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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The engine-drivers on the Government railways are not a happy family. Members of the society are complaining that they do not receive what they claim to be their rights in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A deputation, representing the St. Peters Municipal Council, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners by Mr. M'Coy, M.L.A., yesterday, when a request was made that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cabinet has decided to complete the number of members on the Royal Commission regarding the railways. Ministers had the matter under consideration on Monday, and yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The general monthly meeting of the Motor Boat Club of New South Wales is to be held to-morrow night at the Sports Club, when matters in connection with the club's rendezvous to Athol Bight, on February 17, will…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- The adjourned inquest concerning the death of the locomotive enginedriver, James Pead, on December 6, from the effects of injuries received two days previously, owing to the bursting of a boiler…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Riders numbering 140 are to be given marks in the Sydney Thousand Handicap, to be decided in March. W. Rutt won the Mile International…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →A conference of the North Coast Railway and Land Settlement League was held at Kempsey on January 20. The conference which was presided over by Mr. J. F. Small (Mayor), sat…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →In connection with the disastrous bush fires which have been devastating parts of the country during the past week, the Railway Commissioners have had under consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The recent proposal to construct a special motor road from London to Brighton at a cost of about £1,000,000 has been so well received that schemes are already on foot for the construction of similar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The circumstances surrounding the death of the lad Raymond Phillip White, who was run over by a train on the 29th ultimo, were this morning inquired into by the City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held to-day on the body of the boy Raymond Phillip White, who lately resided with his parents at 35 Burren-street, Erskineville, and who was killed on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Examiner" writes:—There has never been a lack of zealonus advocates for a proposed railway. Dazzling pictures have ever been drawn of the magnificent resources of the territory to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following report from a New York newspaper to hand by the Oceanic Company's liner Ventura is of interest, as it tells how a railway commissioner was recently appointed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation representing the Licensed Victuallers' Association and Newcastle hotel keepers waited upon the Railway Commissioners today for the purpose of protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Works was to-day asked by a deputation from the Vaucluse Council to extend the Watson's Bay tramline as far as the Gap Park. The deputation was introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During last night the safes at Nundah and Nudgee railway stations were blown open, and the contents robbed. At Nundah the station was entered by means of a skeleton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Taking advantage of the increase in the value of lead and silver, the South Australian railway authorities have decided to squeeze more revenue out of the mineowners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of the above club takes place this evening at the Sports Club Rooms, in Hunter-street. The business includes the presentation of a report of the committee on club matters, the election of new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Since the announcement of the handicaps for the £1000 handicap race, to be decided on the Sydney Cricket Ground between the dates of the 4th and 20th of March, quite a large number of riders have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For some years there has been a demand for a variable speed gear that could be fitted to any old pattern of belt-driving cycle without expensive structural alterations. Many an owner has a machine that…
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