Russian Reinforcements. Railway Transport Secured
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Russia has requisitioned from the railway companies trucks and locomotives to convey heavy reinforcements to Manchuria…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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A Railway Wash Away
The traffic manager has wired to the General Traffic Manager for Railways as follows:--"Approaches to Sloan Creek 'Bridge, 276 miles from Townsville, on the Hughe[?]den-Mount Marathon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cards. Bridge
"T P.," Peters[?]am: The call for trumps is sometimes used when all the trumps are out, and it must be taken as an invitation to the leader to change his suit. Supposing spades (trumps)…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Closing a Road
A letter was road at the Parramatta Council meeting on Monday night from the Department of Lands, in reply to a letter from the council forwarding a position from residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Council Affairs. the Supply of Road Metal
A meeting of the works committee of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon. The Lord Mayor (Alderman S.E. Lees) occupied the chair. The first business of the meeting was the election…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trades and Labor. Railway and Tramway Employees' Council
A meeting of the grand council of Railway and Tramway Employees' Unions, was held at the Trades-hall on Monday night. Mr. T. E. Burke occupied tho chair, and representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram Ticket Question
No special arrangement has yet been made by the Military Department for the conveyance of the troops over the tramways, in consequence, of the abolition of the service tickets. The question…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russians Occupy A' Railway. London, Jan. 5
Cossacks are now occupying the town of Hain-min-ting, in Manchuria, and the railway from that town to southwards towards Shan-hai-kwan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tramway Employees' Union
The ballot for officers of the Tramway Employees' Union has been announced as follows;--President, Mr. Thomas E. Burke (unopposed); vice-presidents, Messrs. A. J. Henry, J. M'Carthy,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Willoughby Tramway. Proposed Extension to Chatswood
At the last meeting of the Willoughby Council a letter was received from Mr. C. G. Wade, the member for the district, with reference to the proposal to extend tho Willoughby tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Leichhardt and Balmain Tramway Lines. a Proposed Connection
The Railway Commissioners have written to the Glebe Council, to the effect that it would be of great advantage to the department to have the Balmain and Leichhardt lines connected via…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Premier's Reflections on Railway Expenditure. to the Editor
Sir,--It is seldom that the Premier of a country, prompted by political spleen and bad temper, enunciates important political and economic truths, as Sir John has recently done…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Appeal Board
The time is approaching for the election of the railway men's representative to the Railway Appeal Board. The Railway Act provides for direct representation of the employees on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Guard Suffocated
PENRITH, January 1.âAt the Inquest with reBard to the death of John Lennox, railway guard, who died from the effects of nitric acid fumes, the evidence of Fireman M'Neil, on the push-up…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →A Disputed Road
For some time past the Prospect and Sherwood Council has had under consideration the matter of a road which has been closed by a landowner, who held that the road was only a subdivision road, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Shore Railway Line. Should the Commisioners Run Train Boats?
At a meeting of the North Sydney Council on Tuesday evening, Alderman S. G. Green moved: "That it be referred to the general purposes committee to consider, on account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Closing a Road at Parramatta
The Parramatta Council lias been informed by the Lands Department that the objections raised to the closing of a road on the north-west side of Parramatta tare not considered sufficient, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ashfield and a Reserve Road
In the year 1803 a grant of 480 acres of [?], which comprised land now known as Dobroyde, Summer Hill, was made from the Crown to one Nicholas Bayly. The land is enclosed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parramatta District. Closing a Road
At last meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council a letter was received from the Lands Department in reference to a communication from the council forwarding a petition from certain residents of Westmead, protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Appeals Board
Nominations are invited for a representative of the employees, who shall be a member of the Railway and Tramway Appeals Board for a period of three years. Nomination…
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