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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir.—Among railway men, just now, this subject is receiving a good deal of attention, for it is one which intimately concerns the welfare of every one employed in the service. The recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners, having the [?] to solve of profitably running the railways, although the condition of affairs is far from buoyant, have been looking round for methods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation from the Balmain Borough Council waited upen the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning to ask for an alteration in the fa[?]es charged on the Balmain tram line. Messrs. Kirkealdie and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr Arthur Griffith, M.L.A., also gave evidence. He regarded the construction of a dock as a necessary work to provide facilities for cleaning and repairing ships while waiting to load. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By an order under direction of the Railway Commissionois, about 2000 permanent hands employed at the workshops at Eveleigh and Honeysuckle Point, Newcastle, and the interlocking shops at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The announcement will be received with more regret than surprise that the Railway Commissioners have given notice that they will shorten work at Eveleigh and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A sleeper was placed across the railway line about one mile to the south of the town on Tuesday. A special train passed at about 9 o'clock, but was fortunate to knock it off. The passenger train from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The decreased earnings of the railways, consequent upon the drought, the reduced wool clip, and the failure of the wheat harvest, have occasioned the commissioners a great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners, with a view of affording all country residents an opportunity of visiting the seaside to secure respite from the high temperatures that prevail "out back" at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Thursday.--Several prominent members of the Executive of the Goldfields-Esperance railway league intend to journey to Perth to meet the Federal visitors on January 19. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation from the Balmain Council waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday to ask that the sections on the Balmain tramline might be re-arranged, so as to give three penny…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thomas Duniam, foreman of the Geelong Railway Goods Sheds, had an almost miraculous escape from death this morning. Just as the Queenscliff train was steaming into the station,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a further proof of the intention of the Railway Commissioners to reduce working expenses, sympathetically with reduced earnings, it has been decided that for the future, until further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While Mrs. Mick Simmons, jun., and a lady friend, were driving across Pyrmont Bridge yesterday afternoon about 2.30 the vehicle in which they were collided…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mrs. Ralph Simmonds, of 179 Bridge-road, Glebo, and Miss Carney, were driving a buggy across Pyrmont Bridge on Friday afternoon, when a rather sensational accident occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.--The directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company propose to increase the capital of the company to £80,000,000, and to construct tunnels under the Hudson and East…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—In your issue of the 5th instant I noted with regret that a spirit of opposition to the proposed Railway and Tramway Superannuation Fund was being evinced by the president and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, January 9.—The Pennsylvania Railroad Company proposes to increase its capital to £80,000,000 in order to construct tunnels under the Hudson and the East Rivers, so as to connect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Portuguese Government has granted to Mr. Robert Williams a concession for a railway from Lobite Bay, near Benguella, in Portuguese West Africa, to the eastern frontier of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners on Thursday received a deputation from Balmain Council on the subject of an alteration of the tram fares to this suburb…
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