North Coast Railway. Deep-water Station Wanted. Cundletown
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 6
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the School of Arts on Friday night to consider the North Coast railway. Mr. R. Malcolm presided. A resolution was unanimously…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 8
A conference between the Premier, the Minister of Railways, the Commissioner of Railways, and officers of the Railway Employees' Association was held to-day, and…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5
Considerable interest is being centred in the Ploneer Motor Cycle Club's reliability trial, from Goulburn to Sydney, on Anniversary Day. Entries close with the hon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Labor Market. Meeting of Unemployed. Big Railway Works Commencing
The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 6
A small crowd of about 40 or 50 men assembled at the corner of Phillip and Bridge streets this morning to discuss the unemployment question. The crowd, which was a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bellevue Hill Tram
The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 1
The Woollahra tram extensive to Bellevue Hill has been completed, and Mr. C. W. Oakcs, M.L.A. for Paddington, has received a communication from the Railway Commissions informing him that the line will…
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The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 8
Andrew Ross, M.D., complains in the ''Herald" that having taken his wife on January 3 to Molong he paid £6 10s for two first-class return tickets, and two sleeping berth tickets at Sydney, he was put…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tram Strike. Allocating the Blame
The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 6
In accordance with the decision arrived at some time back, at the request of the Locomotive Enginedrivers' Association, that the Sydney Labor Council should investigate the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Railway Lines
The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 7
The Public Works Committee sat this afternoon and considered two proposals regarding railway construction; the deviation of the Great Western line from Emu Plains and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Tramways. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5
Sir,--I trust you will find space for a few remarks concerning what seems to me an injustice to the travelling public, and is a source of much annoyance and misunderstanding between some passengers and the Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Watson's Bay Tram. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5
Sir.--An the tramway authorities have the thanks of the Vaucluse electorate for extending the train to Watson Bay wharf, I feel sure that they will do their their best to encourage population in tills loveliest of districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring. Victorian Club Active
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3
The Victorian Automobile cum win provably promote a hill-climbing contest for February 1st and it is also probable that a new formula will be used for it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Tender for Third Section
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 7
The chief item in the list of tenders accepted by the Public Works Department yesterday was that for the construction of the third section of North Coast railway--Gloucester to Taree…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Railway Works. Deviations and Duplications. on Western and South Coast Lines
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 10
The Public Works Committee yesterday opened an inquiry into the proposal to duplicate the groat western railway line between Emu Plains and Blaxland, as referred to it by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway Extensions
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 6
The extension of the tramway from the South Head Lighthouse to Watson's Bay village was opened to the public yesterday, and the Allison-road and Erskineville extensions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Furious Motor Driving
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 10
The police proceeded against Dr. Perey Cooley, of Cleveland-street, Redferm, before Mr. Donaldson, S.M., at the Newtown Court, on information alleging that he drove his motor-car along Rocky Point-rent, Rockdale,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Railway Smash. Only One Survivor
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 7
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A goods train collided with a passenger train near Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., and telescoped a drawing-room car, killing 68 of the 69…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Constructional. Building, Engineering, Lighting, Power, Transmission, Traction, Etc. A weekly guide to all business in hand and contemplated by municipal, shire, and other governing authorities. Road Construction
Weekly Supplement to Building · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3
Nattai has accepted tenders for road works to the value of £482. During the past year Bexley have laid down 1077 square yards of brick, paving for footpaths. We are…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 61
A new postal transport system, which will render the service independent of railways, is interesting the postal authorities of Milan, Italy. It is proposed to construct an…
Continued on Trove, page 61 →A Runaway Train. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 8
While climbing the [?] between Broadmoadows and Esseudon on Saturday night an up goods train met with a mishap, Presumably owing to a coupling giving way. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Open Road Race for League Riders
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 13
An open road race over a distance of 20 miles is to he promoted by the Homebush Club, and will be held on Saturday, March 20. The event will be open to all registered League riders…
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