Amongst Savages. Motorists' Adventure
A few months ago Mr. Kapferer and his friend Mr. Knoops, both residents of Sumatra, and ardent automobilists, decided to cross that island to a motor car…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
5,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250
Betterment Tax and Railways
The lament is an old one as to laws which do not fulfil the necessary ends for which they were framed. It has been heard in connection with the betterment tax with respect to new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia and Japan. There Is Not Now Much Hope of Peace. War in Closer Proximity. the Trans-siberian Railway. Alleged Plot to Blow It Up. Lloyd's Latest Insurance Rates
Cloud on the point of bursting, Japs prepare to dynamite trans-Siberian railway. Two hundred of their engineers, all disguised, posted along the line ready to blow it up. Lloyd's premium against war within a month is 55 guineas, and against Britain being forced to take up arms 10 guineas. Japan's final Note…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Betterment Tax and the Railways
In order to cover the cost of working certain railways, which it was estimated would otherwise be run at a loss, the Legislature introduced into the Acts authorising their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Country. Railway Employees' Interests
GOULBURN, Wednesday.--Mr. T.D. Richards, a member of the Railway Appeal Board, and Mr. W. Young, M.L.A., addressed a meeting of railway employees last night. Mr. Richards,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Station Properties, &c. London Bridge
Haar[?] Jones, and [?] will offer [?] will offer for sale by auction, on the [?] instant, at Land's Hotel, [?] the above properly in the Que[?] The property is about…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Missing a Train. Passenger's Woeful Experience
It is always unpleasant to miss a train, but it was unusually so with a Parramatta resident, who was in the city on Thursday evening, judging by the story he told the police, subsequently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illawarra Train Arrangements. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Through your columns permit me to draw the attention of the railway authorities to the regularly overcrowded state of the Illawarra line train timed to leave Sydney at 5.57 p.m. It is quite the usual thing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Loves of Miss Anne. Chapter V. Which Concerns the Man with the Bill-hook. 1.--Above-bridge and Below-bridge
In all this I have written down little concerning the village. For though I was born in it, dwelt near it, and now for many years have had it again at my gates, I am not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge. Across the Hawkesbury. Yesterday's Function. [By Telegraph.] RICHMOND
The historic town of Richmond is en fete to-day in connection with the turning of the first sod of the abutments of the new bridge across the Hawkesbury by Sir John See…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway Employees and Arbitration. the Railway Commissioners Reply
The Railway Commissioners have filed their answer to the claims made in arbitration by the Tramway Employees Union. The schedule of claims covers 97 separate items, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Historic Richmond. Yesterday's Function. Speeches by Sir John See. The New Bridge
Yesterday was a red-letter day for the historic and picturesque town of Richmond, which occupies a pleasant position on a rise overlooking, the rich river flats of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Bridge Over the Hawkesbury. State Premier Turns the First Sod. Sir John See on State Politics
For some years the residents of Richmond, Which is the terminus of the railway, and the people of Kurrajong, have been asking for a new bridge over the Hawkesbury River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crossing the Hawesbury. the New Bridge at Richmond. Inaugurating the Work. Speeches by Sir John See. Promoting Industry. Constitutional Reform
No more important event has taken place in the annals of the town of Richmond than that which happened yesterday, when the Premier, Sir John See, turned the first sod in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle. Pilfering From the Railway Yards. Newcastle
At the Police Court to-day Charles Cavel, aged 28, fireman, was charged with having at Newcastle on January 11 stolen a quantity of clothing and drapery, of the total value of £9, the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electric Traction for Tramways
A meeting of representatives of all the Adelaide tramways companies was held on Thursday afternoon. The desirableness of applying electric traction to the whole or such…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed on the Railway. Perth
Edward Cameron, railway guard, was killed by being run over by a goods train at Claremont this morning. He was endeavouring to uncouple two moving trucks, and while in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway Employees. Arbitration Matter. the Commissioners' Replies
It will be remembered that in November last the Tramway Employees' Union decided to refer the issues between the employees and the Commissioners to the Arbitration Court for a decision, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Trans-siberian Railway. Threatened by the Japanese. London, Jan. 13
Two hundred Japanese military engineers have been distributed at various, points along the Trans-Siberian railway line. Some have been disguised as Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Devonshire-street Tram
The Redfern Council last night decided to write to the Railway Commissioners, drawing attention to the inconvenience caused to the public by the closing of Devenshire-street to…
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