The Illawarra Railway
Sydney Punch · Saturday 4 May 1878 · page 2
THE rejection of the motion on the Illawarra Railway is of serious import to Sydney. Arising, as it surely did, from the unscrupulous dodgeries of the Newcastle troupe, we are afforded another instance of the large measure of pocket interest existing with a clique of the…
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Evening News · Monday 6 May 1878 · page 2
The [?]ng Mercury thus concludes an article on this subject:—"However unscrupulously enerpetic may be the "Newcastle Ring" in its opp[?]ntion to the Illawarra Railway, they may reet assured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge From North Shore to Sydney. To the Editor
Evening News · Tuesday 7 May 1878 · page 3
SIR,—With your permission I will give the public the outlines of a scheme for a bridge from the North Shore to Sydney, that would accommodate the travelling and trading public, that would not interface with the commerce of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Traffic
Evening News · Tuesday 7 May 1878 · page 2
During the last fortnight the traffic on the various lines of railway has been so great that the limited rolling stock at the command of the Traffic Manager (Mr. Carlisle) and his officials, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition Excursion Tickets
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1878 · page 2
HOLDERS of Excursion Tickets to Sydney are informed that the same will be available for the return journey until FRIDAY next, the 10th instant. CHAS. A. GOODCHAP,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike of Railway Employees. London, April 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1878 · page 5
Two thousand workmen on the North British Railway struck against the increase in the number of working hours from 51 to 54 weekly…
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Evening News · Wednesday 8 May 1878 · page 2
This morning a deputation from the Clarence and Richmond and other Northern district and consisting of Messrs. T. Sellar, T. G. Hewitt, S. Avery, F. Morrie…
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Evening News · Wednesday 8 May 1878 · page 3
At a meeting of the Municipal Council, held yesterday. at the Town Hall, a communication was received from the municipal authorises of Randwick inviting the [?]perntion of the Mayor and Aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition Excursion Tickets
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1878 · page 8
HOLDERS of Excursion Tickets to Sydney are informed that the same will be available for the return journey until FRIDAY next, the 10th instant. CHAS. A. GOODCHAP,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1878 · page 7
YESTERDAY morning, a deputation, consisting of Mr. Bawden, M.L.A., Mr. J. Dillon, M.L.A., Mr. T. G. Hewett, Mr. S. Avery, Mr. F. Norrie, Mr. J. M'Master (of Wellingrove), Mr. T. Fisher, and Mr. T. Sellarr, waited…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1878 · page 3
IN tho Legislative Assembly, yesterday, the Hon. John Sutherland laid upon the table the plans, sections, and book of reference, for tho extension of tho railway northwards from Tamworth. On June 29, 1876, nearly two years ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Mismanagement. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1878 · page 5
SIR,—Allow me a short space to show how matters are arranged on the Southern line. I came up by the train leaving at 6.20 p.m. and was huddled into a first-class carriage with so many other passengers that we were packed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition Excursion Tickets
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1878 · page 11
HOLDERS of Excursion Tickets to Sydney are informed that the same will be available for the return journey until FRIDAY next the 10th instant. CHAS A. GOODCHAP,…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 10
WOOL AND SHEEPSKINS.—No sales held this week, and in consequence I have nothing to report since my last. TALLOW.—I have to report a firm market, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Bridge (Of My Nose)
Sydney Punch · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 3
I FELL on my nose at midnight, As the clerks were strutting their hour, And the ground rolled in the city, And tossed with awful power…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road to the City. a Sermon by the Right Rev. Dr. Talmage
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 7
There are hundreds of people in this house this morning who want to find the right road. You sometimes see a person halting at cross roads, and you can tell by his looks that he wishes to ask a question as to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Extension.—Fatal Accident
Evening News · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 4
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A large party proceeded by special train yesterday to attend the opening of the Burra and Hallett Railway. The Commissioner for Public Works, the members for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of Cootamundra and Gundagai Railway
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 5
AN influential pnblic meeting took place, tome few weeks since, in the town of Gundagai, in favour of railway extension fiom Cootamundra. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Minister for Works, and urge the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Notices. Government Railways Great Southern. Western, and Richmond Lines. Coursing Club Matches, Bathurst, Tuesday. 14th May, 1878
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 10
Excursion Tickets at a single fare for the double journey will be issued at nil stations to Bathurst on SATURDAY and MONDAY, the 11th and 13th instant, available for return until the 25th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →General News. the Tenterfield Railway
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1878 · page 656
THE Hon. the Minister for Public Works has laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly the plans, sections, and other memoranda bearing upon the proposed Northern railway extension from Tamworth via…
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