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Railways, roads & transport, 1875

442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 23

Camp of a Railway Survey Paety

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Wednesday 10 March 1875 · page 16

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Sale of Liquor at the Sydney Railway Station

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 2

We learn that to-day a formal information was to be filed at the Central Police Court, against John L. Casmer, holder of a license for the sale of the Sydney Railway Station of spirituous liquors, for breeches of…

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Dreadful Accident at the Newtown Railway Station

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 2

A young man, named Francis Bull, who is employed at the Newtown Railway Station, as porter, while endeavouring this morning, to shunt a goods train, coming from Sydney, unfortunately slipped, and his…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branoh, Sydney, 10th March, 1875. Building Materials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 2

TENDERS will be rcceived at this Office until TUESDAY, the 23rd instant, at 11 o'clock a.m., from persous willing to supply 60,000 hard, sound, and weil-burnt BRICKS, to be delivered at the Redfern Station within…

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Railway Meeting at Mudgee. [Prom Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 3

[?] Monday evening a large and enthusiastic meeting was [?]in the Town Hall—his worship the Mayor m the [?]hir in favour of extending the railway to Mudgee. The [?]ing resolution, moved by Mr. George Kelman, and…

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Great Southern, Western, and Riohmond Railways. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 2

TICKTS at a single fare for the double journey will he issued at all stations beyond Parramatta Junction and Parramatta to Sydney, from April 3rd to April 8th, available until April 20th…

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Railway to Illawarra

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 5

A DEPUTATION numbering over thirty of the most [?] residenets of Sydney, and deputies from the [?] and Metropohtan Railway Committee waited upon the Minister for Works and the colonial…

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The Illawarra Railway Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 8

YESTERDAY a large and influential deputation waited upon the Colonial Secretary and the Minister for Works to urge the Government to place a sum of money on the Estimates for the purpose of constructing a line of railway to the…

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Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Randwick Races, March 29th, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd April

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 10

TICKETS will be issued at all Stations beyond Parramatta Junction to Sydney at a SINGLE FARE for the DOUBLE JOURNEY, from March 27th to April 3rd, available until April 10th…

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Great Southren, Western, and Richmond Railways. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 10

TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey will be issued at all stations beyond Parramatta Junction to Sydney, from April 3rd to April 8th, available until April 20th…

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Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Easter Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 10

Tickets, At a single fare for the double journey, will'be issued at all stations to all stations, from the 25th to 29th March (excepting the 28th), available for one week exclusive of Sunday,…

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Correspondence. Sale of Intoxicating Liquors at Railway Stations. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 2

SIRS,--I hardly think it right, considering the interests at stake, and the consequences which are so likely to follow the adoption or legalising of the above, to content ourselves with…

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Berrima Branch Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—The enunciations of Ministers during their election tours, although not very definite, sufficiently indicated the policy to be acted on so far as relates to the construction of new lines of railway, either…

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Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Randwick Races, March 29th, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd April

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1875 · page 6

TICKETS will be issued at all Stations beyond Parramatta Junction to Sydney at a SINGLIE FARE for the DOUBLE JOURNEY, from March 27th to April 3rd, available until April 10th…

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Government Notices. Grrat Southern, Western, and Riohmond Railways. Easter Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1875 · page 6

Tickets, at a single fare for the double jonrney, will be issucd at all stations to all stalions,from the 25th to 29th March (excepting the 28th), available for one week axclusive of Sunday…

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Sale of Liquors at the Railway Refreshment Stalls

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1875 · page 2

The charge against John Louis Castner, holder of the license to sell spirituous Honors, at the Sydney railway station, came on for hearing at the Central Police Court this morning. The information, which…

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The Shipton Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1875 · page 6

ON Thursday, the 31st December, a dreadful accident occurred to an express train on the Great Western Railway at Shipton, near Oxford. The train to which the accident happened was the express from…

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Berrima Branch Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1875 · page 7

SIR,—It appears desirable the public should clearly understand, that the above contemplated Branch Railway is proposed to start from a point where the Southern line crosses Wingecarribbee River near a place well know as Bong Bong,…

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The Illawarra Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—I trust that before pledging themselves to the construction of the Illawarra Railway, the Government wil1 consider the following facts, viz.:— The proposed railway is more for the benefit of private…

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The Road to Khiva

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 15

MR. M'GAHAN, the only European who ever overcame alone the difficulties of the deserts which separate Khiva from the Russian frontier, gives the following terrible picture of…

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