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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

9,158 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Barrier Upheaval. Outrages on the Railways. Fanning the Flames. Mr. Tom Mann Keeps Things Lively. "Miners Determined to Win." Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 7

Further damage was done during the night to the railway lines loading to the Proprietary mine, and the mine is now thoroughly out off. In places the rails have been torn up, and in…

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Eden to Bega Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. W. Hutchinson, chief engineer in the railway and tramway construction branch of the Public Works Department, was examined before the Public Works Committee yesterday on the proposal to construct a…

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Tramway Accommodation. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 10

Sir,—Observant tramway travellers cannot fail to have noticed, if they have not themselves experienced, the difficulty of obtaining resonably comfortable accommadation on…

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Railway Line Cut. Hotelkeepers Intimidated. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

Another and more successful attempt at destroying the railway line connecting the Proprietary mine and the main system was made to-day. Provision and stores for the…

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Effect on the Railways. Decrease in Traffic. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

As an indication of what the mineral trade is in normal conditions, the November returns may be quoted. During that month the Barrier traffic amounted to 57,852 tons, made up as…

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Jumping on and Off Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

A case was heard yesterday in the summons side of the Central Police Court in which a youth named Harry Humphries was charged with having committed a breach of the tramway regulations by jumping on…

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Casino-kyogle Railway Lismore

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

It Iis expected that the Casino-Kyogle railway will be completed in 12 months. A start was made on Monday last…

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Broker Hill Situation Attempt to Cut Telephone Wires Railway Still Blocked Caficials' Houses Picketed Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 7

It [?] that an attempt was made by some men early this morning to cut the telephone wire connecting the proprietary mine with the town exchange. Two men were…

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The Tram Extension to Lily- Field

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

Work in connection with the extension of the tram service from Booth and Johnstone streets, Annandale to Lllyfield, is proceeding rapidly. All along the route the bed of the road has been opened up. and…

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Mangled on the Railway Line

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday--The mangled body of a man was found on the railway line at Footseray, about 100 yards east of the Hopkins- street Bridge, early this morning, by a…

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Cloncurry Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Representatives of the Queensland Commissioner of Railways and of the Cloneurry Railway and Smelting Co. have fixed the cost of construction of a line…

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The Country. Railway to Burrowa

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

BURROW A Wednesday--There was a good attendance at a meeting heid on Saturday last in the Mechanics Institute to discuss the best proposal to submit to the Minister regarding…

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Stations on the North Shore Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

A number of persons residing between Gordon and Pymble railway stations waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday, and urged that a platform be provided midway between…

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Loss to the Railways. South Australian Commissioner's Statement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

ADEEAIDE, Wednesday.--The Railway Commissioner says that the dispute at Brok on hill will mean a big reduction in railway revenue and the staff is to bo retrenched. However…

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Crown-street Tram Extension

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

The work of extending the Crown-street tram along Baptist-street to Phillip-street is being pushed on very rapidly, and should be completed at un early date. Several hundred yards of double track have been laid…

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A Tram-car Suggestion. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

Sir,--Observant tramway travellers cannot fail to have noticed, if they have not themselves experienced, the difficulty of obtaining reasonably comfortable accommodation on u tram neat which is already occupied by four…

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Holiday Tram Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

During the Christmas and New Year holidays the passenger business on both the railways and tramways was particularly heavy. For the fort night the tramway traffic alone represented…

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Cowra to Canowindra Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 6

Mr. Waddell and Mr. Lee leave on Sunday evening for Cowra, where Mr. Lee is to turn the first sod of the Cowra to Canowindra railway. The line will' be 24 miles in length, and…

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Railway Works. the Bega-eden Line

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 10

The question of constructing a line from Bega to Eden was considered by the Public Works Committee yesterday afternoon, when Mr. W. Hutchinson. Chief Engineer of the Railway and…

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Loss to the Railways. South Australian Commissioners Statement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wednesday--The Railway Commissioner says that the dispute at Broken [?] Will mean a big reduction in railway .revenue and the staff is to be retrenched. However,…

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