Our Roads
Awakenings seem to be the order of the day. The Chicago theatre blaze roused municipal bodies all over the world. Inspection of these buildings…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
5,745 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250
Illawarra Train Service. Requests to the Railway Commissioners
A deputation representing residents of the district between Heathcote and Helensburgh was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. Nicholson M.L.A., and presented a petition signed by 354 persons,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Illawarra Train Service. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners
A deputation representing residents of the district between Heathcote and Helensburgh was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. J. B. Nicholson, M.L.A. A…
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LONDON, January 22, 2.35 p.m.—Brigands stopped and boarded the Southern Pacific train at San Luis Obispo, California, and Stole 50,000 dollars (£10,000)…
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Yesterday's San Francisco mail brought accounts of a terrible railway disaster, which occurred in Pennsylvania on December 23. A despatch from Connellsville to the San…
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PARKES, Friday.—At the local railway station this moraine the down train from Sydney ran over the actins ganger, George J. Maxwell, cutting him to pieces. Maxwell was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Head-road Trust
When the Old South Head-road was constructed in the early days, and when somewhat later what is known as the New South Head-road who made, the population through which they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Baulkham Hills. "Au Rovolr." Presentation to Rev. Father Bridge
On Wednesday evening a very pleasing function took place at the residence of Mrs. Jas. Buckley, Baulkham Hills, where Miss Junes, one of the hostesses of the…
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At a meeting of the council of the Amalgamated. Railway and Tramway Service Association on Wednesday night, various matters were decided upon for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Commerce and Industry. A Big Municipal Question. The Metal for Streets and Roads
A VERY important question, affecting the pockets of the ratepayers and their health, and also the property of business people of all descriptions, is being…
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An audacious train robbery by a gang of brigands is reported from California. The gang boarded the Southern Pacific train at San Luisobispo, and breaking open…
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On Thursday morning last at about 2 o'olook a stock train proceeding eastward came to a sudden stop between the Glenbrook tunnel and Knapsack bridge, owing to the breaking down…
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Official reports show that the Siberian-Manchurian railway cost 845,000,000 roubles (about £84,000,000), of which the Czar contributed 350,000,000 roubles…
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The Railway Commissioners were waited on this morning by an "Evening News" reporter, who sought information regarding the rumoured tram trouble which, it is stated, is brewing…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.—Particulars of a fright, ful catastrophe to the Duquesne, Ltd., fastest through passenger train from Pittsburg to New York, are contained in a despatch of December…
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One of the greatest heiresses of all Italy, Signora Colo, in Verona, disappointed her many rich suitors by marrying a horny-handed sou of toil, lately advanced to the position of railway…
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An hotel-keeper in Piraeus, who had decorated his establishment with British and Greek flags in honor of the arrival of the British. Mediterranean Fleet, has been assaulted by a party of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor-car Ballet. Strange Sight on the Paris Opera Stage
For the first time in its long history, motorcars were seen on the stage of the opera in Paris. The occasion was a gala performance in honor of the large number of foreign visitors…
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A photograph of one of the cars which, was so badly wrecked on Christmas Eve owing to the-brakes refusing to act, and a collision if taking place. Three lives were lost, and a number of people more or less seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Commonwealth. the Transaustralian Railway. (From Our Special Reporter.) Melbourne
Amid all the speculation and uncertainty that prevail as to the fate of the Government within the next few months, the Transaustralian railway, like other questions of great, but not immediute,…
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