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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The first payment of a total of £5,000,000, to be turned over to George Gates, a 70-year-old G A.R. veteran, of San Jose, California, who invented the concrete railroad sleeper, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A tram travelling down the William-street hill this morning struck a horse ridden by Lionel Henry Scott, a butcher, living in Leichhardt-street, Waverley, the pair being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Clifton railway station was broken into on Saturday night, and an attempt made to rob the safe. An entry was gained by the burglars breaking the glass in a window, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Unionist" appeals:-- "As an ardent trades unionist of many years' standing I read with unbounded pleasure and satisfaction that the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--As a resident of Willoughby and an early morning worker, I desire to appeal for nu early tram which will relieve a great hardship of many. A tram leaving Willoughby [?]minus at 4.50 a.m. would arrive at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The construction of the tramline from The Spit to Manly has been completed. On inquiry at the Tramway Department it was ascertained by a "Daily Telegraph" representative that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WOLLONGONG, Sunday--On Saturday night, at a representative meeting of the Wollongong branch of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association, it was unanimously resolved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--John M'Aullife nod William Snell, while crossing the railway line in a dray, were run over by an express train and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is anticipated, should the inspection which is to be made on Wednesday prove satisfactory. that the Spit-to -Manly tramway extension will be opened to traffic on Monday next. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EDEN, Saturday.--An old resident of Eden, Mr. Roger Cunnane, was run over by a motor cycle this afternoon. Both his legs were broken, and he sustained other injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PARIS, Sunday Afternoon.--In consequence of the commutation to seven years Imprisonment of the sentence of death passed on Durand for complicity in the murder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some idea of the immense and rapid increase in the aeroplane industry—and it may be news that it has already developed into a recognised industry in the United States—may be…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The "Times." in an article on aeronautica in 1910. says:—"Flying is [?] gely empirical The ship the bird, [?] submarine, and the dirigible have all an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The city of Toulouse, which already contains so many interesting monuments, has recently been enriched with a new and very remarkable bridge, called the Bridge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →In less than half-an-hour one afternoon we were out of grey London and walking in green fields. Westminster Abbey was behind us-- Waltham Abbey, almost as fine all…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The "Times," in an article on aeronautics in 1910, says:—"Flying is still largely empirical The ship, the bird, the submarine, and the dirigible have all an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At Ogdon, Utah, two masked men held up a South-western Pacific train, and robbed a hundred, passengers of their valuables. They also murdered the porter In one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Miller Creek railroad, Kentucky, yesterday, some coal cars broke away from a goods train, and running down an incline crashed into a passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Once upon a time. when London was fast asleep. the whole of the Great Western Railway, running from the metropolls to Cornwall and Devon. was converted from a broad gauge…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A number of matters of interest to tramway employees came up for consideration at a meeting of the traffic branch of the committee of management of the New South Wales…
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