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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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There can be no complaint that the Government is not pushing ahead with the public works of great magnitude which have been taken in hand. Recognising the need of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is the practice of the tramway authorities to keep a check on the honesty of conductors by arranging with the police to send two probationers in plain clothes round by various…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The secretary of the Bega-Tathra Tramway Committee has received from Mr. W. H. Wood, the member for the district, a copy of a report furnished by Surveyor Kennedy in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the Lithgow Courthouse recently matters relating to the hours, wages, and general conditions of employment in the railway service at this centre were discussed at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A new transmission gear on the hydraulic principle is at present attracting the attention of local motorists. It is the invention of Mr. G. Newman, of Sydney, and consists of a simple arrangement of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dr. Ewan Frazer, of Bellevue Hill, has just taken delivery, thorugh the General Motor Company of a fire 10-14-h.p. Renault car, fitted with single landaulet body. The body is painted black, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →When the latest files left home the first entries for the Targa Florio race consisted of three Fiats, three [?] and three Isolta-Fr[?]chint [?], all these being Italian, The Flats will be driven by Nazzaro,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Parliamentary Standings Committee on Public Works yesterday began an inquiry regarding the expediency of constructing a line of electric tramway from Dulwich Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday some particulars of the report of the above-mentioned company were given. In addition, the following comparison may not lack interest:…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—I am pleased to notico in recent issues of your valuable paper that this subject is again being brought forward by Messrs. Oakley and Rumsey, and again in this morning's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In the District Court yesterday Judge Rogers and a jury commenced the hearing of an action against the Chief Commissioner of Railways and Tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Matters in automobile circles just at present are very quiet. In connection with the Automobile Club of Australia sealed handicap the course to be adopted will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William O'Shannessy, a platelayer, employed on the railways, was working on the line at Seddon to-day, and when a train from Melbourne was signalled, he stepped on to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The surplus of the Railway Department for the current financial year is almost swept away by the latest return, issued to-day. Only a few weeks ago it amounted to over £50,000, but now,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Emu Bay railway receipts for January amounted to £5574. or £200 in excess of the returns for January, 1907. The total receipts for last year were £65,500, as contrasted with £50,870…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →James Williams, carpenter, of Club-street, Balmain, sued the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways for £400, as compensation for injuries received while a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--I think the time has arrived when we p[?] should be raised as to whether the facilities for travelling provided by our tramway system are being dealt with in that broad and comprehensive way so essential…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →It is feared that there will be some delay in operating the new tramway lines when they are ready for use. As the commissioners have intimated, the present power is not more than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the North Sydney Court, Robert Davies, of the Railway Department, proceeded against Wong Mow, charging him with allowing his horses to stray on railway premises. Defendant had been previously warned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--Can you give an estimate of the loss of revenue to the the railways by reason of free holiday passes and half-fare season tickets granted to railway and employees? If such information has not been compiled…
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