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Railways, roads & transport, 1870

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Victorian Railways. Preliminary Notice. to Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1870 · page 2

The Government of Victoria proposes to call for TENDERS for the various works of the FIRST 60 MILES, or thereabouts, of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (181 miles long) in the first week of…

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Victorian Railways. Preliminary Notice. to Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1870 · page 8

The Government of Victoria proposes to call for TENDERS for the various works of the FIRST 60 MILES, or thereabouts, of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (181 miles long) in the first week of…

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Government Notices. Victorian Railways. Preliminary Notice. to Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1870 · page 8

The Government of Victoria proposes to call for TENDERS for the various works of the FIRST 60 MILES, or thereabouts, of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (181 miles long) in the first week of…

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New Blackfriars Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 January 1870 · page 9

ON the 6th November, 1869, Her Majesty the Queen opened the new Blackfriars Bridge, amid the loyal demonstrations of an immense concourse of her people. The ongraving of this new structure, which is here given,…

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Voctorian Railways. Preliminary Notice. to Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1870 · page 2

The Government of Victoria proposes to call for TENDERS for the various works of the FIRST 60 MILES, or thereabouts, of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (181 miles long) in the first week of…

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Proposed Railway in New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1870 · page 2

The Provincial Government of Otago invite TENDERS for the Construction of the Southern Trunk Railway from Dunedin to Balclutha, to be opened on the 1st March, 1870…

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On the Tramp

Sydney Punch · Saturday 15 January 1870 · page 2

O, come to the West, love.--Fenian Melody. Poor Old Geff!--African Hymn. OF all places in the world, why was the Western Goldfields selected as an asylum for our humiliated statesman Geoffrey? One would…

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Victorian Railways. Preliminary Notice. to Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1870 · page 8

The Government of Victoria proposes to [?]all for TENDERS for the various works of the FIRST 60 MILES, or thereabouts, of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (181 miles long) in the first week of…

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Government Notices Victorian Railways. Preliminary Notice. to Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1870 · page 2

The Government of Victoria proposes to call for TENDERS for the various works of the FIRST 60 MILES, or thereabouts, of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (181 miles long) in the first week of…

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California. Terrible Railway Accident-fifteen Persons Killed. (From the Bulletin, November 20.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1870 · page 3

AT about half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning information was received in this city by telegraph, and soon after by one of the ferry boats, that a frightful catastrophe had occurred in Alameda county, on the…

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New Blackfriars Bridge

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1870 · page 4
Also in Empire

On the 6th November, 1869, Her Majesty the Queen opened the new Blackfriars Bridge, amid the loyal demonstrations of an immense concourse of her people. The engraving of this new structure, which is here given,…

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Dreadful Railway Collision in America

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 January 1870 · page 10

The Alameda Valley Railroad has been in Operation for several years, but recently came under the management of the Western Pacific Railroad Company. When the track…

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California. Terrible Railway Accident—fifteen Persons Killed

Sydney Mail · Saturday 22 January 1870 · page 7

AT about half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning information was received in this city by telegraph, and soon after by one of the ferry boats, that a frightful catastrophe had occurred in Alameda county, on the…

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Government Notices Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Anniversary Day, 26th January, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1870 · page 8

On the above date Excursion Tickets at single fare for the double journey will be issued at and to all Stations available for day of issue only for distances UNDER 50 miles, and above that distance for three days, including the…

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Coroner's Court, This Day The Mysterious Case, of the Young Woman Found Drowned Near Pyrmont Bridge. Adjourned Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 25 January 1870 · page 3

The inquest upon the body of the young woman, Margaret Boyce, who was found floating iu the water near Pyrmont Bridge, on the morning of Wednesday last was this morning resumed before the City Coroner…

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Coroner's Inquest. The Mysterious Case, of the Young Woman Found Drowned Near Pyrmont Bridge. Adjourned Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 2

At the time of our going to press yesterday thin case had not concluded. We now give the remainder of the evidence. Phoe[?] Steel, recalled, and examined by…

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Proposed Railway in New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 6

The Provincial Government of Otago invite TENDERS for the Construction of the Southern Trunk Railway from Dunedin to Balclutha, to be opened on the lst March, 1870…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Anniversary Day, 26th January, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 6

On the above date Excursion Tickets at single fare for the double journey will be issued at and to all Stations nvailuble for day of ieeue only for distances UNDER 59 miles, and above that distance for three days, including the…

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Carriage of Coal on the Western Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1870 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. M'Kenzie, T. Wilton, and R. Anderson, accompanied by Mr. J. H. Neale, M.L.A., waited on the Hon. J. Sutherland, Minister for Works, for the purpose of…

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