A Suez Ship Railway
Engineering supports the project of a ship railway across the isthmus of Suez, a similar project to the railway now about to be constructed by Mr. Eads, the American engineer,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 11
J. Bridge's Weekly Report
Fat Cattle.—824 forward for Monday's sale, and a decline in values was established. 531 were yarded on Thursday, mostly from Queensland, making a total of 1355 for the week's supply, the demand was…
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Fat Cattle.—668 yarded for Monday's market, and prices were firmer all round. 626 forward on Thursday, and market without alteration. Fat Sheep.—A small supply forward for the week,…
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Department of Public Works, Ro[?]ds under Trustees, Sydney, 7th June 1884.—Sir,—l am directed to inform you that in accordance with your…
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Department of Public Works, Road" under Trustees, Sydney, 9th June, 1884. —Sir,—With reference to the letter of the 12th oltimo forwarded by you from…
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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 7th June, 188.— Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 3rd instant, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Northern Railway Extensions. (S. M. Herald.)
Mr. Whitton, Engineer-in-Chief for railways, returned to Sydney on Wednesday from his visit of inspection to the Great Northern Railway extensions above…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Grumbler's[?] View of Tramways. (Engineer, April 8.)
A tramway is being laid by the London Southern Tramways Company from Herne-, hill to Norwood Cemetery. The resident[?] along the side of the Norwood-road opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Sworn to no Master, of no Seet am I." "Be just and fear not." The Singleton Argus. WEDNESDAY, 25th JUNE, 1884. Railway Charges
SOME of our contemporaries seem to look with disfavour if not alarm on the proposed changes in the railway timetable. For ourselves we are glad to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C[?]riage of Live Stock on the Railways
The Board appointed to inquire into the conduct of the live stock traffic on the railways of New South Wales has reported at great length to the Minister of Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Walgett-Warrabri Railway Connexion
Our Walgett correspondent sends us the following report from the Walgett News, June 21, on the above subject:— Pursuant to an advertisement a numerously…
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Department of Public Works, Roads under Trustees, Sydney, l6th June, 1884,-Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 8th March I have now…
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Department of Mines, Sydney, 26th June, 1884,-Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, presenting a…
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Department of Public Works, Rail way Branch, Sydney, 23rd June, 1884. -Sir,— Referring to your letter of the 3rd instant, asking that additional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Drunken Freak on the Railway
CONSIDERABL excitement prevailed at the Singleton railway station on Monday evening owing to the conduct' of two drunken men. One was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Story
YES, said he, 'the way I came out here was all along of a bit of bad luck. The bad luck came in the shape of a £100 Bank of England note. You see I was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Narrabri to Walgett. (Walgett News, June 28.)
The draft petition to be submitted to a meeting of the Railway League on Thursday night, has been prepared. After the usual introduction it goes on to say—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Novel Bridge
A [?] created a[?] the river Spay, at its widest part, near Garmouth, to accommodate the workmen engaged on a new railway on the…
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IT appears that the youngsters amongst nations have not quite forgotten the art of teaching their grandmothers how to suck eggs. Australia has already shown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great New York Bridge
It appears that the great and costly elevated bridge across from New York to Brooklyn is a failure, as a money spec. It was built mainly as an expected source of clear revenue,…
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