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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1870

396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 20

Railway Time Table. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1870 · page 6

SIR,—The residents in the suburbs on the railway line, will share with me in the regret that the 10 p.m. train from Sydney is to be discontinued after the end of the present month. Should persons engaged…

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Railway Travelling. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 21 June 1870 · page 3

SIR,—In the paragraph notifying the proposed changes in the railway traffic, as published in the Empire of Friday last, it was stated that the Minister for Works was desirous to elicit public opinion on…

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Deputation to the Commissioner of Railways

Evening News · Wednesday 22 June 1870 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE SUBURBAN RAILWAY TRAINS.—A large and influential deputation, comprising his Worship the Mayor of Sydney (W. Renny, Esq.); M. C. Stephen, Esq., M.L.A.; R. Mill, M.L.A.; W. Church, M.L.A.;…

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Alteration of the Railway Time Table

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1870 · page 5

YESTERDAY a deputation from residents in the suburbs waited on the Hon. John Sutherland, the Commissioner for Railways, respecting certain alterations which it has been proposed to make in the running of the suburban…

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Railway Projects in Tasmania

Empire · Friday 24 June 1870 · page 4

IN this time of engineering and scientific projects, it was natural that some curiosity should be excited by an announcement which has several times appeared, to the effect that…

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Proposed Changes in the Railway Time Table

Empire · Friday 24 June 1870 · page 4

SOME of the gentlemen who do the suburbs of Sydney the honour to reside along the line of railway, made a formidable onslaught upon the Commissioner for Railways yesterday,…

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The Railways. Alterations in the Time Table and Traffic Rates

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 June 1870 · page 5

We understand that the revised time table and traffic rates will be published in a few days, and the alterations thewn in them will take effect on the 1st of July next. In these tables the Government will give effect to their…

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Government Railway Rates and Time—-Table

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1870 · page 6

WE understand that the revision of the goods rates; made by the Commissioner for Railways (the Hon. J Sutherland), has beon submitted to the Executive Council for approval and adoption by the…

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Wire Tramways. (From the Daily News, April 14

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 June 1870 · page 13

THERE is exhibiting on the Brighton Downs at the present time a wire tramway five miles in length, in perfect working order. It illustrates the immense advantages of this singularly cheap and effective…

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The Proposed Tasmanian Railway. (From the Hobart Town Mercury, June 21.)

Empire · Monday 27 June 1870 · page 4

THE probability of a main line railway again looms in the distance. Captain Audley Coote has opened up fresh negotiations with Government on this subject: and a formal proposal…

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Great Southern Railway Time Table, & c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1870 · page 5

A DEPSTATION from the citizens of Goulburn waitod upon the Minister for Works yesterday morning, respedting the recently proposed slterations in the railway time table and trafic sheet. The gentlemen who were present at the…

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Thomson's.Road Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 12

THOMSON'S road steamer is likely to become a carrying and working instrument of immense commercial importance. It is of moderate size, weighs from 6 to 10 tons, and may be constructed of any power. Those…

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Railway Extension to Rydal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 7

THE line to Rydal was opend for passenger and goods traffic yesterday. There were no festivities to give [?] to the event, but it will no doubt be very satisfactory to the Western public, who it might be imagined, well nigh…

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The Railways

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 5

RAILWAY TIME AND TRAFFIC —A deputation from the inhabitants of the town and district of Windsor—consisting of Mr. Piddington, M.L.A., Mr. Dight, M.L.A., Mr. W. Walker, and Mr. R. Dick—had an interview with…

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Deputation. Great Southern Railway Time-table &c

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 14

A DEPUTATION from the citizens of Goulburn waited upon the Minster for Works on Wednesday, respecting the recently proposed alternation in the railway time-table and traffic sheet. The gentlemen who were present at the…

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Railway Retrenchment

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 3

[?] a prudence and judgment much to be commended [?] Minister for Works has undertaken the difficult [?] of practically introducing retrrnchment into the [?] Department. To accomplish so desirable an…

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Proposed Railway to Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1870 · page 2

SOME seven or eight weeks ago the Municipal Council of Deniliquin, taking advantage of a visit by their Mayor (Mr. W. M'Kenzie) to Sydney, authorised him to wait upon the heads of different Government departments, and…

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Government Railways. New Goods Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1870 · page 8

All Goods and Merchandise, classed 1 to 4, will, on and after the 1st July next, be conveyed on the Government Railways at "Owner's Risk" and charged accordingly, unless otherwise directed in consignment note…

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Random Notes by a Wandering Reporter. the Rail and the Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1870 · page 5

IT was a fine morning in June, the wind was blowing freshly from the West, and although the sun was shining brightly, suspicious-looking clouds were sailing swiftly overhead, giving…

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