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Railways, roads & transport, 1877

713 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 36

Deputations. the Northern Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 3

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. R. P. Abbott, M.L.A.; Mr. T. G. Dangar, M.L.A.; Mr. H. Bennett, M.L.A.; Mr. W. J. Dangar, of Myail Creek; Mr. J. J. R. Gibson, of Reedy Creek; Mr. Colin Ross, of Inverell; and Mr…

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Opening of the Railway to Orange. Orange, April 19

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 2

THE completion of the railway to Orange is an event of the greatest importance to the people of the Western districts, and indeed to the colony generally. From an early hour this morning the town has had an appearance of unwanted…

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Railway Between the Suburbs and City

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 531

A PUBLIC meeting to advocate the extension of railway communication into the city, so as to facilitate passenger traffic between Sydney and the suburbs, was convened on Monday in the Foresters' Hall, Cook's River Road, by Mr…

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The Opening of the Orange Railway

Sydney Punch · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 4

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Opening fo the Railway Extension to Orange

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 26

[?] opening of the railway line to Orange, which took [?]lace on Thursday, 19th instant, adda another 20 miles to our Great Western line, and the event waa celebrated with an amount of enthusiasm by the people, of the…

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The Proposed Railway to Mudgee

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 11

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. House, M.P., Mr, Hurley, M.P., and Messrs. Atkinson, R. Lowe, W. H.Lowe, G. Rouso. W. F. Buohanan, G. D. Lane, Greenwood H. Crossing. D. Watt, R. Cox. and J. G. O'Connor, waited on the Hon…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 2

A telegram to the Argus states that the Ararat and Hamilton line has commenced its business opening with a fatal accident, Mr. Alexander Smellie, one of the inspectors of works, having been killed by the first…

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Extension of the Railway into the City

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 2

An influential deputation of citizens waited upon the Minister for Works, at his office, at noon to-day, to request him to place on the estimates of the present Session of Parliament a sum sufficient to carry the…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 3

SATURDAY EXCURSION TRAIN TO MOUNT VICTORIA, for SATURDAY, the 28th April, and until further notice. NOTICE is hereby given that, during the winter…

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Strange Railway Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 2

An accident occurred yesterday, says the Hobart Town Tribune of the 23th, on the main line of railway, to the ordinary train at the Coal Mine Creek, three above Jerusalem, in which George Jones…

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Extension of the Railway Into Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1877 · page 3

YESTERDAY morning a large and influential deputation, among whom were Messrs. W. Jolly, J. Mullens, J.T. Gorus (Mayor of St. Peters), R. Wynne, H. A. Thompson. T. J. Thompson, W. Cottee, E. Jones, Burton Bradley, R A…

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Negligence on the Railway

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1877 · page 2

A few nights ago, at the railway-crossing at Lansdowne-terrace in Goulburn, the gates, or rather rails which are being temporarily used instead of gates, owing to these having been recently destroyed by the…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Metropolitan Exhibition. Late Trains to Picton, Penrith, Windsor and Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1877 · page 10

NOTICE is hereby given that EVERY NIGHT (Sundays excepted) from the 11th April to 11th May (both days inclusive) TRAINS will leave Redfern Station as under:—…

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Frightful Leap From a Railway Train

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1877 · page 3

James Bennett, a labourer, of Dundee, was being conveyed to Forfar on a charge of peaching yesterday. On the way, when the train was at full speed, running fully thirty miles an hour, Bennett…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1877 · page 2

An inquest was hold at freeling, South Australia, on April 20, on the body of William Hutchinson, the late Travelling Inspector of Railways. It appears that as the train seared tho station the…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1877 · page 10

NOTICE is hereby given that, during the winter months, commencing from SATURDAY, the 28th instant, the SATURDAY EXCURSION TRAIN, which appears on the Time Tables as leaving Sydney at 7.25 a.m.,…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1877 · page 12

NOTICE is hereby given that, during the winter months, commencing from SATURDAY, the 28th instant, the SATURDAY EXCURSION TRAIN, which appears on the Time Tables as leaving Sydney at 7.26 a.m.,…

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[John Bridge.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 32

Wool and Sheepskins.—As sales are now held fortnightly, I defer any remarks till after next week's sales. Tallow.—This market is very firm for both shipping and trade parcels, and with small supplies coming forward, high…

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The Cost of a Train

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 5

At a time when the first open court of law was established in Russia, a lady, dressed with the utmost elegance, was walking on the Moscow promenade, leaning upon her husband's arm,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 5

The Elmore correspondent of the Bendigo Advertiser writes:—"Shortly before ten a.m., on last Saturday, the ordinary train commenced to whistle shrilly, nearly opposite Farrell's store, and on looking…

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