South Australia. Conversion of Tramways. Adelaide
Mr. H. Rymill, representing the Tram Companies, and Mr. T. Roberts, chief mechanical engineer, representing the Government, the two arbitrators appointed to decide the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1905
6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250
Cycling and Motoring. Rutt on Australian Riders
W. Rutt, the German champion, who is at present on a racing tour throughout Australia, has a very high opinion of our interstate riders. In an interesting letter to a home cycling journal, the Continental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway
Three years ago the proposal to construct a North Coast railway was submitted by Parliament to tbe Public Works Committee, and subsequently approved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ocean-street Tram. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir—I would ask leave to draw attention through your columns. to the deplorable condition into which the recently converte tramway service to Occan-street has fallen. To say merely that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trans-siberian Railway. a General Strike. How Will Kuropatkin Fare ? LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m
The railway in the Irkutsk district in Siberia, just west of Lake Baikal, is blocked, and the strike is general in Trans-Baikal, which is traversed by the single railway line by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Railway Strike. London, Thursday, 2.45 p.m
A strike has occurred among the railway men at Krasnovodsk, the Trans-Caspian terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The North Coast Railway Scheme
Yesterday a deputation extracted from the State Premier a promise to submit to Parliament next session a bill for the construction of the long-talked-of North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor Contest. South Australian Protests
Mr. Harrie Skinner, of Sydney, who helped Mr. H. F. Nicholls, of South Australia, to pilot his car in the recent reliability run to Melbourne, has returned. He states that Mr. Nicholls…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General News. North Coast Railway
Another stage in the history of the north count railway agitation was reached yesterday, when Mr. Carruthers promised a large deputation from the northern rivers that he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charges for Wool on the Railways
In connection with the recent inter-State railway agreement and the modifications made, especially in regard to the carriage of wool, some assertions have been made that those not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Tramway Proposal. Erskineville to Abercrombie-street
Mr. Hollis and Mr. Dacey, Ms.L.A., introduced a deputation to Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, yesterday morning, to urge the construction, of a new line of tramway connecting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Promise From the Government. Proposal to Be Submitted Next Session. Deputation to the Premier
A formidable deputation, representing pretty well every part of the North Coast from the Tweed to the Hunter River, waited upon Mr. Carruthers, State Premier, yesterday, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Trouble in Italy. the King Forbids a Strike. Employees Obstruct Traffic
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The railway employees in Italy, being forbidden by a Royal order to strike, are now attaining their ends by observing minutely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners' Report
The Railway Commissioners' report upon the proposed railway, dated September, 1902, is distinctly favorable to the construction of the line, though it shows an approximate annual loss, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Watson's Bay Tram Fares. to the Editor
Sir,--By your permission and through the medium of your paper I would like to ask the Railway Commissioners a few questions regarding the tram fares and working expenses of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The North Coast. a Land Settlement and Railway League
The North Coast Land Settlement and Railway League was started some few months ago in Grafton, and Mr. E. F. Rudder was appointed organising secretary. Within the past fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Country Road
Mr. George, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday Mr. Mayze, hon. secretary of the Cessnock Progress Association, when the necessity was urged upon the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fall From a Train
LITHGOW, Friday.--Father Fey met with a serious accident while on a journey from Nyngan to Sydney last night. He was travelling by the up mail, which reaches Eskbank at 1.7 a.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Army Trial Motor-car Fatality in the New Kent Road. Extraordinary Statements
Yesterday (December 22) Dr Waldo concluded an inquiry at the Southwark Coroner’s Court into the circumstances of the death of Emma Simpson, aged 54…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Instruction of a Bridge. Grave Consequences Feared
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A bridge, 1200 yards long, near Tie-ling, 45 miles north of Mukden, has been destroyed. LONDON, Friday.--The French…
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