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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1870

396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 20

A Railway Suicide

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1870 · page 3

Mr. PARSON, the deputy-coroner for the Western. Division of Surrey, held on inquest on Wednesday evening at the Victoria Inn, Shalford, near Guildford, on the body of Edward Elsley, employed on…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1870 · page 8

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 April…

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Railway Mismanagement. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1870 · page 3

SIR,—No doubt your correspondent in your issue of the 23rd instant thinks " the head of the railway department showed business tact and wisdom in framing the existing scale of charges as regards conveyance of wheat and flour,"…

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Railway Extension. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1870 · page 3

SIR,—About two years I wrote to you on this subject, and I must now trouble you again. At the time of my last letter the Martin-Parkes Ministry brought forward a scheme of railway extension which the House refused to adopt. I…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 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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Government Notices Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agrigultural Exhibition, Goulburn. Postponed to 31St March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 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. Postponed to 31St March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1870 · page 8

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 April…

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

Empire · Tuesday 29 March 1870 · page 4

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

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A Railway Suicide

Empire · Tuesday 29 March 1870 · page 4

Mr. Parson, the deputy-coroner for the Western Division of Surrey, held an inquest on Wednesday evening at the Victoria Inn, Shalford, near Guildford, on the body of Edward Elsloy, employed on…

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Our Roads. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 30 March 1870 · page 2

SIR,—We want our roads mended. Can you tell us who ought to see that the work required is done? The main Western-road, from the junction of the Richmond-road to the post-office, Penrith, has been, since…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 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, Postponed to 31St March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1870 · page 8

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 April…

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Government Notices Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Agricultural Exhibition, Goulburn. Postponed to 31sr MARCH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1870 · page 8

Live Stock and Implements to and from the show will be conveyed by the erdinnry trains, [?] under:— To the show, if not for sale, FREE From the fhow, if unsold, FREE…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1870 · page 8

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

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Railway Management. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1870 · page 5

SIR.—In your issues of 15th and 17th you have published letters signed "Injured Countryman," and " One in the Secret," comploining of the injustice in charging an increased rate of ourringe on flour and offal, and in your issue…

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The Western Road. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1870 · page 5

SIR,—will you allow me, through the medium of your Jeurnal, to call the attention of the Superintendent of Roads, or whoever it may concern, to the disgraceful state of the Western Road from the post-offce in High-steet,…

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Railway Management. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1870 · page 5

SIR,—As a deal of controversy is going on relative to the charges of wheat and flour per rail, by your kind permission I would like to say a few words, which may be the means of placing the thing in a proper light…

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Train on a New Line

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 4

The other day Mr. G. F. Train appeared at Tammany-hall, New York, as a preacher. The fact had been advertised in the following manner…

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The Enmore Road. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 8

SIR,—Will you kindly permit me to draw the attention of the powers that be to the abominable and dangerous state of the E[?]more Road, near the omnibus stand? Upon two occasions lately, very narrow escapes from accident have…

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Railway Extension

Sydney Mail · Saturday 2 April 1870 · page 7

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 made of facilitating inland traffic, and upon the subject…

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