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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 23

I Grant for Our Public Road

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1875 · page 3

The following letter has been handed to us for publication, by our member, C. J. Byrnes, Esq., M. F. It is a substantial answer to an application made by him to the…

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City Railway Extension

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1875 · page 810

MR. J. F. Wakely, of Newtown, offers the following suggestions for the extension of the railway into the city of Sydney. They are accompanied by a plan showing the proposed route. Mr. Wakely says:—…

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Thursday, June 25Th. (Before G. Langley, Esq., J. P.) Breach of Railway Bye-Lams

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1875 · page 2

Edward Webster was charged by E. Woodgate, Station-Master, Parramatta, on behalf of the New South Wales Government with having travelled in a railway car from…

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The Redfern Railway Terminus, Sydney

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 26 June 1875 · page 4

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The Redfern Railway Terminus

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 26 June 1875 · page 5

WE present our readers this month with a full-page illustration of the Redfern Railway Station and buildings in the vicinity. The principal building, the new passenger station, was built under the direction of the Railway Department,…

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News of the Day. Fire at Botany-road

Evening News · Monday 28 June 1875 · page 2

A fire took place at half-past 7 on Saturday morning, on the premises occupied bu Mr. James Dawes, opposite the Cauliflower Hotel, Botany-road, Waterloo, resulting in the destruction of bed and…

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Railway Extension to Orange

Evening News · Tuesday 29 June 1875 · page 2

A correspondent sends us the following particulars respecting the progress of this important work. It may be interesting to many of your readers to have a few notes of our railway extension westward. With…

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Bridge Over the Parramatta River. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1875 · page 8

SIR,—In your issue of to-day. I observe a leading article with reference to the proposed railway line to Newcastle, and [?] the question for consideration whether it is advicable to [?] the Parramatta River at Hunter's Hill…

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Cook's River Road Trust. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1875 · page 8

SIR,—Having [?] by the proceedings of the Borough Council of Newtown, as published in the Herald of the 25th instant, that an agreement is about being entered into with the Cook's River Road Trust by which the…

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Railway Extension and Wharfage. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 July 1875 · page 3

Sir,—I sincerely trust that the leading article published in the Herald of 26th instant, respecting theincreased accommodation for shipping at Circular Quay, will have the desired effect of causing some improvement made without…

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Groans of a Guzzler. Air--"i Stood on the Bridge at Midnight." No. 1.--The Kerb

Sydney Punch · Friday 2 July 1875 · page 8

I sat on the kerb at midnight, And loudly I blew my nose, For my head was wildly throbbing, With dire and dreadful throes…

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Railway Extension to Mudgee

Evening News · Saturday 3 July 1875 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of the following gentlemen, waited on the Hon. Minister for Works (Mr. Laskey) at his office, yesterday morning, for the purpose of urging the advisability of extending railway…

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The Extension of Railway Communication to Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1875 · page 8

YESTRDAY forenoon there waited upon the hon. Minister for Works (Mr. Lackey), at his office in Phillip-street a deputation for the purpose of setting before the Minister the advisability of extending railway communication to…

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The Newspaper Train. (From the Graphic.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 July 1875 · page 3

To have the Times on the breakfast table is no longer a luxury monopolised by Londoners. Within the last few weeks a complete revolution has been silently effected in the mode of dispatching the metropolitan daily papers into the…

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Railway Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 7 July 1875 · page 2

There was an accident upon the Southern railway yesterday, by which the guard's van attached to a goods train was injured, as well as a freight truck Two goods trains were outward bound, and when some…

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Road from Newcastle to Lambton

Evening News · Thursday 8 July 1875 · page 2

A deputation, composed of the mayors of the municipal boroughs, within the county of Northumberland, waited on the Minister for Works, at his office, yesterday morning, to bring under his notice…

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Defective Railway Iron. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 July 1875 · page 6

SIR,—It appears to me that Government have in their own hands a very effectual local mode of guarding against a recurrence of such a circumstance as the above and to which, if I mistake not, the Legislature would willingly…

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The Southern Railway Extension

Evening News · Friday 9 July 1875 · page 3

BY the courtesy of Mr. George Blunt, the superintending contractor of the Goulburn and Yass extension, our reporter was accommodated with a passage on the ballast engine as far as the Boulder Hill, 24½ miles…

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Road From Newcastle to Lambton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1875 · page 41

ON Wednesday morning a deputation, consisting of the Mayors of the Northumberland municipal boroughs, had an interview with the Hon. John Lackey, at the Works Department, respecting the road from Newcastle to…

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City Railway Extension. to the Edttpr of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 July 1875 · page 9

SIR,—The reply given to Mr. Macintosh by the Minister for works. in answer to his question on the above sdbjeot, in the Assembly on Tuesday evening last, causes me to again solicit a small space in your paper, Me. Lackey's…

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