John Bridge and Co., Limited
No sales have been held this week, but on Monday next, 4th January, the second half of the 1908-8 season opens, and full catalogues will be brought forward. We sell on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
9,158 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Road Race at Spim.wjwood
This morning the Springwood Club, which is affiliated with the League, is to hold a road nice over a distance of is miles. That good road rider, R. B. Paterson, figures on scratch, giving away what appears to be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Ruined Coast. an Exquisite Country. Most Beautiful Train Ride
"It is the most beautiful ride in the world," said Professor Blunno, the Government Viticulturist, yesterday. "The railway runs all along the coast which has been devastated by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Human Time-table Man With Surprising Memory London Train Checker
Alfred Munson who has Just completed twenty two years service on the Great Eastern Railway in England, as the human time table of that company…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Political Labor Conference. Some Further Suggestions. Children Free on Trains and Trams
Following are some farther suggestions that have been submitted for discussion at the annual Political Labor Conference:— The Federated Seamen's Union. N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Fatalities
An open verdict was returned at, an inquest held into the death of Thomas Smith, a laborer, employed on the railway duplication works at Berowra, whose mangled remains were found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minister's Northern Trip. Getting Beady Foe the Railway
Mr. Lee, Minister for worms, who has just returned to Sydney from a tour of the north, stated, during a chat this morning with an "Evening News" reporter, that he found the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reduction in Railway Rates. New Year's Gift of £60,000
The railway commissioners have made a further substantial reduction in railway rates and fares, to come into operation on and from New Year's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways and the Farmers
Satisfactory progress has been made with the Maitland-Dungog section of the North Coast railway. At present 900 hands are employed on it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires From Railway Engines
Brundah asks whether the railway commissioners are liable for any fires that their locomotives may cause. He has property with the Grenfell line running through it, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →North Coast Railway
Mr. Leo, Minister for Works, was waited upon at Kempsey on Tuesday by a deputation which asked among other things, that a bridge be, built…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Railway Muddle. (To the Editor "Stock Journal.")
D[?]: Gossip,"—I thought I would sit and write you some sort of a letter. I am afraid you will be tired of me before I am finished. But…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Calabria Calamity. Disappearance of Reggio. a Railway Swallowed Up. London, Dec. 30
A naval officer who left Messina for Reggio telegraphed: "Cannot find Reggio; if it exists, it is no longer where it was." There are 1000 dead at Bagnara, 26 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Railways
BRISBANE, Thursday.-- To-day a deputation consisting of members of the Upper House and Legislative Assembly, and leading citizens, waited on the Minister for Railways to urge the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Killed on the Railway
At an inquest held on Wednesday by Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., District Coroner, touching the death of Thomas Smith, a laborer employed on the railway duplication works at Berowra…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Cootamundra Railway Fatality
COOTAMUNDRA. Thursday.--Regarding the railway accident, Mr. Richard Thomas Summer green of Hobart was the man who was reported to have been last in the company of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria Bridge
The first bridge over the Nepean River at Penrith was of timber, constructed by a company, and had but a short life, as it was carried away by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lane Cove-road Tramway
Further progress has been, made with the work of the proposed tramway from Blue's Point to Crow's Nest, North Sydney, the blue metal ballast, sleepers, and rails being laid for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Instruction in Bridge
Those who wish to improve their knowledge of bridge will be assisted by the Hon. Victor Bethell's new treatise, published by William Heinemann under the title "Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A North Coast Road
Our Byron Bay correspondent writes that the Government has paid into the local council's credit at the bank £250 for improvements to bridges and culverts in the district. This…
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