Another Railway Proposal
The Hon. John Sutherland, Minister of Works, was on Thursday waited upon by a deputation consisting of Mr. Alexander Bowman, Mr. Henry Moses, M.P., Mr. D. O'Connor, M.P., and Mr. William…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
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Reduction in Railway Goods Rates
The subject of modification of rates for goods on the railways has been under the consideration of the Government for some time, and we understand that they have decided to make some reduction in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 4th July, 1878
TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 13th August, 1878, from persons willing to contract for Erecting Station Buildings, Platform, Carriage Dock,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our London Correspondent.) the Turkish Railways. London, August 11
The English, French, and Austrian railway schemes, including the Euphrates Valley, are under the consideration of the Porte…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway From Sydney to Newcastle. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As one who resided for many years in the Brisbane Water district, and took on active part in all public matters connected with it, I was much pleased to see that the letter of your correspondent [?]d drawn your attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talk About the Railways. (From Our Special Reporter.) Ii
I have observed with considerable alarm that the [?] of my railway experience has filled more than a [?] of your valuable space, and still landed me only [?] the threshold Men do not now live to be as old as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Railway Station. To the Editor
SIR,—Much has been written and much more thought has been exercised upon the above subject than has as yet appeared in the public press, and as I have something new to offer in the same line, perhaps you will kindly afford me space…
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Captain Audley Coote, who has been staying in Sydney daring the past fortnight, making arrangements in connection with the construction of cheap railways for police companies, has been summoned…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.—Mr. Baldwin, of the locomotive department, tested some goods engines on the railway from Rockhampton to the Comet, and the result was unsatisfactory. The official…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—In the Assembly, Mr. Ward's motion in favour of a railway line to the Victorian border was lost; but the Government obtained leave to introduce a bill for a line to Nairne,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Subordinate Roads Under Trustees. Proposed Distribution of Vote on Estimates for 1878
The following list shows the proposed expenditure for the present year on the Northern subordinate roads in the colony which were under trustees. In a future issue similar particulars of the Western and Southern divisions will…
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Considerable indignation is expressed by a great number of the railway employees at the recent proclamation of the Government, to the effect that all employees who required railway accommodation in…
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We understand that the Government have had before them the subject of altering the existing rates for the carriage of goods, and that they have determined upon a number of modifications which will come into operation upon the…
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SIR,—Having been elected a member of the Standing Committee by the great Railway Meeting, which was held at Castle Hill, on the 7th inst, and being anxious only for the…
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SIR,—I should like to know when it is intended (if [?] to remove the railway workshops to the supposed [?] near Duck River. We have been told that the Government have purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Northern Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—There are at present two routes relating to the above before the public in your columns. Your Brisbane Water correspondent most ably advocates one route through Brisbane Water and via Mullet Island; the other proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bridge to the North Shore. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I read in the Herald, a few weeks since, that a deputation had waited on the Minister for Works relative to the above undertaking, and that Mr. Sutherland hod stated as his opinion that the cost of a bridge to the North Shore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The MUDGEE and Wallerawang Railway. to the Editor of the He[?]ald
Sir,—There is one portion of the speech reco[?]tly delivered by Mr. Farnell, at Orange, which I would ask space in your columns to comment on. He said h[?] had n[?] objection to the Mudgee and Wallerawang railway, but thought the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney. 23rd July, 1878, Stores for Government Railways
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until TUESDAY, 27th August, 1878, at 11 o'clock, from persons willing to contract for the following Annual supply of Stores, for the year 1879, for the Government Railways, in accordance with the conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In reference to the several proposals which have been made lately for connecting the Great Northern Railway with Sydney, I shall be glad if you will kindly allow me space in your columns for stating my deliberate opinion,…
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