Current Items. Tram Accident.—
A lad named Robert Hughes, of 35 Susan-street, Leichhardt, fell off a tram at Annandale, on Thursday afternoon and was conveyed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
8,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250
Transvaal Railway Men Not to Meddle in Politics London, Friday, 3 p.m
Lord Elgin, Secretary for the Colonies, has approved of Lord Selborne's refusal to permit the railway men in the Transvaal to [?]ale part in elections…
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Sir,-- Will you kindly permit me to say a few words as regards the bad entrance to the new station from Elizabeth-street side? It appears to the residents of Surry Hills…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Officers' Association Address by Mr. Kneeshaw
At the second annual meeting of the Tramway Officers Association, held at the Railway, institute, the president (Mr. John Kneeshaw),occupied the chair. The reports of…
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Owing to the motor boat race at the Manly Regatta this afternoon having been struck out of the programme, members of the Motor Boat Club will rendezvous at Cremorne at 4 p.m. for afternoon tea, with the new club…
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Mr. J. Kneeshaw (superintendent of the New South Wales Government Tramways), when moving the adoption of the report at the New South Wales Tramway Officers' Association's annual…
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The Automobile Club of Great Britain has a membership of 4000. The American Automobile Club's membership stands at 1241. A motorist named Felton has been committed for trial…
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Mr. C. W. Bennett had an enjoyable trip in his new 16-20 h.p. Argyll car on Wednesday, Accompanied by Mrs. Bennett and his eon, Ken (the youngest motor driver in the world), the party left Pymble at 10 minutes past…
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Mr. F. Finlay the hon. secretary of the Pioneer Club, the governing body of motor-cycling in this Suite, was questioned by a representative of this journal yesterday as to how the proposal of the Dunlop Rubber Company to…
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CLIFTON, Friday. -- A railway smash occurred at Stanwell Park about 6.30 this morning, when a train-load of empty coal hoppers, in charge of Driver W. Bird, and Fireman…
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The local agitation in favor of the construction of the spit to Manly tram extension still continues. The Manly Council, together with the Progress Association, recently took the matter in hand with whole-hearted earnestness,…
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For several years past complaints have been made of the want of means of communication between Newtown and Comperdown, Leichhardt, Balmain, and the Western suburbs generally. Such means might be…
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The second annual meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Officers' Association was held in the Railway Institute on Tuesday evening last, when Mr. John Kneeshaw (president)…
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Mr. Robert Barr Smith, a well-known South Australian, has issued a pamphlet entitled "A protest against joining Oodnadatta and Pine Creek Railway, and against…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The New Railway Refreshment Rooms. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have recently had occasion to frequently visit the refreshment rooms at our new railway station, and while admitting that they are in every way well condueted, I was amazed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Railway Collision. at Stanwell Park. Engine and Van Telescoped. Escape of the Guard. Clifton
A railway collision occurred at Stanwell Park this morning, when a train of empty coal hoppers, which was coming from Otford, crashed into a stationary train of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press Parramatta, January 19, 1907. the Ryde Tramway
THE Ryde, North Ryde, and Marsfield people as well as their Parliamentary representatives, seem to have lost their heads" over the latest development…
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Bernard McManus appeared in answer to a summons charging him with having on the 14th of November last, permitted a cow to stray on the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Battle for the Tram. North Ryde (in arms) Marches on Marsfield and Ryde.—How David Fell and Lost His Tempor.—Moxham Backing Up Ryde—The Sore Question of Route. Stormy Meeting at Marsfield
"Written in chalk on a blackboard affixed to the rustic waiting-shed erected by Mr. H. Curzon-Smith at the corner of Balaclava and Agincourt roads, and…
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