Tramway Extension in Sydney
Mr. John Lackey, speaking on Friday at a bauquet on the occasion of the opening of the Marrickvillo Tramway, said that since the funds for the purpose of tramvay construction…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
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Destruction of Junee Railway Station by Fire
ON Friday news was brought to town by a coach passenger of tho total destruction by fire on the previous evening of the Junee Railway Station and Refreshment Room, but the origin…
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WE take the following interesting information from last Saturday's S. M. Herald:—Mr. James Hayes, of the firm of J. and J. Hayes, millers, &c., of Goulburn and Albury, said:—…
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Crops in fields along the road often appear much better than those in the back fields. This is not always due to better cultivation-Limestone dust from roads is a fine…
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A COMPLIMENTARY dinner was given by the locomotive branch of the railway service on Saturday evening last, in the Temperance Hall, to Mr. H. H. Park, on the eve of his…
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Crops in fields along the road often appear much better than those in the back fields. This is not always due to better cultivation-Limestone dust from roads ia a fine…
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MR. T. D. Mc Kay, the well-known railway passenger agent of San Francisco, arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday by the midday express from Sydney. A short time ago we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Stock and Station Agents' Reports. Sydney. John Bridge
Wool.—At my sales this week there was a fair attendance of buyers, and for the description of wool offered, viz., remnants of clips and medium lots generally, the prices paid were very…
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Fat Cattle.—On Thursday the yards were well filled, many of the lots being very good quality, and prices were easier, best beef selling at 20s to 22s 6d…
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THERE were a dozen of us waiting at the station near Strasburg, Va., for the noon train. Everyone head cut his dinner short to catch the train, but the…
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IN 1879 Dr. Werner Siemens, the eminent electrician, constructed a short tram or railway in the grounds of the Berlin Exhibition, on which a series of cars were propelled by an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway to Tumbarumba. to the Editor
SIR,—We have hoard of late a great deal about a railway to Tumbarumba. One party wants it direct from Wagga Wagga and another wants it via Germanton to Tumbarumba; and…
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THE Progress Committee met at the Beehive-Hotel on Friday evening last. All who took an interest in the doings of the committee had been invited, and there was also a large gathering…
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Some time ago we pointed out the fatuity shown by the authorities in diverting the road at Upper Temora from its proper course at the instance…
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The opening of the railway to Hay was celebrated to-day in the presence of about 3000 persons, including about 2000 visitors. Great enthusiasm was shown. The Governor,…
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BY invitation of the Commissioner for Railways, and a similar compliment accorded us by the Demonstration Committee of Hay, we have had every…
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THE special train which left Wagga Wagga at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning took with it about sixty of our local residents to witness the opening of the railway to Hay, There was nothing…
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THE following correspondence between the Wagga Wagga Bridge Company and the Department of Public Works has taken place relative to the sale of the bridge:—…
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THE lock-spitting marking out the course of the railway from Cootamundra to Gundagai takes the following course:—Starting from tho crossing near "Iveira" cottage (Mr. C…
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A LARGE deputation of wool and other merchants waited on the Minister of Railways, to-day, to urge the necessity of a reduction in the rates for the carriage of wool from Itlverina to Williamstown. Mr. F…
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