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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Motor Cycle Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

A preliminary meeting was held at Bateman's Hotel, George-street, last night to take steps to form a motor cycle club. There were about 20 motorists present, including Messrs. Hardy D. Cooper, Murray, Knowles,…

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Cycling and Motoring. the Ellegaard-parley Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

There seems to be unusual interest centred in the big, match contest to be decided tomorrow evening between Ellegaard, the triple champion of the world, and George Furely, the brilliant young Australian, who…

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Plague on the Clarence. Hospital Near the Railway Station. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

A temporary hospital for the plague patient has been opened in a building near the railway station, citizens protesting against this action, as they consider that plague-infected…

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The Siberian Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

The proposal to duplicate the Siberian railway line in its entirety has been abandoned, experts stating that the work would occupy three and a half years…

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Casualties. Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Leonard Wearing, a shunter, formerly residing in Abercrombic-street, was the vict[?]m of an accident at Eveleigh yesterday morning which resulted in his death. He was at work on the…

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A Lady's Purse. And a Tram Grabber

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

One of the prettiest girls in Woollahra-- Which is saying a great deal--has had what was for her a most exciting experience. She Was returning home just before midnight,…

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Man's Foot Crushed. In the Randwick Tram Yard

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

A man named Robert Clayton, employed in the Randwick tramway sheds, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday suffering from severe injuries, to his foot, which…

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Vale the Cable Tram. At the End of the Week. Electric Cars on

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

The cable cars which have been running for a little over 10 years will be seen no more after this week, as on Sunday next electric cars will take their place, and a familiar…

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Without the Option. Tram Conductor Runs Amok

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

Phillip Charles Hill, a tramway conductor, pleaded guilty at the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon to having assaulted two young women, May Critchley and…

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Tram Transformation

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

The electric tram system in Sydney grows apace, and extends the sphere of its operations. This week will see the last of that cable service between King and Ocean…

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Railway Regulations. Complaints Against the Administration. the Position Explained. Attitude of the Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Further inquiry was made yesterday by a representative of this journal regarding the dissatisfaction existing among the various grain and produce merchants and agents with respect…

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Railways and Commerce

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

Inquiries from the representatives of the grain and produce trade in Sydney has elicited the fact that a good deal of dissatisfaction exists among them in regard to the incidence of…

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Cable Tram Conversion

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

After to-morrow night the familiar dummy cars and gripmen of the King and Ocean streets service will be relegated to the lumber room, and the greater part of the driving machinery,…

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Trams and Baths. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Sir,--During the recent heat wave the need of baths accessible by easy tram ride to the heart of the city has been badly felt. In respectfully suggesting to our commissioners…

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The Siberian Railway. Duplication of the Line Abandoned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The entire duplication of the Trans-Siberian Railway has been abandoned, exports stating that the work would occupy three and a…

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Tram Conductor in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Phillip Charles Hilly a young tram conductor, Headed guilty, at the Central Court, to assaulting two young women, May Critchley and Annie Linn, at the corner of Elizabeth and Dawson streets, on Wednesday night…

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Midland Railway Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

It is understood that the Government has received an offer from the Midland Railway Company for the purchase of the line, rolling stock, and lands held by the company. The whole of…

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Motor Roads

The World's News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 19

After the railroad the motorroad—the latter to be as rigidly tabooed to all carriages except motors as the former is to…

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Longest Trestle Bridge in the World

The World's News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 21

When the Central Pacific Railway, now a part of the Southern Pacific system, was first built across the middle west of the United-States, the engineers found that the Great Salt Lake of…

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Closed Roads. To the Editor of the Nepean Times

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

Sir,—In your issue of the 7th instant a letter, signed "Progressive Old Time Subscribers," the statement that the gates and [?]liprails on the road from B[?]axland's Bridge…

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