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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Mr. Samuel Hordern's new motor yacht Bronzewing will shortly be launched at Balmain. The Bronzewing, which is being constructed at a coat, it is rumoured, of between £10,000 and £12,000, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation representing the North Sydney, Mosman, and Manly Councils, together with a number of private citizens, introduced by Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., and accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Donald Macdonell, M.L.A., and a deputation from Nymagee waited, on the Minister of Works (Mr. Lee) yesterday for the purpose of asking that the present railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An application that a tramway should be constructed to Cremorne Point from Military-road, Mosman, was preferred to Mr. Lee, Minister for Works,yesterday, by a deputation comprising residents of North Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The work of extending the tram from Curl Curl to Brookvale is to be carried out. This matter has been before Mr. Lee (Minister for Works) for some time, the only difficulty standing in the way being the mental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A business offer was made yesterday by Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, to a deputation which asked him to construct a railway to Nymagee. Figures were quoted to show that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At certain hours of the day there is unseemly scramble on the part of the public to get seats in the tramcars," said Mr. Lee, Minister for Works, alluding yesterday to the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A strike of electric tram conductors was entered upon in Ballarat this morning. The strikers issued a notice to the public asking for support in their, endeavor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day the Annandale Bicycle Club has a five miles road race on the Homebush course. The event, which starts at 3.30 p.m. from the Horse and Jockey Hotel will be controlled by Cyclists' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Four road races are down for decision this afternoon, three under the auspices of the Cyclists' Union, and the other for members of the League of Wheelmen. The Campsie Club is to hold an event over nine miles on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MR. HENRY FARMAN, an Englishman, aged 34, one Monday recently, at Issy (France) established a record in aeroplane flight. At an even distance of 25ft. from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Friday. -- The Royal Commission sitting at Ottawa, has announced its finding on the Quebec bridge disaster. The commission found that the collapse…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Attempts have been made from time to time to extend the sport of skating to ordinary smooth roads. The reason that roller skates cannot be used on macadam roads is because…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the quarterly meeting of the Joint Committee, Strathfield to Hornsby line, held in the Beecroft School of Arts, Mr. W. Chorley presided, and delegates were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For a long time past the need of a competent road engineer has been felt by the municipalities of St. George, but it is thought that unless a competent man is secured to work on behalf of the four councils, the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Royal Commission at Ottawa appointed to inquire into the cause of the collapse of the bridge at Quebec, while in course of construction, has reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At a meeting held in the Beecroft School of Arts, Mr. W. Chorley presided, and delegates were present from the Ryde Council, the Hornsby Ratepayers Association, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Percy Anderson, a cook, lately residing in Liverpool-street, city, 'was knocked down by a tram in Oxford-street,, on Friday afternoon. He was crossing the street in front of Mark Foy's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A semi-demented tramp named Patrick Halloran, of "nowhere." aged about 70, was taken into custody at Midleton, county Cork, for vagrancy. Prisoner, who stated that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Grading is reported to be in progress in Los Angelos, California, for the crookedest railroad in the world. Compared with it the Mount Tamalpais-road, which now has the record, is…
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