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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1874

411 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 21

The Redfern Railway Station. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1874 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me, through the medium of your journal, to call attention to a serious want of accommodation for passengers at our new Railway Station of Redfern. A few days ago, while in the station on business, and having a…

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Government Notices Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 8th January, 1874

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1874 · page 6

TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. —TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock a.m. on TUESDAY, the 17th February, from persons willing to contract for executing the works on the…

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American Railway Travelling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1874 · page 3

IN alluding to the numerous accidents that have occurred on the English railways of late, an "American" gives the annexed interesting description of tiavelling by rail in the States:—…

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On the Southern Road [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1874 · page 6

MY business having led me southward on the 5th of this month (January), I started by rail from Sydney bound for the city of Goulburn—spent a few days there—had a trip to Boro and the Mulloon copper country—returned to…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 8th January, 1874

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1874 · page 8

TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. —TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock a.m. on TUESDAY, the 17th February, from persons willing to contract for exceuting the works on the…

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Railway Extension to Orange

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1874 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The following papers were laid on the table in the Legislative Assembly, yesterday, by the Minister for Works:— The Engineer-in-Chief to the Commissioner for…

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Government Notices Government Railways. All-england Cricket Match at Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1874 · page 6

For the convenience of those persons who are desirous of witnessing the forthcoming All-England Cricket Match at Bathurst, a SPECIAL TRAIN for RAGLAN will leave Sydney THIS MORNING, Friday, at 8.50…

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The Engineer-in-Chief to the Commissioner for Railways. Department of Public Works Railway Branch, Engineer's Office. Sydney, 16th January, 1874

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1874 · page 5

Minute Paper.—Deviation of G. W. R. Extension, Bathurst to Orange. Since forwarding the plans and sections of the extension from Bathurst to Orange, to be laid before Parliament, a…

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California and the Pacific Railway

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Friday 30 January 1874 · page 6

WITHIN a very few days, now, we may expect the arrival of the first return mail from San Francisco, and with it the news that the steam service of this new route, between the…

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Railway Enterprise in America

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Friday 30 January 1874 · page 17

BROTHER JONATHAN is about to do a very "big thing" in engineering. We learn this week from the Raihuay News, that " the Directors of that great structure, the…

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On the Southern Road

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 164

Mt business having led me southward on the 5th of this month (January), I started by rail from Sydney bound for the city of Goulburn—spent a few days there—had a trip to Boro and the Mulloon copper country—returned to…

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On the Southern Road. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 9

MY last few jottings advanced me in correspondence as, far as Adelong, where I arrived a few days after the great flood, which came down on the 17th instant. That day will be long remembered, or I should write that night, as it was…

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The Enginner-in-Chief to the Commissioner for Railway. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Engineer's Office, Sydney, 16th January, 1874

Empire · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 4

Minute Paper,—Deviation of G. W. R. Extension, Bathurst to Orange. Since forwarding the plans and sections of the extension from Bathurst to Orange, to be laid…

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Railway Extension to Orange

Empire · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 4

THE following papers were laid on the table in the legislative Assembly, on Thursday, by the Mixister for Works:- The Engineer-in-Chief to the Cammissioner for…

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Government Notices Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 8th January, 1874

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1874 · page 2

TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. —TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock a.m. on TUESDAY, the 17th February, from persons willing to contract for executing tho works on the…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Funeral and Visitors' Trains to Haslem Creek Cemetery on Sundays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1874 · page 2

Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the great number of visitors to the Haslem Crook Cemetery on Sundays, it has been found necessary to divide the usual Funeral Train to that place…

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Sydney Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1874 · page 9

SIR,—At the stage in which this question is, some information as to the experiences of Glasgow in the matter of tramways may be useful. I speak from recollection, and without having had any special means of information…

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On the Southern Road at Albury. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 5

FROM Grahamstown, on the Adelong Creek, of which my last correspondence treated, I had a ride of about 18 miles by the Nacka Nacka Creek, through a fine agricultural country lately settled upon, coming out on the main…

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Shocking Railway Accidents

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred early on that the 29th November on the Midland Railway at 87 a station about five miles north of Leicester, mail train from London to the north, due at Leicester…

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