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Railways, roads & transport, 1872

293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 15

Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 3 August 1872 · page 10

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The Railway We Most Require. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1872 · page 3

SIR,—The railway we most require is one from Sydney to Newcastle. This would connect the great mining districts of the North with our city, ensure a regular supply of coals at all times, and open up a large tract of valuable land now…

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Law. Supreme Court.—monday, August 5. Special Sitting in Banco. Before Sir Alfred Stephen, C. J., Mr. Justce HARGRAVE, and Mr. Justice Cheeke. the Wagga Wagga Bridge Company v. Holloway— Judgment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1872 · page 7

This had been an action in which there were demurrers to the defendant's pleas. The plaintiffs had [?]almed for a disturbance of their alleged exelusive right of ferry across the river Murrumbidgee by menas of their bridge. The…

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Monday, August 5. the Wagga Wagga Bridge Co. V. Holloway.— Demurrer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 August 1872 · page 2

The subjoined is the judgment of the fall Court, as delivered in this case, on Monday last:— Sir ALFRED STEPHEN, C J., said:— This is an notion against the defendent for a disturbance…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 10 August 1872 · page 10

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Parliamentary Paper. Subordinate Roads Under Trustees. Classification and Proposed Distribution for 1872. Sydney of Metropolitan Roads

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1872 · page 2

Road from Sydney to Botany Bay (Mu[?]bank Road), 4 miles, £100 Road from Mu[?]bank Road to Botany Bay (Gardener's Road), 2 miles, £[?]0 Road from Mudbank Road, at Williamson's, via Frankville, to…

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Law and Police. Supreme Court. Special Sitting in Banco. Before Sir Alfred Stephen, C. J., Mr. Justice HARGRAVE, and Mr. Justice Cheeke. the Wagga Wagga Bridge Company V. Holloway— Judgment

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1872 · page 182

This had been an action in which there were demurrers to the defendant's pless. The plaintiffs had claimed for a disturbance of their alleged exclusive right of ferry across the river Murrumbidgee by means of their bridge. The…

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 10 August 1872 · page 10

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Rule of the Road at Sea. (From the Review, June 1)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 August 1872 · page 3

THE subject of collision at sea has recently received an amount of attention that indicates an increasing interest in marine disaster, the magnitude of which has been (we think most erroneously) attributed to…

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Railway Extension: Yass and the Upper Murrumbidgee. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 2

SIR,—On Friday, viz., the last oppotiunty this session, Mr. William De Salis was about to ask in his place, according to notice, whether Government were aware of the [?] merits of the line which had b[?]en recommended…

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A Wooden Bridge

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 197

COUNTRY bridges are always useful, but rarely ornamental. Designed for strength, appearance is sacrificed to utility. It is often the case, however, that the ornamental may be combined with the useful with advantage. In…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 10

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 10

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Roads at Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1872 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. D. Single, M.L.A., Mr. James Riley (Mayor of Penrith), and Alderman Stewart, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday. Their object was to call the Minister's attention to the fact…

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Bridge Over the Bell River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1872 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. S. Smith, M.L.A., Mr. R. T. B. Gaden, and Mr. Joseph Aarons, waited upon the Minister for Works, yesterday, to impress upon the Government tho necessity of having a sum of money placed…

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The Alleged Garotting Case on the Pyrmont Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1872 · page 5

THE following contradiction has been handed to us for publication:— "Detective Office, Sydney, 21st of August, 1872. "Detectives Camphin and Lyons report for the…

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Whitechapel Road on a Saturday Night. (From the Graphic.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1872 · page 3

BUT few of the well-to-do who live in London know how the poorest section of the poorer classes travel through life—that enormous number of unskilled labourers who were left out of Mr. Scott Russell's…

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Roads at Penrith

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 239

A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. D. Single, M.L.A., Mr. James Riley (Mayor of Penrith), and Alderman Stewart, waited upon the Minister for Worn en Wednesday. Their object was to call the Minister's attention to the fact…

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Train at His Best

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 3

General Grant's friends are making huge efforts to procure his reelection to the Presidential chair, and Mr. Horace Greeley, proprietor and editor of the Now York Tribune…

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Bridge Over the Bell River

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 239

A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. S. Smith, M.L.A., Mr. R. T. B. Gaden, and Mr. Joseph Aarons, waited upon the Minister for Works on the 21st, to impress upon the Government the necessity of having a sum of money placed…

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