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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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BATHURST, Sunday.--Heavy rains fell in the Bathurst district to-night. At Perthville, half-a-dozen miles out, a flood occurred, and the debris was washed across the railway near the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. C. W. Oakes, M.L.A. for Paddington, has received a communication from the Railway Commissioners informing him that the now tramway extension to Bellevue-hill will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The question of road-making is practically the first that every Council has to consider. The advertising value of good roads is incalculable, and good roads enhance property values. Dr. Cushman, the assistant Director of Public Roads Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, states that wherever he found good roads he found well-cared-for children and vice versa. The reason therefore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road construction not only means the best and most durable pavement surface, but it carries with it "Road Sanitation." and this element is nearly related to public health, so much so, that at time of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen Taylor) gave further evidence before the Royal Commission on Sydney improvement. He recommended the widening of Oxford-street to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It seems as though the trouble in the above union will never end. It will be remembered that the annual general meeting, held in February, 1908, deposed the Maguire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--In your issue of the 18th inst. a letter appears from Mr. D. Muguire. He slates that our honorary general secretary, Mr. J. H. Catts. M.H.R., would expel himself and other from the association, and is also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obtain an efficient engineer make the position of shire engineer worth while-- the progress of the district depends upon the efficacy of the services, hence the engineer in charge of same has a great Council and Shire clerks will find these notes of great interest and value, hence in kindly supplying us with information regarding the ratings and doings of their municipalities and shires, they will find they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. A. Ross writes:—Will you kindly insert the following grievance in your esteemed paper:—We, the residents of Double Bay and district, desire to draw the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. S. M'Namee writes:—I wish to call attention to the disadvantages South Sydney residents are placed in regard to late Sunday trams. The last tram for Alexandria or Botany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Newtown Police Court yesterday. Dr. Percy Cooley, of Cleveland-street. Redfern, was proceeded against by Sub-inspector Macintosh, of Marrickville, for furiously driving a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A goods train collided with a passenger train near Denver, Colorado (U.S.A.), and telescoped the drawing-room car, killing 68 out of 69 passengers, who were within…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A largely attended meeting of the Peak Hill District Railway League was held on Saturday afternoon. It was pointed out by various speakers that if the statement that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Sunday evening a tram loaded with passengers suddenly stopped on the Coogoe line, near Paul-street, Coogee. The passengers were thrown against one another, but no one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Street acrobatics are not uncommon in Sydney. The chief gratuitous display is provided by the small boy who uses the passing tram as a medium. The newsboy has made the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Christian Uhrlaub, 14-year-old son of Mr. C. A. Uhrlaub, of Adelaide Observatory, was killed in Grenfell-street this morning. He slipped off a carette, the wheels of which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harold Maldey, aged 13, living in Crescentavenue, Erskineville, while Jumping from a tram in King-street, Newtown, yesterday, was knocked over by a bicycle. The Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., Dr. Percy Cooley, of Clevelandstreet, Redfern, was charged with having, on December 12, in Rocky Port-road. Rockdale, furiously…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Following is the result of Burwood Club's 10-mile road race, which was run last Wednesday on the Burwood Bankstown course:—T. Cooke, 2m 35s, l: A. Parkinson, 3m 10s, 2; W. Hughes, 30s, 3. The winner…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—I read with regret in this morning's issue of your valuable paper the sections fixed for this most serviceable tramway, viz., the Bellevue Hill. Well, Sir, the residents…
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