The Illawarra Railway and Mr Taylor
SIR, — I have not the remotest desire to write anything uncharitable about our local representatives in Parliament. It is therefore in no wrong spirit that I…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
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The Railway Blunder at Sydney
IN the Supreme Court, Sydney, on Monday. James Doyle Brown, of Liverpool, sued the Commissioner for Railways for damages for in juries caused by an accident…
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THE Minister for Railways and Public Works, the Hon. John Sutherland, laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, the plans, sections, and book of reference for extension of the Great Northern Railway beyond Tamworth…
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On Wednesday a deputation from the Clarence and Richmond and other Northern districts, consisting of Messrs. T. Bawden, M.P., J. Dillon, M.P., T. Fisher, T. Sellar, T, G. Hewitt, S. Avery, F. Norrie,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Inspection of the Southern Railway by the Minister for Works. Wagga Wagga Saturday night
THE minister for Works, accompanied by the Commissioner for Railways, left Sydney by special train on Friday morning, on a visit of inspection to the Southern Railway. Yass was reached at about half-past 7 p.m. where the Ministers…
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The unsatisfactory and dangerous condition of the Point Piper Road was taken in to consideration by a large number of residents of Woolahra last evening, in the Oddfellows' hall. Mr. W. A. Broadribb,…
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A WELL-ATTENDED meeting was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Woollahra, last night, to take into consideration the dangerous condition of the Point Piper Road. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. A. Brodribb, the Mayor of…
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THE MINISTER works left wagga at 6 a.m. this morning and again drove along the railway line, to junce, at which place the contractors engine was in [?] to bring him to Bithungra. Cootamundra was reached at half-past…
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THE Minister for Public Works, in company with the Commissioner for Railways, the Traffic Manager, and inspector of Lines, left Sydney by special train on Friday morning, and after inspecting all stations from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Government Notices. Sydney, 13th May, 1878. Government Railways Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Mudgee Races. 23rd and 24th May, 1878
Excursion Ticket, at a single fare for the double journey will be issued at all stations to Wallerawang, on TUESDAY, 2lst instant, available for return for one week. CHAS. A. GOODCHAP,…
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THE desire on the part of the contractors to hand over the extension of the Southern railway from Bethungra to Junce, the urgent demand by the public for increased accommodation on the sidings along the line, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Sydney, 13th May, 1878. Government Railways. Great Southern. Western, and Richmond Lines. Mudgee Races. 23rd and 24th May, 1878
Excursion Tickets at a single fare for the double journey will be issued at all stations to Wallerawang, on TUESDAY, 21st instant, available for return for one week. CHAS. A. GOODCHAP,…
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YESTERDAY, afternoon, the representatives of various suburban boroughs which have taken an interest in the question of railway communication with the city met, pursuant to advertisement, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of…
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A GENERAL meeting of the committee appointed in connection with the [?]sed extension of railway communication to the suburbs of Sydney was held at the Town Hall yesterday evening in accordance to a circular issued to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Notices. Sydney, 13th May, 1878. Government Railway Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Mudgee Races. 23rd and 24th May, 1878
Excursion Tickets at a single fare for the donble journey will be issued at all stationl to Wallerawang, on TUESDAY, 21st instant, available for return for one week. CHAS. A GOODCHAP,…
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A MEETING was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Woollahra, on Monday evening, for the purpose of taking into consideration the condition of the Point Piper Road. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. A…
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It again falls to our painful duty to record another dreadful railway casuality, by which Mr.William Prendergast, clerk, residing at Darling Harbour, lost his life.It appears the unfortunate…
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[?] the extension of the Southern Railway proceeds, the more the great pastoral districts are opened up, and the more the prospective revenue depends upon the stock traffic. The wool trade is simply periodical, but the fat stock trade…
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THE Minister for Public Works, in company with the Commissioner for Railways, the Traffic Manager, and Inspector of Lines, left Sydney by special train on Friday, the 10th, and after inspecting all stations from…
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ON Wednesday afternoon a Municipal Conference took place at the Town Hall, consisting of some of the representatives of the city and suburban Municipal Councils, for the purpose of considering the question of railway…
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