The Road-hill Murder
Constance Emilie Kent was indicted at Salisbury Assizes, on June 29, 1860. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Lopes appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Edlin, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1865
189 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 10
The Pitt-street Tramway
IF the Pitt-street Tramway had been devised and patented as an invention for either capsizing vehicles or wrenching off their wheels, it might justly lay claim to the title of being…
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The subject of railway extension does not afford much material for remark this month. The contracts upon the Southern, Western, and Northern lines are being proceeded with, and some of them are in a very…
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THE deputation who on the 9th instant waited on the Secretary for Works with reference to the recent changes in the railway time-table, had another interview with Mr. Arnold on the morning of the 15th. The…
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This morn a deputation, Who all to show belief In pure and lofty station, Chose me to be their chief--…
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LATE on Friday night the dead body of a man was found on the Parimmatta Rord, near Petersham, by the constable stationed in that neighbourhood. The corpse was taken to the dead-house of the Benevolent Asylum, at…
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Sir,—If the few following facts may be of any use to you in furtherance of the tram and car case you have in view, I should indeed be greatly obliged by your making use of them…
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Late on Friday night the 22nd inst, the dead body of a man was found on the Parramatta Road, near Petersham, by the constable stationed in that neighbourhood. The corpse was taken to the dead-house…
Continued on Trove, page 618 →Rockhampton. Turning the First Sod of the Great Northern Railway. (From the Rockhampton Bulletin, September 28.)
SHORTLY after the hour of noon yesterday, the first sod of the Great Northern Railway of Queensland was turned by his Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen. The preparations for the event, organised by the…
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SHORTLY after the hour of noon yesterday, the first sod of the Great Northern Railway of Queensland was turned by his Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen. The preparations for the event, organised by the…
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Sir,—I have observed lately a discussion in the public press concerning the Pitt-street tramway. As I am not a proprictor of land or houses in Pitt-street, and as by walking to the terminus instead of using the…
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The House of Lords has felt some difficulty in dealing with a bill sent up to it from the Commons for abolishing the existing restrictions upon the use of locomotives on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extension. (From the Pastroal Times, October 7.)
PURSVANT to notice a public meeting was held in the Court-house, Beliliquin, on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of adopting a petition to the Legislature, praying that the House would take into its favorable consideration…
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Pursuant to notice a publia meeting was held in the Court-house, Deniliquin, on Tuesday evening lost, for the purpose of adopting a petition to the Legislatore, praying that the House would take into favourable…
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THE people of Rockhampton have been holding high holiday on the occasion of the turning the first sod of the line of railway intended to run from that town to Westwood. The ceremony took place on the 27th idtimo on the piece of ground set…
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A CONTRACT has at length been taken for laying the permnnent way on the Great Western Extension, from the Nepean to Blackmail, a length of thirty-eiglit miles. Tenders were called for this work in May last, but the prices asked being considered…
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PURSUANT to notice a public meeting was held in the Court-house. Deniliquin, on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of adopting a petition to the Legislature, praying that the House would take into its favourable consideration…
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THE following paper was yesterday laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly:— 36, Cannon-street, London, 24th April, 1865…
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