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Railways, roads & transport, 1873

528 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 27

Railway to Yass

Evening News · Wednesday 12 March 1873 · page 2
Also in Empire

A DEPUTATION of gentlemen from Yass waited upon the Colonial Secretary, at his office, yesterday morning, to bring under the notice of the Government the ill effects that would accure to the township of Yass if the…

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Extension of the Railway to Yass. Deputation to the Government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1873 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A.,; Mr. Teece, M.L.A.; Mr. Watson, M.L.A.; Mr. Hurley, M.L.A. (Narrellan); Dr. Campbell, Mr. Laidlaw, Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Pearson, Mr. Colls, Mr…

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Dinner to Sir W. F. Stawell. Rumoured Dissension in the Victorian Cabinet. the Gulgong Escort. the Governor's Visit to Hill End and Krohmann's Shaft Encouraging News From the New Rushes. the Sydney Crew in Victoria. Latest Turf Items. the North-eastern Railway. the Stawell Strike. Hill End. Wednesday, 8.10 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1873 · page 2

His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson was received here with the utmost enthusiasm, and the arrangements for his reception were satisfactorily carried out…

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The Windsor Railway Case

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 8

The papers, the production of which was ordered by Parliament, on the motion of Mr. Driver, relative to the dismissal of the late Railway porter, Dugdale, at…

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The Proposed Railway to Grafton. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1873 · page 5

SIR,—On reading the debate on the vote for £100,000 for the proposed railway from Grafton to New-England, I find the members who voted against the item, and who usually support the present Government, are chiefly from the…

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Tasmanian Railways. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 5

The Caranges, with railway plant and 310 labourers, has sailed for Tasmania…

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Waiou Bridge

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Wednesday 19 March 1873 · page 20

The Waiou River, one of the streams in the Province of Nelson, is famous for the many picturesque nooks and crannies which abound throughout its course. Our…

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Hurunui Bridge

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Wednesday 19 March 1873 · page 20

The Hurunui River, which forms the boundary between the provinces of Canterbury and Nelson, is occasionally subject to veiy large and destructive floods. The…

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Bathurst Carrying Association. Forbes Races. Apprehension of Gardiner. Mr. Duffy and His Knighthood. Latest From Port Darwin. Victorian Railways. Middleton's Sentence. Attack on Europeans at Melville Island. Latest Commercial, Mining, &c., &c. &c. GRENFELL. Tuesday, 7. p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1873 · page 2

Mr. Dain's funeral took place at 5 o'clock to-day. The ceremony was a very imposing one, and 500 persons were in attendance…

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Scene on the Sandridge Railway Pier

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Wednesday 19 March 1873 · page 20

Any one with a few hours leisure at his disposal who will take a stroll to Sandridge Pier on a fine summers day will see much to interest and amuse him, that is always…

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The Military Field Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 360

SOME interesting experiments were lately made at the South Camp, Aldershott, to test the recently-constructed narrowgauge railway which has been laid down between the field-stores depot and the barrack-stores. Many scientific and…

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Tasmanian Railways. London, March 15

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 369

The Caranges, with railway plant and 310 labourers, has sailed for Tasmania…

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Telegrams This Day the Pipeclay and Blackman's Rushes Casualties at Sea. the Intercolonial Boat Race. Proposed Brokers' Bill. Railway Survey. the Press and the New Zea Laud Delegates to Sydney. Fatal Accident at Bulli.the Ballarat Bishopric Latest Mining and Commercial &C., &., &C. Gulgong. Saturday, 3.26 p.m

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 2

The exodus to the now rushes at Pipeclay and Blackman's still continue. At the former place a township will be marked out on Monday…

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Locomotives for Steep Railway Gradients. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1873 · page 6

SIR,—I recently attention to a plan for enabling locomotives to ascend and descend with safety steep railway gradients, but finding little or no attention paid to its importance, I had a model made to demonstrate its simplicity;…

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The New Railway Goods Sheets

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 2

THE sew railway time-table and rate sheet has been published. In the latter there are several important alterations in the classification of goods and redactions in the charges for conveying them. The first alteration…

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New Railway Goods Sheets

Empire · Monday 31 March 1873 · page 3

THE new railway time-table and rate shret has been published In the latter there are several important alterations in the classification of goods and redsctious in the charges for conveying them. The first alteration…

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Government Loan for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 5

THE following is the principal clause of the bill to enable the Government to raise a loan for railways, introduced by the Colonial Treasurer into the Legislative Assembly yesterday:—"It shall be lawful for the Governor, with the…

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New Railway Goods Rates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 April 1873 · page 9

THE new railway time-table and rate sheet has been published. In the latter there are several important alterations in the classification of goods and reductions in the charges for conveying them. The first alteration…

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The Euphrates Railway. London, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1873 · page 5

The House of Commons rejected a motion in favour of the Euphrates Valley Railway…

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