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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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In his preface to the first edition of "Bridge Abridged" the author divided bridge-players into three classes—first-class, second-class, and country[?]se. In his division there was an imp[?]ted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss Susan Lowe, an English lady, while travelling from Genoa to Paris, was murderously attacked and robbed before the train reached the Me[?]nis [?]nnel…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Alexander Coonan was driving a horse attached to a waggonette near Coburg over a level crossing when a funeral train collided with the vehicle, and threw the driver on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An Englishman who visited Klondyke during the early days of the gold rush tells the following story:--Feeling discouraged after a fruitless three months' prospecting, I…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The revenue returns for railways and trams continues to show a satisfactory increase. For week ended January 12 the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The present century is pre-eminently the woman's, and it is machinery which has emancipated the woman more than any other agency, writes a lady sociological…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The monks of Great St. Bernard were some time ago permitted by the authorities of the Canton of Vaud to make two trial trips with motor cars for carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Japanese have decided to bridge the Ya-lu River at Youn[?]po. The bridge will have a span of 3239ft, and will cost £200,000. It will be completed at the same…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenders will be invited early in next month for the construction of the Bellevue Tramway, and it is anticipated that the construction will be commenced at about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some of the municipal councils around Melbourne are considering the question of morn rigorously regulating motor-car traffic than has been the case up to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The cry of the outback residents for greater facilities by means of cheap railway fares for reaching the coast during the hot months has justice on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State Premier (Mr. Carruthers) will return from his holiday jaunt to-morrow, and during the day a Cabinet meeting will be held. The principal matters for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Residents of Rose Bay and Watson's Bay have had a long-standing grievance relating to the crowding of trams to those suburbs by short-distance passengers. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Department is nog yet in a position to state definitely the actual increase in the number of season tickets issued at the various stations since the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COLLARENEBRI, Monday.— The roads in the district are getting into a dangerous state since the maintenance men were knocked off at the first of the year. The approaches to several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday Evening.— The Court of Inquiry into the railway disaster at Elliott Junction, Forfarshire, censured Goudlay, the driver of the express, for not following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. Ada Hickey, residing at Thomas-street, Waverley, with her l-year-8-months-old child, were getting off a tram at Johnston-street, Annandale, this afternoon, when the car moved,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The second annual meeting of the Tramway Officers' Association was held at the Railway Institute on Tuesday last. The president, Mr. John Kneeshaw, occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the railway league to-day, a letter was received from Mr. Eden George, stating that the Public Works Committee would visit the district in February for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir—In a recent issue of the "Herald" appeared a letter under the above heading, signed by "Nemo," in which the writer seeks to condemn the proposal to construct the…
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