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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 23

The Illawarra Railway Scheme

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 8

ON Friday last, 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…

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Sale of Liquors at the Railway Station

Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 4

We understand that the reason the charge of breach of the Publicans' Act against John Louie Castner, holder of the publican's license at the Sydney Railway Station, was withdrawn on Wednesday last,…

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Berrima Branch Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 13

SIR,—In reply to your correspondent, signing himsel "Iron Maker and Accountant," as to how the hon. secretary of Berrima Branch Railway makes up his estimate 'of a consumption of 4000 tons coal per…

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Projected Illawarra Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 5

SIR,—In your leader of the 17th instant, upon the subject of the claims of Illawarra for the construction of a railway, as set forth by a recent deputation to the Premier and the Minister for Works, you urge,…

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The Shipton Railway Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 362

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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The Proposed Railway from Sydney to Illawarra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 14

IT is certainly not too much to say of the deputation who waited on the Premier and the Minister for Works on Friday, that they made out a strong prima facie case for the…

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Science—invention— Construction. New Railway Tunnel under the Hudson River

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 16

FOR many years the project of building a railway tunnel under the bed of the Hudson river, between New York and Jersey City, has been discussed, its importance and feasibility agreed upon, and its successful…

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Railway to Illawarra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 20

A DEPUTATION numbering over thirty of the most influential residents of Sydney and deputies from the Illawarra and Metropolitan Railway Committee, waited upon the Minister for Works and the Colonial…

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Government Notices. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Easter Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1875 · page 2

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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Government Notices. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Easter Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 6

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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Railway Accidents. to the Honorable the Minister for Public Works. (Per Favour of the Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—Thirty killed, a larger number of persons seriously injured, and great destruction ef railway plant, is practically the verdict of the late railway accident in England, at Shipton; the cause, breaking of a tire on the wheel of a…

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The Proposed Berrima Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—On 15th of March there appeared in your paper a letter from the Honorary Secretary of the Riverina Branch Railway Committee. In that letter, among other estimates of traffic, 48,000 tons per annum were set down as the…

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Government Notices. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Easter Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1875 · page 2

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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Metropolitan and Illawarra Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1875 · page 9

SIR,—It seems to me as if the supporters of the above undertaking, with the exception of Mr. Alexander Stuart, scarcely appreciate the true greatness of their project, in relation to Sydney itself, and the colony generally; while,…

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Railway Extension into the City

Evening News · Thursday 25 March 1875 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce, consisting of the Hon. J. L. Monte[?]ore, M.L.C., Mr. A. Stuart. M.L.A., Mr. John Pope, Mr. E. W. Cameron, Mr. C. H. Hayes, and Mr. George Pils…

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Government Notices. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Easter Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1875 · page 8

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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Great S0uthern, Western, and Richmond Railways. Randwick Races, March 29th, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd April

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1875 · page 8

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1875 · page 6

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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Government Railways. Good Friday and Easter Monday, 26th and 20th March, 1875

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1875 · page 6

No goods will be received or delivered on the above days at the Redfern Goods Shed; but arrangements will be made for the delivery of perishables and live stock up to 10 a.m…

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