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Railways, roads & transport, 1872

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 24 February 1872 · page 11

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 24 February 1872 · page 11

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Railways and Public Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1872 · page 6

THE permanent way on No. 7 Contract has been laid to 111 miles 5 chains; but the progress in the works has slow. All the brickwork, with the exception of two open drains, is finished; and the carpenters have commenced the…

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Captain Onslow and the Railway Labourees To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Tuesday 27 February 1872 · page 2

SIR,—Will you kindly allow a small space in your columns to correct a very serious statement whick Captain Onslow is reported to have made at the nomination for the electorate of Camden…

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Captain Onslow and the Railway Labourers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 February 1872 · page 3

SIR,—Will you kindly allow a small space in your columna to correct a serious misstatement which Captain Onslow is reportod in your issue of Friday, 23rd instant, to have made at the nomination for the electorate of Camden…

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Wooden Railways

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1872 · page 3

THE following are replies received to a series of questions in regard to the cost, mode of [?], duration, &c, of wooden railways in Canada:— 'Quebec, Canada, 20th October, 1871…

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Captain Onslow and Railway Labourers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1872 · page 5

SIR,—A correspondent under the signatura of "Truth," in your issue of Tuesday, takes exception to certain statements made by Captain Onslow in his nomination speech relative to the high rates of wages paid to labourers on the…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 2 March 1872 · page 167

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The Death of George Hudson, the Railway King

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1872 · page 11

The Daily News (Dec. 18), in commenting on the death of this gentleman, says:—tittle more than twenty years ago Mr. Hudson was one of the most conspicuous figures in London society…

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 2 March 1872 · page 167

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Wooden Railways

Empire · Monday 4 March 1872 · page 3

THE following are replies received to a series of questions in regard to the cost, mode of construction, duration, &c., of wooden railways in Canada— 'Quebec, Canada, 20th October, 1871…

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Cowra Bridge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 16

THIS bridge, as being the largest timber bridge in Australia, and the only one in these colonies constructed on a very favourite American, principle, merits, we think, a fuller description than has…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 11

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The Hon. Bowie Wilson on the Tramp

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 7

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 11

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Railway Men's Wages. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1872 · page 2

SIR,—As the attention of the public has now been drawn to the subject of the railway men's wages, by "Truth" and "Justitia," the latter vindicating the gallant member for Camden's statements made at the…

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Coaching Information Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 11

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 11

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Bridge Over the Goulburn River, Seymour

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 19 March 1872 · page 14

IN the fifty-six and a half mile of the N. E. Railway, under contract to Messrs. O'Grady, Leggatt, and Noonan, there occur thirty-six bridges. The one which we illustrate is…

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The Late Fatal Fight on the Kissing Point Road: Inquest. (From Our Parramatta Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1872 · page 2

AN inquest was held yesterday, at the Parramatta District Hospital, before Dr. Walter Brown, coroner for the district, on view of the body of Michael Clark, alias Turpin, then and there lying dead. The prisoners were present. Mr…

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