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Railways, roads & transport, 1877

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Railways and Immigration. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1877 · page 12

SIR,—I was disagreeably surprised to find, on reading Saturday's Herald, that between Mr. Angus Cameron and yourself I had achieved a notoriety as undeserved as it was unsought…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, March 6, 1877. Government Railways. Great Southern Line. Opening to Murrumburrah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1877 · page 15

A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Goulburn on MONDAY next, the 12th instant, at 8.15 a.m. for Murrum[?]rrah, calling at Gunning, at...... 9.40…

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[Mr John Bridge.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 32

Station properties and store stock are still neglected, in view of present prospects. Fat Oat le romain steady, with a tendency to higher prices. Fat sheep are very scarce, and would now command high…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 314

An accident almost as fatal in its result as that of Abbot's Ripton, on the same line, in the early part of this year, occurred at the Arlesey siding station, four miles north of Hitchen, on the Great Northern Railway, on the…

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Details of Railway Management

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1877 · page 304

WE learn from Melbourne that the system lately introduced there of establishing places for the sale of railway tickets in addition to the station ticket-offices has not yet been…

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Second Edition Opening of the Southern Railway Extension From Binalong to Murrumburrah. Murramburrah, Monday, 2.35 p.m

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1877 · page 2

The special train with the minister For Works and party, left Goulburn at a quarter past nine. A number of passengers were received at the wayside stations, and at Yass train took up a brass band,…

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Railway Mish ap

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 2

Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, when the Western train was withis two miles of Tarana, between Rydal and Baglan, the regulator of the locomotive broke. This mishap for a time caused a " breakdown,"…

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Proposed Suburban Railway

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 4

A MEETING for the discussions of this proposal was held last evening at the Waverley Council Chambers, the Mayor (Mr. John Macpherson) in the chair. There was a large attendance of the principal residents of Waverley,…

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Opening of the Railway to Murrumburrah. Murrumburrah, Monday, 2.35 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 2

The special train with the Minister for Works and party; left Goulburn at a quarter to nine. A number of passengers were received at the wayside stations, and at Yass the train took up a brass band,…

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Railway Communication Between the Suburbs and the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 5

A CROWDED meeting was held last night in the upper room at the Waverley Council-chambers, convened by the Mayor of the borough, in answer to a requisition signed by over 100 inhabitants and owners of property, "for the…

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Opening of Railway to Murrumburrah. [From the Herald's Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1877 · page 2

ON Monday a further extension of the Great Southern Railway from Binalong to [?] was opened for traffic. This adds twenty miles to the line, making the total length from Sydney 228 miles, and leaves 80 miles…

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A'suburban Railway. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1877 · page 3

SIR,—The movement in favour of a suburban railway which shall connect Botany, Long Bay, Randwick, Waverley. Woollahra and Paddington with the business centres of the metropolis, having at length taken a tangible shape, the…

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The City Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1877 · page 5

SIR,—When it is decided to bring the railway into the centre of the city, the following scheme may be worthy of consideration, viz., continue the present Darling Harbour branch by means of a combined railway, carriage, and foot…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 15th February, 1877

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1877 · page 8

TENDERS FOR BREAK VANS.—Referring to the notice inviting Tenders for the supply of six Break Vans, to be opened on the 20th February next: NOTICE is hereby given that the time for receiving Tenders has…

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[Mr. John Bridge]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 32

Fat cattle remain firm at from 25s par 100lb down, the market being at the same time well supplied, a fact that may be ascribed to unfavourable winter prospects, which induce owners to send off all the stock they can…

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Death on a Railway Line

Evening News · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 4

The Northern Argus reports that a local surgeon raw a man named Kemp lying ill in his tent at Stanley, tone eight miles from Dingo, and ordered him to be taken to that township directly, and thence forwarded…

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Great Northern Railway Extension. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 227

SIR,—Much, no doubt, can be said as regards the Northern Railway extension by both sides on behalf of the rival routes via Armidale, and via Barraba and Inverell—much that is true and vice versa; but it is deplorable, to say…

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Opening of the Railway to Murrumburrah

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 245

ON Monday a further extension of the Great Southern Railway from Binalong to Murrumburah was opened for traffic. This adds twenty miles to the line, making the total length from Sydney 228 miles, and leaves 80 miles…

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Extension of the Southern Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 236

ON Monday the Great Southern Railway was opened for traffic to Murrumburrah, a further distance of twenty miles. This extension will be of considerable importance, by reason,…

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Opening of the Railway to Murrumburrah. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Murrumburrah

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 13

THE Hon. John Lackey, Minister of Public Works; the Hon. A. H. Palmer, M.L.A. (Queensland); the Hon. Gordon Sandeman, M.L.C. (Queensland); Charles J. Byrnes, Esq, M.L.A., Mayor of…

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