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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1870

396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 20

Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agricultural Exhibition, Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1870 · page 6

Excursion Tickets at single fare for the double journey will be issued at all Stations for Goulburn on 22nd, 23rd, and 21th instant, available for return on any day on or before the 26th instant…

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Floods. Continued Rise of the Hunter. Hundreds of Settlers Driven From Their Homes. Interruption of the Railway Traffic. Immense Destruction of Crops. (From Our Special Reporter.) Morpeth, Friday evening, March 18

Empire · Monday 21 March 1870 · page 3

My worst anticipations have been realized, for we are now in the midst of one of the highest and most destructive floods that ever devastated the valley of the Hunter. The flood last week was bad enough,…

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Road Mismanagement. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 6

SIR,—Allow me, through the columns of your paper, to draw attention to the disgraceful state of part of Bourkestreet, Surry Hills,—the southern portion of the road near Cleveland-street (within the city boundary) being quite…

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Floods in the Hunter. Continued Second Rise in the River. Stoppage of the Railway Traffic. High-street Flooded

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 2

West Maitland, Saturday afternoon, March 19. After the despatch of my last communication, dated at Morpeth, I made the best of my way to Maitland, but the task of getting there was by no…

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Railway Charges. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 2

SIR,—Two correspondents have attacked me in your issue of Friday last. One, under the signature of "Impartial," endeavours to show that I had unreasonably criticised a calculation showing that the cost and loss of driving each…

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Government Notices Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agricultural Exhibition, Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 8

Live Stock and Implements to and from the Show will be conveyed by the ordinary trains, as under:— To the show, if not for sale, FREE From the show, if unsold, FREE…

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Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agricultural Exhibition, Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 8

Excursion Tickets at single fare for the double journey will be issued at all Stations for Goulburn on 22nd, 23rd, and 24 th instant, available for return on any day on or before the 26th instant…

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The Floods in the Hunter. Continued Second Rise in the River. Stoppage of the Railway Traffic. High-street Flooded. [From Our Special Reporter.]

Empire · Tuesday 22 March 1870 · page 3

West Maitland, Saturday afternoon, March 19. After the despatch of my last communication, dated at Morpeth, I made the best of my way to Maitland, but the task of getting there was by no…

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Railway Management. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1870 · page 5

SIR,—In your issues of 15th and 17th instant there appear two letters under the head of " Railway Mismanagement," one signed " Injured Countryman," the other " One in the Secret;" both impugning the wisdom of the…

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Legislative Assembly. Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past 3 o'clock. Road: Ashfield to Canterbury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1870 · page 2

Mr. M.C. STEPHEN asked the Secretary for Lands,— "1. Whether he is aware that the road between Ashfield and Canterbury, heretofore used by the public on sufferance through private property, is no longer available p 2. And…

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Coroner's Inquest. the City Coroner resumed the inquiry on the body of Mr. John Evans, yesterday morning, at the Union Hotel, South Head Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1870 · page 6

Julia Evans resided at 312, Palmer-street; the house that had been occupied by her father; she sat up with him the whole of last Monday night with her sister Mary, and followed him down stairs immediately on Tuesday morning;…

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Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 6

COMMANDER Onslow, by a question which he put to the Secretary for Lands in the Legislative Assembly on the 4th instant, brought under notice the subject of timber reserves for railway purposes. In the…

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Public Works, Railways, &c. Public Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 6

IN the Legislative Assembly, on the 22nd instant, Mr. Cowper resumed the adjourned debate on Mr. Neale's motion directing the Government to catry out the recommendations of the report of the Water…

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Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agricultural Exhibition, Goulburn. Postponed to 31St March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 16

Live Stock and Implements to and from the Show will be conveyed by the ordinary trains, as under:— To the show, if not for sale, FREE From the show, if unsold, FREE…

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Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agricultural Exhibition, Goulburn. Postponed to 31St March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 16

Excursion Tickets at single fare for the double journey will be issued at all Stations for Goulburn on 30th and 31st instant, available for return on any day up to and including 2nd A[?]…

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Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co.'s New Railway Carriage Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 7

THE large building just erected by the Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co., as a workshop for the exclusive manufacture of railway-rolling stock, has its principal frontage in Barker street, immediately opposite the extensive promises…

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Railway Produce Depot. [Ellis and Co.]

Empire · Friday 25 March 1870 · page 4

The following prices were on Thursday obtained at the Railway auction produce depot for farm produce:— Fine flour L13 per ton, seconds L11 per ton; bran 10d to 1s per bushel; milch cows 13 7s 6d to L8 each;…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, 25Th March. Railway Extension

Evening News · Saturday 26 March 1870 · page 2

Mr. MACLEAY brought up the report of the Select Committee on Railway Extension, which was ordered to be printed. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL…

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Railway Extension. Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1870 · page 8

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly appointed on 2nd February 1870, with power to send for persons and papers, to inquire into and report upon the best mode of facilitating inland traffic, and upon the subject…

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Dreadful Accident on a Scotch Railway. Aberdeen, December 28th

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1870 · page 3

A dreadful accident occurred this morning on the Great North of Scotland Railway, near Hunt ley, some forty miles from Aberdeen. The storm of the past week rendered it necessary to keep portions of…

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