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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A deputation of flour millers from Bathurst, Millthorpe, and Orange waited on the Assistant Minister for Railways (Mr. Carmichael) yesterday, and asked for a revival of the rebate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public Works Committee met yesterday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr. J.. Storey, to consider the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Finley to Tocumwal,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The second victim of the railway tragedy at Wondabyne, W. Cook, died in the Newcastle Hospital last night. The unfortunate man never, regained consciousness…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PERTH, Thursday.--The Government succeded last night in getting the Colonial Secretary's Estimates through by using the closure. 9 Mr. Troy (Labor) moved to reduce the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bondi people are dissatisfied with the tram arrangements from the junction to the bench, as well as the overcrowding of the trams from the city. The commissdoncrs were recently approached, asking for a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In connection with the official opening of the extension of the tramway system from the Spit to Manly next Monday afternoon, it has now boon arranged that the Ministerial party and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As a ground for refusing the request for open administration of the Railway Superannuation Act made by the employees of the Department, Mr. M'Gowen, after asking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →VANCOUVER, Thursday.--A barrel of wood alcohol exploded in the analytical branch of the Department of inland Revenue at Ottawa. Sixteen employees…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WARSAW, Wednesday.--Owing to the carelessness of a passenger who was carrying some benzine, a train was set on Fire at Grodno…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The tramway fracas which occurred at Forest Lodge on December 26 caused the attendance at the Gleoe Court yesterday of quite a crowd of young men, of whom many were the uniform of the train service.. The case…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Archie Thompson and Michael Thomas appeared before Mr. King, S.M., at the North Sydney Court, to answer a charge laid by inspector Davies, or the Railway Department, of behaving in a riotous manner in a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ernest Davis, William Austin, and Royal Goldsmith, three young men, pleaded guilty at the Paddington Court to riding on the trams without having paid their fares- and were each fined £1, or seven days. Davis's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Motor Boat Club of N.S.W. will hold a members 8 miles handicap, four timeS around the triangular course at Rose Bay to-morrow afternoon, the handicaps for which are as follows:--Fay and Bowen starts at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Sydney Bicycle and Motor Cycle Club has decided to hold a motor cycle track race at the Cyclists' Union's Club carnival on January 21 if sufficient entries are obtained. A speed-judging competition is to be promoted…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →France leads in the aeroplane and Germany leads in the dirigible baloon. Our own army airships have hitherto been rather smiled at—not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A train bound north from Santa Fe, New Mexico, became derailed. The enginedriver was killed, and many passengers were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The British Admiralty has already constitute a department of naval airship and in America a similar step is now advocated. Our illustration from the "Scientific American, shows…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quoth (the other day) one of the wise, Practical men of the district to a scribe: "The new road through the park will have to be widened, as sure as Fate; and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Friday.--Mr. Joseph Hammond, the aeroplanist, whose engagements to fly in the "Bristol" aeroplane before audiences have proved disappointments, owing to the windy…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tho Sydney mall train arrived here last night over an hour and a half late. As the train was running Into a siding at Murphy's Creek, near the Toowoomba Range, the…
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