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Railways, roads & transport, 1878

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Hawkesbury Races, 22nd and 24th August, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1878 · page 8

Trains will leave Redfern Station for the Racecourse on the above dates as follows, viz.:—8.50 a.m., 9.5 a.m., and 10 25 a.m. RETURN FARES—Second Class. s. d…

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The North Shore Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 August 1878 · page 3

Sir,—The residents on the North Shore of the Sydney Harbour owe thanks to your correspondent "Quid" for having called attention to the comparatively small cost of so great a work as the bridge over the River Tay, at Dundee,…

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Railway from Singleton to Sydney

Evening News · Friday 23 August 1878 · page 2

Our Newcastle correspondent writes:—A preliminary meeting, called by circular, was held on Thursday evening, at the Terminus Hotel, of those. taking an interest in protesting against the…

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Railway Extension—Pastoral

Evening News · Friday 23 August 1878 · page 2

HAY, Thursday.—The memorial in favour of an extension of the railway to Hay, via Narandera, is being influentially signed here, and is supported by irresistible figures—The movement in the…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Llnes. Hawkesbury Races, 22nd and 24th August, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 August 1878 · page 3

Trains will leave Redfern Station for the Racecourse on the above dates as follows, viz.:—8.50 a.m., 9.5 a.m., and 10.25 a.m. RETURN FARES—Second Class s. d…

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Railways in Asia Minor. London, August 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 August 1878 · page 5

The Government will unofficially support the exploring of railway routes in Asia Minor, but declines any guarantee…

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Subordinate Roads under Trustees. Proposed Distribution of Vote on Estimates for 1878

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1878 · page 307

The following list snows the proposed expenditure for the present year on the Western subordinate roads in the colony which were under trustees. In a future issue similar particulars of the Southern divisions will appear. The amount…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Roads Branch, Sydney, August 15,1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 August 1878 · page 8

FRESH TENDERS—Attention is directed to GAZETTE NOTICE, inviting TENDERS for the undermentioned work, viz.:- Bridge over Parramatta Rive in Parramatta Park. Time for…

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Wagga Railway—Yass Show

Evening News · Monday 26 August 1878 · page 2

It was announced on Saturday that the opening of the Southern line to Wagga had been altered from the 7th to the 3rd September. The alternation was made, we understand, at the earnest request of…

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Talk About the Railway. (By Our Special Reporter.) Iii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 August 1878 · page 7

A sorry task, that of vicariously grumbling for the railway travellers, has devolved upon me, and already I have misgivings that I shall make a miserable failure. If there were only a reasonable number of grumblors to…

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Victorian Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 August 1878 · page 7

We have received a, copy of the Report of the Board of Land and Works for the year ending 31st December, 1877, on the subject of Victorian Railways. It will be noticed that the term of the calender year…

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Newtown Railway Bridge

Evening News · Tuesday 27 August 1878 · page 2

A long time age, a deputation waited on the Minister for Works to bring under his notice the necessity of widening the Newtown Railway Bridge. The proposal of the deputation was favourably…

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Green's-road

Evening News · Tuesday 27 August 1878 · page 2

At a meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney, held to-day, at the Town Hall, a communication was received from the Colonial Secretary in reply to a letter forwarded by the Council on the 25th February…

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Alteration in Railway Time Table

Evening News · Tuesday 27 August 1878 · page 3

An alteration has been sanctioned by the Executive in the time-tables of the Great Southern and Great Western Railways, in view of the opening of the southern line to Wagga, which takes place on…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 4th July, 1878. Supply of Locomotive Engines for the Next Four Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1878 · page 8

TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 27th August next, from persons willing to contract for supplying the following Locomotive Engines and Tenders for the Great Northern, Southern, Western, and…

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Railway Rails Condemned-Sharp Action

Evening News · Wednesday 28 August 1878 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Serious inferiority of material has been discovered in a large proportion of 14,000 tons of rails imported for the Port Augusta railway. A quantity of them are…

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Mr. Creswick.—Condemed Railway Plant

Evening News · Wednesday 28 August 1878 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The benefit yesternight to Mr. Creewick was crowded,—-A large quantity of the rails imported for the Government railways have been found to be useless…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Opening to Wagga Wagga, 3rd SEPTEMBER, 187[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1878 · page 3

RETURN TICKETS, at One Penny per mile, will be issued at all Stations for the trains leaving Sydney at 6.20 p.m. on MONDAY, the 2nd September, available for return for one week. Arrangements will be made for conveying passengers beyond…

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Talk About the Railway. (By Our Special Reporter.) Iv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1878 · page 5

Two or three new stations have lately been built between. Sydney and "Parramatta, and I think the Department deserve to be congratulated upon the neatness and respectability of their appearance. They…

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Burwood Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 August 1878 · page 6

A deputation from the Municipal Council of Burwood, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. Lindsay Thompson) and Aldermen Forrest and Archer, waited on the Minister for Public Works yesterday, to urge the necessity of an…

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