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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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IT is satisfactory to find that the House has at last approved of a plan, sections, and a book of reference for the extension of the Great Northern line beyond Tamworth. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 692 →THE present Government have promised to submit next session a comprehensive scheme of railway extension for the consideration of Parliament. We look forward to the disclosure of their intentions with deep interest,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Minister for Works left wogga at 6 a.m. this morning. and again drove along the railway line to Junee, at which place the contractor's [?] was in readiness to bring him to Bethungra. Cootamundra was reached at half-past 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →SIR,—In the report on the above subject published in you issue of the 17th instant, you state that the meeting was presided over by the mayor of Balmaic, Alderman Tayior. I have been requested to state that Mr. John Taylor is not the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NOTICE is hereby given that, in addition to the ordinary trains, the following extra trains will run on the above date between Sydney and Parramatta, calling at intermediate stations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is not generaily known that Messrs. Amos Brothers, railway contractors, have the plates laid along the line to a distance of 12 miles from the termination of their contract at North Wagga Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner, last Saturday afternoon, held an inquest at the Infirmary, respecting the death of William John Pendar[?] who died from injuries accidentally received on the railway at Croydon platform…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Having noticed a small paragraph in your issue of the 20th instant, headed as above, headed that the conference held at the Town Hall, Sydney, in the evening of the 13th intent at which I was the chairman, was not represented by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. Higinbotham, in a letter declining to give evidence before the Echuca Bridge Commission, says:—"One half of the cost of the bridge at Echuc[?] is paid by the New South Wales Government, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Much has been said and written about the late melanchely accidents, and of the risks that passengers run from trains passing through the stations on the suburban lines; but I think the fact has been mostly lost sight of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foremost among the festivities of to-day was the railway excursion and pionic of the employees of the Railway Traffic Department, at Parramatta, Park, Precisely at quartar past 8 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All the available railway stock was untilled to-day. on the various lines of railway. To prevent confusion and discomfort, the traffic manager, Mr. Thomas Carlide, issued and personally superintended the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A successful trial trip of the first Adelaide and Suburban Tramway was made to-day. Traffic will be opened to-morrow. ——Two directors of the Orient Steam Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 6 o'clock yesterday evening another fatal railway accident occurred on the main line about one mile from the Parramatta Junction, by which a loco-motive fireman named George Bourne was literally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOTICE is hereby given that, in addition to the ordinary trains, theo following extra trains will run on the above date between Sydney nad Parramatta, calling at intermediate stations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE last paper, referring to the facilities for the transport of live stock along the railway line; dealt chiefly with the mode in which they either are, or are proposed to be, palced on board the trucks. In the present it is intended to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—If your correspondent "H. C. H." will visit Newtown Station at 5.56 p.m., he will see that his boundary posts would be useless because of the position of the platforms. A train has just arrived from Sydney, and its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WOOL and Sheepskins.—No sales held this week, and withhold remarks till nest Wednesday. Tallow.—The market is not fully supplied, and high prices are ruling here compared with prices current in London. My sales…
Continued on Trove, page 729 →Some months ago a sum of money amounting to £1000 was granted by the Legislature for the construction of a bridge over the Dumaresq Creek, which runs east and west along the northern part of the town of Armidale. Over this Creek…
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