africa, in connection with a large supply…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Superannuation Fund. to the Editor
Sir,--I notice in your issue or Saturday the report of a meeting of a "provisional committee, representing the traffic, locomotive, permanent way, interlocking audit, stores, tramway, and…
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