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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1871

352 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 18

Accident on the Hobson's Bay Railway. (From the Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1871 · page 5

A VERY serious accident happened on Tuesday night (12th), about a quarter-past 10 o'clock on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway. From what can be gathered it seems that the 10 o'clock train from Windsor was waiting at the usual…

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The Collision on the Melbourne Railway

Evening News · Wednesday 20 September 1871 · page 2
Also in Empire

A VERY serious accident happened on Tuesday night (12th), about a quarter-past 10 o'clook on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway. From what can be gathered it seems that the 10 o'clock train from…

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Accident on the Hobson's Bay Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1871 · page 952

A VERY serious accident happened on Tuesday night (12th), about s quarter-past 10 o'clock on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway. From what can be gathered it seems that the 10 o'clock train from Windsor was waiting at the usual…

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A Railway League

Sydney Punch · Saturday 23 September 1871 · page 4

Up at Goulburn, one night, a large meeting was held, Mr. Butler was placed in the chair; They determined to form a great Railway League, then, They considered the rates were not fair…

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Country Roads and Bridges

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 7

Tavellers over the waggon roads of our western States will agree with me that the way the road tax is usually expended, discloses a great lack of judgment on the part of the supervisors thereof…

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Road v. Rail

Sydney Punch · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 2

ROAD v. RAIL.--The Upper Hunter Courier observes: "The present high charges on the railway enables carriers to deliver wool on board the steamer cheaper than it could be done if their loads were transhipped at the first railway station. One hundred miles can be traversed by road at less expense than by rail."…

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Department of Railways, Secretary's Office, Spencer-street, Melbourne, 30th September, 1871. North-eastern Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 October 1871 · page 6

TENDERS will be received till the 15th November, 1871, for the works required for the construction of about sixty-five miles of the North-Eastern Railway, extending from Benalla to Wodonga…

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Heavy Damages Against a Railway Company

Evening News · Thursday 5 October 1871 · page 3

AT the Manchester assizes, on July 31, before Chief Baron Kelly, the executrix of the late Mr. James Campbell Rowley, sojioitor, Manchester, sued the London and North-Western Company for damages,…

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New Railway Station at Redeern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 October 1871 · page 5

TENDERS have been called for the erection of the new Railway Station at Redfern. The proposed building will be ereticd on the site of the present station, a portion of which will have to be talen down to make room for the…

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The Narrow Guage Railway System

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 4

Seems likely to have a chance of being carried into practical operation in South Australia. A bill has lately passed through committee in the Parliament of that colony, authorising the construction of a…

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Railways, a Commercial, Success. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 October 1871 · page 2

SIR,—Through your courtesy, I beg most respectfully to offer, for the consideration of the railway autherities, and to bring before the public, a few memoranda of the evidence of eminent men, before the Royal…

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Heavy Damages Against a Railway Company

Empire · Tuesday 10 October 1871 · page 3

AT the Manchester [?], on July 31, before Chi[?] Baron Kelly, the executrix of the late Mr. Jame[?] Campbell Rowley, solicitor, Manchester, sued the London and North-Western Company for damages,…

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Department of Railways, Secretary's Office, Spencer-street, Melbourne, 30th September, 1871. North-eastern Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 October 1871 · page 2

TENDERS will be received till the 15th 'November, 1871, for the works required for the construction of about sixty-five miles of the North-Eastern Railway, extending from Benalla to Wodonga…

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The Railway Station at Redfern

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1871 · page 1043

Tenders have been called for the erection of the new Railway Station at Redfern. The proposed building will be erected on the site of the present station, a portion of which will have to be taken down to make room for the…

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Mudgee Road Railway Station. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 October 1871 · page 2

SIR,—Having lately visited the Mudgee Road Railway-station, I must confess that what I saw there considerably astonished me, although pretty well used to the freaks of our sapient railway authorities. It is this, the yard is open…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 6th October, 1871. Government Railways. Notice to Contractors and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 October 1871 · page 8

NOTICE is hereby given that, if all OLD MATERIAL of plant or rolling stock now deposited on the several lines of railway be not removed within three (3) months from this date it will BE SOLD at the expiration of that time…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 6th October, 1871. Government Railways. Notice to Contractors and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 October 1871 · page 8

NOTICE is hereby given that, if all OLD MATERIAL of plant or rolling stock now deposited on the several lines of railway be not removed within three (3) months from this date it will BE SOLD at the expiration of that time…

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Department of Railways, Secretary's Office, Spenecr-street, Melbourne, 30th September, 1871. North-eastern Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1871 · page 6

TENDERS will be received till the 15th November, 1871, for the works required for the construction of about sixty-five miles of the North-Eastern Railway, extending frem Benalla to Wodonga…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 6th October, 1871. Government Railways. Notice to Contractors and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1871 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that, if all OLD MATERIAL of plant or rolling stock now deposited on the several lines of railway be not removed within three (3) months from this date it will BE SOLD at the expiration of that time…

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