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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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To-night the concluding night's racing of the motor- paced cycling carnival is to be held on the Sydney Cricket Ground, when the best racing of the series is to be disposed of. The feature of the evening will be the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Minister for Railways has adopted the proposals made by the departmental officers for reducing the expenditure by £4000 a year on nonpaying lines. Mr. Bent is very sensitive in regard…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The motor pacing and racing carnival will conclude to-night on the Sydney Cricket Ground. This will be the final appearance in Sydney of the famous pace followers. Robi and Dickentmann, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Palmer (Engineer-in-Chief) and Mr. Muir (Inspector ol Engineering Surveys) will leave Promantle to-day to attend the conference of engineers to consider the truns-Australian railway question…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A stationmaster and an enginefitter formerly employed on the Bowen line have offered to lease the one. The terms have not yet been disclosed, but it appears they propose to take over the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquiry yesterday respecting the death of a single man named George Stephens, 40, clerk, lately residing at 2 Hart-street, Paddington. It was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lovatt Davidson, cabman, sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales for £50 for damages alleged to have been caused by a tram car negligently, improperly, and unskilfully driven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Bent (Minister for Railways) was asked today by Mr. Floming, who " leads " the unemployed, to provide work by clearing roads in the Fumina district by day labour. Mr. Bent declined on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For a long time consignees of goods by railway have complained of petty pilfering at the goods sheds, and frequent requests have been made for closer supervision. As one result, Richard Bournes, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tenders were opened this afternoon for the second section of the Gladstone to Rockhampton line. The distance is 40 miles, and the lowest tender was that of G. C. Willcocks and Co., as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The 6.40 a.m. train Sydney to Parramatta broke down at Auburn on Monday morning and was delayed about an hour. The engine went to pieces and delay was caused in getting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Economist" writes:—Your correspondent "Labour," on the 16th instant, asserts that every man and woman one meets, except those interested in the ferries, would vote for a bridge to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The attention of tho Railway Commissioners has been drawn to the public meeting held at Hay, when strong protests were made by the residents against the action of the commissioners in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In yesterday's issue of the "Sydney Herald " appeared a report of a public meet at Hay, when a strong protest was made the action of the Railway Commissioners in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The motor-paced cycling carnival was brought to a conclusion on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday evening, when Rob! and Dickentman, the famous pace followers, made their final…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apparently one of the prosperous parts of the State at the present time is Newcastle, where the operations and development depend almost entirely upon the coal mining industry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Before Judge Backhouse, in the Metropolitan District Court to-day, John Spencer, omnibus proprietor, of Gurner-street, Paddington, sought to recover from the Railway Commissioners the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following were among the motions carried at Wednesday night's sitting of the annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Service Association:—"That Parliament be asked to direct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday. It is stated that the amount offered by the railway officers who desire to lease the Bowen railway is £per week. Before closing with the offer the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On January 8 a deputation from the Balmain Council waited upon the Railway Commissioners and asked that arrangements might be mads on the Balmain tramway for certain improvements, including…
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