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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

9,158 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Facilitating Tram Traffic. Single Line Along Geeen's-road

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

At the last meeting or the Paddington Council, a communication was received from, the Chief Commissioner for Railways, stating that, in order to facilitate the tramway traffic with…

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Peculiar Accident to Goods Train

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—While a goods train was running between Wallerawang and Lithgow, aided by a push-up engine, the back portion of the brake van by some means got upon…

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The Cheat Northern Road

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 10

The Glenorie Progress Association has received a letter from Mr. J. C. Hunt, M.L.A., slating that the Minister for Works has granted the sum of £250 towards the formation and metalling of the road between the 16 and 18…

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Mishap to Mixed Train. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

While a mixed train was coming from Wallera wang up Marrangmoo bank ou Saturday night the back portion of the brakevan was lifted on to the front of the…

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American Train Thieves New York Incident

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

Telegrams from New York, in London papers to hand by the mail, give particulars of the daring train robbery in the commercial capital of the United States, which was mentioned in…

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Casualties. Fall Over a Bridge. Child Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

John Roberts, aged 7 years, living with his parents in Shepherd-street, Redfern, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon in a serious condition. It…

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Child's Fall From a Bridge a Man Detained

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 1

Last evening John Roberts, aged 7 years, living in Shepherd-street, Redfern, fell a distance of 30ft. over the side of the railway bridge at Redfern, and sustained fracture of…

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Robbery From a Train. Valuable Securities Stolen. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 7

A bag containing 15 parcels of securities, valued at £40,000, was stolen from a railway carriage in Paris…

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New Public Works. Tram and Railway Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

Evidence was beard by the Public Works Committee yesterday concerning three proposed works-- the Waverley-Bronte tramway, the Cremorne tramway, and the Nymagee-Hormidale…

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Control of Roads. the Length of the Law. Responsibilities and Immunities of Local Bodies. Where They Begin and End

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 9

Should you, in the course of your daily peregrinations along any public highway, stub your toe by too violent contact with some projection above the roadway, or rick your ankle, or bark…

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Motor Cycling

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the Pioneer Motor Cycle Club is to be held this evening, at the Sports Club, Hunter-street, Sydney, at which some unimportant business is to be considered. The annual…

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Rats on the Railway

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

At a recent council meeting at Erskineville it was stated that rats were numerous on the railway premises at Erskineville, and in consequence a letter of complaint was written to the…

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Bellevue Hill Tram. Where Will the Sections End? a Twopenny or a Three-penny Ride

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

The Bellevue Hill tram will be running in a few weeks, and the residents of Woollahra, beyond Queen-street, are much concerned about, a report that the fare is to be threepence to all…

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Railway Ticket Scalping. Another Twenty Pounds Fine

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

Reginald Tutton, of No. 108 Pitt-street. City tourist agent, was proceeded against on sammons, at the Water Police Court by Robert Davies, chief railway ticket inspector, for…

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Looking at the Trains Child's Terrible Fall From Railway Parapet. Strange Case at Redfern

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

A sensational occurrence happened at Redfern shortly after 4.30 a.m. on Monday (as briefly reported in our first edition, on page 4), which caused great excitement in the…

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The First Motor Ascent

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4

Captain Philip Charley, who is recognised us a true sportsman and generally of a most enterprising nature, has dune something in the way of a motor…

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Railway Trucks

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 1

THERE is a crowing feeling in the country that the railway management is painfully defective. We have said no word…

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A New Railway. Cowra to Canowindra. the Minister for Works. Turns the First Sod. (By Our Special Reporter.) Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

The Minister for Works, Mr. C. A. Lee, visited Cowra to-day for the purpose of performing the ceremony of turning the first sod of the Cowra-Canowlndra railway. Mr. Lee…

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Ministers Banqueted. Speech by Mr. Waddell. Transcontinental Railway Essential. Cowra, Monday night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

To-night the Ministerial party was banquoted. Over 200 guests were present, and the Mayor (Alderman A. W. Marshall) presided. "The Ministry" was proposed by the…

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The Toronto Tramway. Frequent Breakdowns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

During the summer a large number of Newcastle residents go to live at Toronto and other resorts on the shores of Lake Macquarie, depending principally on the Toronto tramway…

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