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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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An engine and a load of trucks, while travelling from Conara to Fingal (Tasmania), approached a bridge that was burning. The driver and fireman, being unable to stop the train, jumped off, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Japanese repulsed a party of Cossacks who attempted to destroy the railway at Haicheng. They also defeated a detachment of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The old cable system,which has worked for many years so well along the King-street route to the House at Rushcutters Bay, is now a thing of the past. Last night gangs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Yes," said the man with the long hair and uneven heels, "I am writing a beautiful thing now--all about surging billows." "Oh. I see," said Ills prosaic friend, "it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In a few weeks the streets of Sydney will know the old steam trams no more. The puffing locomotives, with their hideous shrieking whistles, their grime and soot, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the hands of the Post Office clock pointed to half-past 11, and before the last chime of the half-hour had died out, the last cable tram from Ocean-street approached the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Cann, 33, cabman, appeared before the North Sydney Court to-day, to answer a charge of having used threatening words to Tram-conductor James Robert Cross, on a car in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By midnight on Saturday the last of the cable tram cars of Sydney had run its course through the streets, and had gone to rest in the sheds at Rushcutter Bay. Not long…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is reported at Tokio that the Russians attacked the town of Niu-clwang, in Southern Manchuria, and were repulsed. Some of General Mistchenko's cavalry,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—You are to be commended for ventilating the subject of railway shortages i[?] consignments, for which the department [?] not accept any responsibility…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first annual dinner of the Penrith branch of the Railway Traffic Employees' Association was held at Penrith last night. Mr. H. Messer, president of the branch, occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Premier, Mr. Dagleish, denies the Geraldton report that the Government has concluded negotiations for the purchase of the Midland Railway. He states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Ganmain wheat buyer sends the following statements:—"We cannot get trucks at the station to carry our produce, nor can space be secured on which to store wheat or chaff,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A startling accident occurred early this morning at the tramway power-house, Ultimo. The machinery had not long been started…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. E. Fuller, of Albury, established a fine motor-cycle performance on Thursday last by riding from Melbourne to Albury, a distance of 201 miles, in the record time of 9 hours 3 minutes. Only those motorists or cyclists who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Japanese have repulsed an attempt by Cossacks to cut the railway at Hai-cheng, north of New-chwang. They have also defeated a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--I have read with pleasure the suggestion of your correspondent that the electric tram should be extended to Lady Macquarie's Chair, providing easy access to tho baths, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most people who live on the Ocean-street train route, and who use the service from day to day. have very little idea of the magnitude of the task represented by the sudden change…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TUMUT, Saturday.--Mr. Donaldson, M.L.A., has informed the settlers that the Railway Commissioners have agreed to carry fencing wire and building materials at half the usual rates,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the course of an interview recently, Mr. J. H. Calls, general secretary of the New South "Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association, said:--"All the criticism is rather…
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