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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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For a considerable time past residents of the Homebush-Parramatta district, and more particularly those from Rookwood to Parramatta, have been endeavoring to secure an extra train…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →COLLARENEBRI, Wednesday.—Considerable speculation is rifle as to which section of the railway will be first completed from Burren junction, Walgett or Collarenebri. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Parramatta Council Alderman Noller requested that the attention of the Railway Commisioners be drawn to the dirty condition of the railway carriages, especially those on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W. F. Stanton writes:—Much has been said about the necessity to retrench in the Railway and Tramway Departments. A number of men are to be put off the railways owing to revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The question of closing some of the railway lines owing to the small amount of traffic offering has again come up. It will be remembered that when fares and rates were increased it was stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Public Works Committee met yesterday and further considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Eden to Beg[?] Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.L.A., presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The British South Africa Company has, it is stated, decided to expend £2,000,000 on railways in Rhodesia (says " St. James's Gazette ") This is one of the results of the tour recently undertaken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway line which is in course of construction from Woomelang to Mildura will be opened as far as Hattah, a distance of 69 miles, on the 15th instant Three trains per week will ruu each way, A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A tender of £20,119 has been accepted for the construction of a power-house for the new electrical tramway system of Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The agreement arrived at on Tuesday by representatives of the New South Wales and Victorian Governments with respect to the extension of the Yolta railway to Wentworth and the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is stated that the Ministers of New South Wales and Victoria who have been in conference at Melbourne have decided upon matters relating to the two new entrances of Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Henri Fournier, the French motorist, recently drove his 80- h. p. Mors' car over a mile on the road in 47 2-5 sec., a world's record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works inquired further yesterday into the proposal to construct a line of railway from Eden to Bega. Mr. M' Lachlan, secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works yesterday further considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Eden to Bega…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Commissioners for Railways explain, in reference to the application of the Willoughby Council for an improved service of trams on the local line, that, though at present they cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The secretary to the North Shore Bridge Committee has received a letter from Mr. A. A. C. Bastian (secretary to the joint committee of the northern suburbs) to the effect that his committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The wool sales were resumed in this market on Monday, the 5th instant, but so far we have not held a sale, our next being set down for the 12th, when we intend to bring forward a large…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A meeting of the No. 1 Branch of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was held in the Trades Hall last evening. Mr. J. Lamond (president) being in the chair. The new…
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