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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Some interest was manifested in the Assembly last evening at the presentation by Mr. Macintosh of the petition in favour of the Metropolitan railway extension. The signatures numbered nearly 12,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TO BUILDERS and OTHERS.—TENDERS will be received at this office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 20th June, from persons willing to contract for building a new Passenger Station, at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MR. Stuart's motion in fovour of extending the railway into the city was very favourably received by the Assembly last night, and elicited from the Secretary for Works a decided expression of approval He, however, moved that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A collision between two passenger trains on the Victorian Railway line, near Spencer-street, occurred yesterday afternoon (says the Melbourne Ace of Tuesday). The half-past 4 p.m. train for Essendon had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following paragraph occurs in the petition for this railway:—That a railway, to connect Mudgee with the Great Northern line at Muswellbrook, is urgently needed, and that its construction, while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following evidence was given at an inquest on the body of the unfortunate man Griffiths, who reported in our telegraphic columns, was killed on the railway line. John Myers, engine-driver, deposed that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the course of the debate on the second reading of the Railway Reserves Bill, Mr. Douglas stated that the Government did not contemplate, during the present session of Parliament, asking for authority to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As far as can at present be ascertained, it is not unlikely that, when the question of a railway to the table-land of New England, by way of the Clarence, comes on for consideration in Parliament, several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible and fatal accident took place on the Northern line, near Waratah, at about 7 o'clock, last night. A miner, named Griffiths, was in the act, apparently, of crossing the line, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →VIEWING the formidable obstacle of the Blue Mountains to the construction of the Great Western line of railway, the work may be said to have progressed slowly—more especially…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →ON Thursday Mr. STUART moved that the House should on Friday resolve itself into committee to consider a resolution affirming that the railway ought to be extended from…
Continued on Trove, page 753 →MR. PUNCH sometimes has occasion to go to the Railway Station at Redfern, and did so on Tuesday last to see a friend off to Goulburn. The train was advertised to start at 5.25 p.m., and accordingly Mr. P. arrived at about 5 o'clock. Imagine his wonderment on driving up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following are the particulars of the Victorian railway accident, the inquest, on which resulted in a verdict of manslaughter against the overseer of the works:—The accident which took place on the Ararat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It as gratifying to report that the line is so far completed as to allow the contractor's train to travel to Quirindi. The finishing operations will occupy two or three weeks, but at the end of that period the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the produce auctioneers was held yesterday at the railway terminus, to consider a notice received from the traffic manner, to the effect that 5s per truck per day would be charged upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Metropolitan Railway Extension Committee held their usual weekly meeting in the rooms of Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, yesterday afternoon. The clair was occupied by Mr. H. C. Dangar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âAs one who remembers the initiation of the first railway in the colony, may I be allowed a few lines to justify the action of the shareholdersâmost of whom, alas! have joined "the great majority"âin placing the terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Mr. W. E. Hillier, a gentleman who is studying at Divinity Hall, and who has spent some weeks amongst the camps on the Dalby extension works, the BRISBANE COURIER has received a graphic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In an article in the Herald of Tuesday last in reference to the extension of the railway into the city, the following paragraph appeared:—"We believe, however, that Mr. Whitton's judgment is decidedly adverse to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It was with much pleasure that I perused your leader this day, relative to City Railway Extension, and I believe your suggistions as to having the bill reforred to a select committee must give general satisfaction; since they would…
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