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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—Why is it that the Railway Commissioners will not run the Lis[?]re-Tweed railway on sound business principles? It is a line that has been of enormous benefit in opening up and developing one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Summer Nights Amusements Committee, Ltd., yesterday afternoon paid over all moneys due to the winners of the various reces held during the recent State caronival. The principal socrer was Mutton, who[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ministor for Mines and Agriculture has received from Mr. Valdor, the Government Commercial Agent at Durban, Notal, a copy of tender form and specifications for the supply…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About 4.30 yesterday afternoon a tram bound for Drummoyne was proceeding past the Commercial Bank in the Haymarket when an axle broke and disabled the vehicle,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quite a sensation was caused in George-street, Hay market, this morning, through a runaway horse attached to a van coming into violent collision with a tram travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday.--A serious collision occurred to the westward of Topeka, U.S.A., yesterday, between a passenger train, travelling at a speed of about 30 miles an hour, and a cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners point out that although the all-night trams have been running for some considerable time the volume of business does not increase. Ordinarily the takings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A magisterial inquiry has been held into the case of John Anderson, a passenger by the Sydney express, who was killed while looking out of a carriage window. He was struck by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under weather conditions which were, regarded as perfect, the Langley airship, or aeroplane, on December 8 was given a second trial a short distance from Washington down the Potomac,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. George Bates and his son William, Mr. Geo. Bates and his son William, while returning home last night on a tricycle, were the Brisbane mail. The boy William saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--In your issue of the 7th inst. is a report from the city surveyor, Mr. Gordon, complaining of the class of binding used by the Tramway Department. I had many years experience…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Shaksperean scholar of no small attainments seems to have been discovered in Mr. A. M. Nadin by "The Car Magazine." His account of the "Meet of the Elsinore Automobile Club" is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There are now building at the Swindon works of the Great Western Railway (Eng.), a hatch of new "diners," which will he the largest and most palatial vehicles of the kind in that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The depressed market existing for Silverton Tramway Company's shares was the direct consequence of a request made by the representatives of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The passengers by the 9.18 a.m. tram from Leichhardt to Circular Quay yesterday had a somewhat sensational experience. Just as the tram, which was a bogle combination car,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir.—This season's wheat harvest has vividly impressed upon the Jistrict the disadvanta[?] circumstances under which the farmers here labour. Something like 7d per bushel is the charge now…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The question of the extension of the Baulkham Hills tramway to Castle Hill, and probably to D[?] is stil being kept to the front, and at last meeting of the Baulkham Hills Progress Association the president said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The New South Wales Cyclists' Union championship meeting tukes place on the New Sports Ground this afternoon. Some important races are down for decision. The live miles amateur champion, R. W. Taylor…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →It is interesting to note, in connection with the 16 Babcock and Wilcox boilers recently ordered by the Railway Commissioners for she required extensions to the power-house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quite a sensation was caused in Georg street, Haymarket, yesterday, through runaway horse attached to a van coming in violent collision with a tram Travelling…
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