Bullock Island Bridge
THE following letter will prove of interest:— "Department of Public Works, Sydney, 15th Sept., 1882…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
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The Bullock Island Bridge. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
SIR,—In reading your issue of to-day, I was rather surprised at the action taken by Alderman Cox at a meeting of the Waratah Council on Monday night, where he moves…
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During the first six months of this year 4000 miles of new track were laid on 179 main lines, in 87 States and Territories, against only a little over 2000 miles…
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SIR,—In reference to this matter, your correspondent, Mr. Robert Muirhead, in yours of yesterday has somehow missed catching the "bull by the horns." As a…
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SIR,—In reading your correspondence this morning, I noticed a letter from Mr. Robert Muirhead, in reference to the Bullock island Bridge. He says "that he is at a loss to…
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SIR,—After some six years' agitation by public meeting, petitions, and deputations to Government, the long-prayed for vehicle bridge is granted by Government,…
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FOR RAILWAYS.âAbout 130 men engaged on the Eveleigh excavation works, waited on the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, by deputation, on Thursday afternoon, under…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Railway Department is about to make a concession of some importance to those residents upon the other side of the…
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THE alterations in the railway rates, which have been spoken of for some time, have at last been announced, and show considerable reductions both in goods and…
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IT is unfortunately too true that the social world is occasionally startled to its centre by a cry of anguish, arising from the relatives and friends of those…
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ON Wednesday, the opening for public traffic of the Great Northern Railway extension from Boggabri to Narrabri took place. Although the occasion was one of…
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SIR,—It is really amusing to read the Council meetings. I see by Wednesday's paper, Mr. Bewick and a few more meet to see about the proposed site for the bridge;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wickham Council and the Bullock Island Bridge. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Many of your readers will have received a surprise on Friday in reading the report .of the Wickham Council in reference to the bridge to Bullock Island…
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It will be remembered that, about a week ago, it was stated in our columns (says the Echo) that a clerk in the Darling Harbour branch of the…
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THE man George Lane, who was charged in the Central Police Court, Sydney, with having assaulted Arthur Phillips, a clerk at the Darling…
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A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. J. Brunker, M.L.A., Vaughan, Staveloy, D. M. Jones, and Carruthers, was introduced to the Secretary for Works, by Mr. T. G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Wickham Council and the Bridge Again. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I notice that at the Wickham Council meeting of Wednesday, the Mayor gave a report of opinion expressed by Mr. Fletcher that it was not advisable to ask…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Robert Lyial, an employee of the Sydney Corporation, either intentionally or accidentally persisted in standing on the tram line near…
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AN accident occurred on Saturday morning (says the M. A. Mail) at the intersection of the Nairne and Glenolg railway lines. Some men who were removing four trucks…
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THE S. M. Herald says:—The works in connection with the railway to Illawarra are becoming very naticeable, although they have been intermitted…
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