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Railways, roads & transport, 1878

1,007 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 51

Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch. Sydney, llth February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1878 · page 2

TO CARTERS and others.—TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock, on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, from persons willing to contract for the Cartage of railway materials, exclusive of Permanent Way…

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Railway Collision at Emu Plains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1878 · page 3

THE following minute of the Secretary for Public Works on evidence given at the inquiry held by him with reference to the railway accident at Emu Plains on the night of the 30th January, 1878, and system of working the trains, was laid…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern Line. Sleeping Carriage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1878 · page 8

NOTICE is hereby given that a Sleeping Saloon Carriage is now attached to the down mail train leaving Sydney at 6.20 p.m. on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, and to the up mail train leaving Cootamundra at…

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Government Railways. Great Southern Western, and Richmond Lines. Intercolonial Cricket Match, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 February 1878 · page 8

[?]XCURSION TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey will be issued, at all stations beyond Penrith and Picton, to Sydney, on the 21st instant, available for return for ten days for distances under 200 miles, and over 200…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Orange Races, 6th and 7th March, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1878 · page 6

Excursion Tickets, at a single fare for the doubl journey well be issued at all stations to Orange on the 5th of March, 1878, available for return for same periods as ordinary return tickets…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern Line. Sleeping Carriage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1878 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that a Sleeping Saloon Carriage is now attached to the down mail train leaving Sydney at 6.20 p.m. on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS; and to the up mail train leaving Cotamundra at…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Intercolonial Cricket Match, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1878 · page 6

EXCURSION TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey will be issued, at all stations beyond Penrith and Picton, to Sydney, on the 21st instant, available for return for ten days for distances under 200 miles, and over 200…

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Broken-back Bridge

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 6

THE dilapidated condition of Broken-Back Bridge has been the -subject of many complaints recently, and certainly not without reason. It is the principal…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Orange Races, 6th and 7th March, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 10

Excursion Tickets, at a single fare for the double journey, will be issued at all stations to Orange on the 5th of March, 1878, available for return for same periods as ordinary return tickets…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Intercolonial Cricket Match, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 10

EXCURSION TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey will be issued, at all stations beyond Penrith and Picton, to Sydney, on the 21st instant, available for return for ten days for distances under 200 miles, and over 200…

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Government Railways. Great Southern Line. Sleeping Carriage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 10

NOTICE is hereby given that a Sleeping Saloon Carringe is now attached to the down mail train leaving Sydney at 6.20 p.m. on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS; and to the up mail train leaving Cootamundra at…

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The Tramway Bill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 249

ON Monday morning his Worship the Mayor summoned, at II o'clock, a special meeting of the Sydney Municipal Councillors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the provisions of the Tramway Bill now before the Legislative…

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The Railway Accident at Emu Plains

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 240

AT the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday GEORGE PURDUE, the guard of the special uptrain which came into collision with a downtrain near Emu Plains, on the night of the…

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Self-acting Warning Bells for Railways. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 239

SIR,—This invention, which has been devised by J. M'Gann. of West Maitland, to act in, connection with his self-acting level crossing-gates, is this:—Near the gates is posted a bell, and on each side of the crossing, at a distance…

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Railway Accident in America

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 237

HARTFORD, January 16.—A serious railroad accident happened on the Connecticut Western Railroad, just beyond Tariffville, about ten miles from Hartford, at 10 o'clock this evening. An excursion train, returning from the…

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The Illa Warra Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 240

ON the motion of Mr. GRAY, the House resolved on Tuesday to go into committee on Friday to consider resolutions recommending the speedy construction of the Illawarra…

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The Ate Railway Calamity

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 5

AT the Coral Criminal Court, on Tuesday, before his Honor the Chief-Justice, George Purdue was indicted for the manslaughter of John Eganon Jan. 30th, at Eruu Plains. The…

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Railways from Sydney to Newcastle. Important Meeting at Castle Hill

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 3

A public meeting was held in -the Church of England schoolroom. Castle Hill, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of taking steps to urge upon the…

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The Metropolitan & [?]awarra Railway County of Cumberland

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 7

WE assert without [?]ear of contradiction, that if railroads were unknown Mawarra on Justly and truly entitled as any other district in the colony to a good road to…

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The Late Railway Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 7

THE deep public concern in the questions arising out of the lamentable collision which took place on the Great Western Railway during the night of the 30th January, will doubtless have led many to…

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