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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The Railway Conference attended by delegates from the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony was opened at Johannesburg yesterday by Lord Milner, who announced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister for Railways has received a letter from Mr. D. G. Carter, conveying a suggestion that the Government should lease one of the non-paying lines to a co-operative party. Mr. Bent has asked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--the authorities controlling the public and railway services of this State (and of some of the other States) have under Parliamentary direction adopted regulations for the compulsory life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister of Railways has received from Mr. D. G. Carter, brother of Mr. AV. T. Carter, ex-M.L.A., an offer on behalf of himself and others to lease one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.--At Johannesburg yesterday the High Commissioner (Lord Milner) opened a railway conference, at which all the colonies in South Africa were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was nothing resembling drought con-ditions at the junction of Newtown-road and Cleveland-street, yesterday. Shortly after 5 a.M. A 3ft watermain, which crosses Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday morning Mr. Henry Chadwick Hirst, an insurance agent, engaged in business in Bridge-street, committed suicide in his office by shooting himself. At about 10 o'clock the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →ON Thursday afternoon Harry William Murkin, 7, living at St George’s Parade; Hurstville, was alighting from, a train at Carlton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night, on the railway line between Glen Iris and Gardiner, the mangled body of an unknown man was discovered. Deceased had taken off his boots, and apparently lain down on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The City Coroner held an Inquiry at the Lloyd Hotel yesterday on the body of Henry C. Hirst, who was found shot in his office at 12 Bridge-street yesterday forenoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Leading Hamburg shippers, including Herren Ballin, Woermann and Wolff, have formed an association to train sailors and encourage bravery at sea. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,--In your Wednesday's issue concerning tho deputation of the Locomotive Enginedrivers' and Guards' Association and the Tramway Union, which interviewed Mr. Kidd, Mr. Gillies,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fifty years ago, when Sydney was but a village in comparison with what it is now, four years after gold had been discovered in California and about two after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works took evidence at Morpeth in Connection with the proposed construction of the North Coast railway. The witnesses examined advocated a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman Williams, at the Waterloo Council on Thursday night, complained of the insufficient tram service. He said that a certain line of buses had ceased running, and in view of this,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 6.—The railway conference sitting at Johannesburg has recommended the construction of a railway from Springs to Ermelo, in the Central Southern Transvaal, at a cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There are ways of escaping the French marriage de convenance—not many, but at least one. One of the requisites is a lover sufficiently bold. The other, in this case of record, at least, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The railway conference sitting at Johannesburg has recommended the construction of a railway from Springs to Ermelo at a cost of £1,000,000, and the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reports received by the Railway Department show that rains in parts of the Mallee district have been considerable. The Engineer for Existing Lines, Mr. Norman,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The inter-state conference of railway experts met again yesterday and further considered the feasibility of constructing a railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie. The members had an interview with…
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