Staff Changes. Railways. Week Ending February 3rd. Locomotive Branch. Appointments
Shop Boy: Alexander Aberley, Bathurst. Boilermakers’ Apprentices: Francis Roberts, Walter Misslngham,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250
Railway Boards No. 1 (Per. Wav and Inter-locking
The second sitting of this Board was held on the 8th inst. The Board consisted of Messrs. Nibble (chairman), Farrow and Hogau. Mr…
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When the tramline to Woolloomooloo was first opened, and it terminated alongside the Domain the traffic was very light, and with a view to minimising loss no trams were run…
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"One of the Passengers" furnishes an instance of the management by the department of railway refreshment rooms. "The paper train, carrying passengers," he…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Chillagoo and Etheridge Railways Purchase Bill has been vetoed by the Select Committee, to which the measure was referred on January 30. The…
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LONDON, Thursday.--The Admiralty reports:--"Aeroplanes dropped a number of heavy bombs on shipping in Bruges Harbor on…
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Mr. J. Sandston, a New Zealand engineer, has just returned from America, where he spent some years specialising in the construction of modern roads. At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Henderson Road to New-town Tram. Inspected by Minister for Works
The Minister for works, Mr R T Balli has inspected the proposed the [?] an road to New town [?] extension [?]. The Minister was received at the New Town Hall by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Croydon Road Bog Hole. To the Editor of "The Propeller."
Sir,--As appeals to Hurstville Council are of no use I wish to draw attention to the awful state of Croydon Road west. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Passing Show. The Railways
The Commissioners have decided, vide a communication to the General Secretary this week, to maintain their arbitrary ruling in regard to the daylight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Land Settlement and Railway Development. Soldier Settlers New Blocks Made Available Alleged Bad Treatment at Dubbo
Referring to a complaint by the chairman of the Dubbo (N.S.W.) P.P. Board (Mr. Bell), who said that in the case of two farms that had been taken from him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Risks of Crop Fires. Pr[?]tions on the Railways
The N.S.W. Railway Department replying to statements that fires had been caused by sparks from railway engines, or from durning off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney Sensation. a Bolting Horae collides with a Tram
While William jackson was driving a meal waggon at Camperdown, Sydney his horses were frightened by a motor cycle and bolted [?] coming into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Make Victorian Railways Pay
The question of the appointment of an expert to report on the best means to he adopted in order to make the Victorian railways pay has been finally…
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Railways and artillery are two important factors upon which Sir Douglas Haig lays special stress. In every theatre of war railways have played a most important part, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kogarah Police Court. Before Mr. Smithers, S.M. Wednesday, February 14. Trouble in a Tram Car
Constable McPherson proceeded against Richard Edwards for using insulting words to him in the Cronulla tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East-west Railway. Alleged Extravagance. Where Workman "Run the Show."
Two and a half years' observation of the work being done on the transcontinental railway line linking South and West Australia has convinced Mr. W. R. Thomas, who surveyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Linking-up Trams. Mr. Ball's Promise to Newtown
On Wednesday afternoon Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Minister for Public Works and Railways, visited Newtown, and personally inspected the proposed Henderson Road…
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The recent wet weather had the effect of reducing many of the roads in the municipality utmost to a morass. The lane from Cabramatta to Warwick Farm gates…
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Mr. W. J. McNamara, sanitary overseer, wrote to the council drawing attention to the very bad condition of the roads to the depot. He stated that it was almost…
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