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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1864

215 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 11

RAILWAYS. [The following papers were written expressly for the Herald's Summary for England.]

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 November 1864 · page 6

THE Government have accepted the tender of Messrs, Cain and Bloomfield for Contract No. 7 on the Great Southern extension. This line will be twenty-six miles twenty-seven chains in length, and will carry…

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A Great Engineering Feat in Connection with Railways. (From a Correspondent of the Times) Santos, Brazil, July 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1864 · page 5

CALLED by my duties the other day to this small but active seaport, I was fortunate in having the opportunity of seeing the first experiments in Mr. Brunlees' daring scneme to lift a railway over the great Serra do Mar, which at this part of Brazil separates…

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Opening of the Windsor and Richmond Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1864 · page 5

THE branch railway from Blacktown—on the Great Western line—to Windsor and Richmond, was officially opened yesterday, is a preliminary to the opening of the line for public traffic, which will take place to-morrow, the…

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Windsor and Richmond Line of Railway

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1864 · page 4

RICHMOND and Windsor have had their hours of triumph, and their ordinarily uncrowded thoroughfares have been filled for a clay with the notabilities of the metropolis…

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The Opening of the Windsor and Richmond Railway

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 December 1864 · page 3

THE branch railway from Blacktown—on the Great Western line—to Windsor and Richmond, was officially opened on the 29th ultimo, as a preliminary to the opening of the line for public traffic, in order that the gratifying…

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The Murder on the North London Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1864 · page 4

ON Monday morning, September 26, shortly after eight o'clock, Mr. Humphreys resumed the adjourned inquest upon the body of the unfortunate Mr. Briggs, at the Town Hall, Hackney. The proceedings were begun thus early in…

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The Murder on the North London Railway

Sydney Mail · Saturday 17 December 1864 · page 5

ON Monday morning, September 26, shortly after eight o'clock, Mr. Humphreys resumed the adjourned inquest upon the body of the unfortunate Mr. Briggs, at the Town Hall, Hackney. The proceedings were begun thus early in…

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The American War. (From the Bridge Co[?].)

Empire · Monday 19 December 1864 · page 3

We have received what may almost be termed an amusing account of the progress of the American war which appeared in the weekly edition of the Se[?]ramento Union [?]o to September 24. It contains a large amount of news…

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The Pneumatic Railway At[?] (From the Times, August 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 December 1864 · page 10

ON Saturday the Cryatal Pala[?] grounds were the acene of a novel and very interesting experiment. A series of trial trips on the model Pneumatic Railway, recently constructed there, under the superintendence…

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Opening of the Windsor and Richmond Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 8

THE branch railway from Blacktown—on the Great Western line—to Windsor and Richmond, was officially opened on the 29th November, as a preliminary to tho opening of the line for public traffic which took place…

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Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 8

THE opening of the branch railway from Blacktown to Windsor and Richmond, which was duly celebrated in both of those towns, on the 29th ultimo, was an event of much importance, not only on account of the…

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Wholesale Sticking-up on the Goulburn Road. (From the [?]burn Herald of Wednesday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1864 · page 3

ON Monday [?] Ben [?]ll, Gi[?]ert, and D[?] [?] a series of [?] between Goulburn and Shelley's F[?], thirteen miles from this city. It [?], from their [?] to one of the parties…

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Bushranging. Wholesale Sticking-up on the Goulburn Road

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 12

ON monday last Ben Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn committed a series of robberies between Goulburn and Shelley's Flats, thirteen miles from this city. It seems, from their acknowledgment to one of the parties…

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Railways

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 11

THE opening of the branch railway from Blacktown to Windsor and Richmond, which was duly celebrated in both of those towns, on the 29th ultimo, was an event of much importance, not only on account of the…

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New South Wales. Government Railways. Department of public works. Sydney, 29th August, 1864. BY-LAWS

Empire · Wednesday 28 December 1864 · page 6

HisExcellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased, in parsnance of the Act of Parliament 22 Victoria No.19 to approve of the undermentioned By-Iaws, made by the Commissioner for Railways…

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