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Railways, roads & transport, 1872

293 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 15

The Bridge (of my nose)

Sydney Punch · Thursday 2 May 1872 · page 4

I FELL On my nose at midnight, As the clerks were strutting their hour, And the ground rolled in the city And tossed with awful pow'r…

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The Road to Fortune!

Sydney Punch · Thursday 2 May 1872 · page 3

IT is perfectly useless to conceal the joyful fact any longer--the "poor man" no longer needs…

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Railway Time Tables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1872 · page 9

Platforms only The trains do not stop at these unless required. Notice should be given to the guard at the previous stopping station. N.B.—On Saturdays, cheap fares, at one penny per mile second…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 10

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 4 May 1872 · page 10

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Legislative Assembly. Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4 o'clock. the Earl of Belmore and the Railway Department

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1872 · page 2

Mr. TUNKS asked the Minister in charge of the Public Works Departmeut,—" Is it true that the late Governor, the Earl of Belmore, suite, and party, always travelled free of charge on the public railways?"…

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Balclutha Bridge

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 3

THIS month we present our readers with a view of Balclutha, one of the many very promising townships of our young sister colony, situated within a horse-shoe bend of the…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 10

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Portsea, Sorrento, and London Bridge Rocks

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 4

Port Phillip can now boast of at least eight or nine attractive watering places. Not more than six years ago we gave illustrations of the only two that could lay claim to the…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 2

FIVE inquests were held on March 12, respecting deaths resulting from accidents on railways. One was held at Brighton on the body of George Tonge, a fitter in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway…

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A Trans-continental Railway

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 8

THE so-called "Crown lands" are the rightful inheritance of us all, the great incentive to colonisation, and the source and storehouse of the riches of every young…

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The Railway Department. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 9

SIR,—I consider that Mr. James Byrnes's retention of office as Minister for Works, is a public misfortune, for the reason that though virtually irresponsible he has not the good sense and…

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 10

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The New Goods Shed, Victorian Railways, Melbourne

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 11 May 1872 · page 3

FOR some time past it has been found that the accommodation for the goods traffic at the Spencer-street Station of the Victorian Railways has been exceedingly deficient, and…

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Railway Time Tables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1872 · page 9

Platforms only The trains do not stop at these unless required. Notice should be given to the guard at the previous stopping station. N. B.—On Saturdays, cheap fares, at one penny per mile sccond…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Empire · Monday 13 May 1872 · page 3

FIVE inquests were held on March 12, respecting deaths rraulting from accidents on railways. One was held al Brighton on tim body of Goorgo Tonge a fitter in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway…

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Coaching Information. Western Road

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 10

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Railways. Opening of the Western Line to Dirty Swamp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 6

A LENGTH of nineteen miles beyond Rydal was opened on the 22nd April, for passenger traffic. This carries the line across Messrs. Blunt and Williams's contract. It is not unlikely that the whole length into Kelso will be opened in…

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Railway Fares

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 10

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Fatal Railway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 23

Five inquests were held on March 12, respecting deaths resulting from accidents on railways. One was held at Brighton on the body of George, Tonge, a fitter in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway…

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