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Railways, roads & transport, 1903

6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

On the Road to the Durbar. Two Days in Ceylon. R.M.S. MASSILIA. Dec. 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 47

After leaving Fremantle the Australian Durbar visitors were a majority of the passengers on the P. and O. liner Oceana, and they bewail to get more acquainted with each other. The comparison of…

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North Shore Trams

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 5

With regard to the application of the Willoughby Council for an increased service of trams, which the Railway Commissioners say they cannot grant owing to lack of power, it appears that…

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Deputation. Prevention of Tram Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 9

A deputation of suburban Mayors and aldermen was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning by Mr.J.F.Smith, M.L.A., to ask that some means be adopted to prevent accidents in…

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Inter-state Railway Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 7

The conference between representatives of the Governments of New South Wales and of Victor[?] respecting the railway extensions from Yelta to Wentworth and Stat[?]erton to Toc[?]mwal, which…

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Public Works Committee. Proposed Railway From Eden to Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 5

The Public Works Committee met yesterday afternoon, and further considered the proposal to construca line of railway from Eden to Bega. Mr. J. M'Fart lane, M.L.A., presided…

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Fall From a Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 8

Mrs. Adams, 66, a resident of Hill-street, Leichhardt, fell from a tram in Cha[?]man-street, Leichhardt, last night. fracturing her left hip. She was conveyed by the Australian Ambulance to Prince…

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Proposed Railway from Eden to Bega

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 61

The Public Works Committee on Monday heard the departmental scheme for the proposed Eden to Bega railway. Mr. J. Davis, Uhder-Secretary for Public Works,…

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A Railway Difficulty. The Shortage of Trucks

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 6

Complaints have been heard as to the difficulty in obtaining railway trucks, particularly in connection with the starving stock traffic, the whole of the available rolling stock and…

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The Tram Fiend. Deputation to the Commissioners

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 3

A deputation, representing the Camperdown, Annandale and Leichhardt Councils, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. J. F. Smith,…

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Workmen's Trams

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 5

The Willoughby council has been asking the commissioners to provide early morning trams on the North Shore lines for the convenience of working men. The commissioners…

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Reform in the Railway Department

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 7

The Minister for Railways expresses his determination that the expenditure on lines which do not earn sufficient to cover working expenses shall be cut clown to the very lowest limit. A…

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Railways Into New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 7

The inter-State conference of Cabinet Ministers and railway officials called to consider the matter of extending the Victorian railways across the Murray from Yelta to Wentworth, and from…

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Northern Suburbs Tramways. Scarcity of Electric Power

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 5

As the result of a public meeting held at Willoughby, the Commissioners for Railways were recently requested to receive a deputation in advocacy of an improved service on the local…

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Life-saving Apparatus. on the Tramways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 8

A deputation representing the Camperdown, Annandnle, and Leichhardt Councils was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. F. J. Smith, M.L.A., to ask that the…

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Sunday Tram Service to Bondi. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 8

Sir,--My object in asking your insertion of those few lines is to call the attention of the Railway Commissioners to the tram service to Bondi and Waverley of a Sunday morning. I believe there…

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Public Works Committee. Eden-bega' Railway Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 8

The Public Works Committee on Monday and yesterday considered a proposal to construct a line of railway from Eden to Bega. Mr. J. Davis, Under-Secretary for Works, gave…

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The Motor Race Final

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 5

To-night the final of the sensational motor race win be run at the Cricket Ground, when W. J. C. Elliott, whose doings on the 6 [?].p. motor have caused so much interest. will start from scratch. He will meet Waller, the…

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A Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 9

Mrs. Adams, 66, living in Hill-street, Leichhardt, was taken to the Prince Alfred Hospital by the Australian Ambulance Brigade last evening. suffering from a fractured thigh, sustained…

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Mr. Reid at Bombala. Another Telling Speech. the Question of Railway Extension. Sir Edmund Barton's Broken Promises

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 7

BOMBALA, Tuesday.--Mr. G. H. Reid, loader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, addressed the largest audience, in the School of Arts to-night, ever seen in Bombala…

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The Bees and the Royal Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 8

Queen Victoria was travelling from Balmoral to Windsor when the train stopped unexpectedly at a Junction near Kendal (says St. James's " Gazette "). A signal which should have been…

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