The Berrima Railway Project
WE observed with satisfaction the other day Mr. Sutherland's cautious reception, of a deputation in support of the Illawarra railway project, and his refusal to consider the matter…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
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Changes in the Railway Department
WE understand that the investigations of the Honorable John Sutherland into tho traffic and other branches of tho Railway Department have led him to make a number of important changes in tho staff of the Department, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 81 →The Railway Department
TOWARDS the close of last year there was a near approach to a collision on the Western railway between a passenger train leaving Bathurst and a goods train despatched from…
Continued on Trove, page 80 →Extension of the Railway to Berrima
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Henry Badgrery, J. J. O. Atkinson, E. Carter, Thomas Fisher, E. P. Richardson, T. J. Stutchbury, G. E. Makin, James Powell, — Wilshire, C. M. Fiflher, and W. Teece, M. L. A., was…
Continued on Trove, page 86 →The Railway Investigation
MR. SUTHERLAND, the Minister for Works, has published an exhaustive paper on the subject of the recent railway dispute, and has, in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Railways. the Suspension of the Traffic Manager
THE Minister for Works (Hon. John Sutherland) has made a searching inquiry into the circumstances connected with the recent suspension of the traffic manager of the Southern and Western lines of railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrible Railway Accident. London, January 16
A terrible railway accident, through the fall of a bridge, has occurred at Hartford, America. Numbers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Port Darwin Railway Project. (Special to the Evening News.)
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Survey parties have been arranged for the work of surveying for the projected railway line to Port Darwin. A start is to be made very shortly, and the undertaking is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Railway Time Table
A new railway time table comes into force on Thursday, 24th January. The alterations made are as follows :—The down passenger train, which leaves Sydney at 5.25 p.m. for Picton, will arrive there at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch. Sydney, 28th November, 1877
TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS and Others.— TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 22nd January, 1878, from persons willing to contract for Constructing the Works on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban Railways
A large deputation waited on the Hon. John Sutherland this morning, to advocate the carrying out of a system of Suburban Railways. The deputation introduced by Mr. W.A. Broadlibb, consisted of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reduction of Railway Fares to Clergymen
A deputation consisting of the Rev. Mr. Symon's Church of England and Rev. Mr. Paterson(Presbyterian), waited on the Minister for Works this morning to solict a reduction of the railway fare to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Railways. Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat, Victoria, 15Th February, 1878
PACKAGES intended for competition at the above Exhibition, and addressed "Secretary Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat," will be received at all stations up to and on SATURDAY, the 9th February, and conveyed FREE OF…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines
NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the 14th January, instant, Return Tickets issued at a fare and a half for distances over 30, and not exceeding 200 miles, will be available for return for TEN days, including the day of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Anniversary Day, 26th January, 1878
On the above date, tickets at a single fare for the double journey will be issued at all stations for all stations, available for return for the same periods as the ordinary return tickets…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Fortnightly Tourists' Train
On SATURDAY next, the 26th instant, this Train will run West to Bowenfels, leaving Sydney at 8 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reduction of Railway fares to Clergymen
A deputation, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Symons Church of England), and Rev. Mr. Paterson (Presbyterian), waited on the Minister for Works this morning to solicit a reduction of the railway fares to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the Day. The Railway to the Victorian Border
The amount of the successful tender of Cornwell, Mixner, and Co., for the construction of the railway from Wagga Wagga to Albury, is £263,655 and the distance is 77 1/2 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deniliquin Railway
A deputation from the directors of the Deniliquin Railway, introduced by Mr. Thomas Robertson, met the Premier (the Hon. J. S. Farnell) at the Lands Office, yesterday. They applied for a grant of the land taken for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Railway Extension
Yesterday morning, Messrs Brodribb, T. Robertson, North, Mills, Pile, and S. Cowper, waited upon the Minister for Works, as a deputation from the Suburban Railway Committee, to urge the Government to take speedy action…
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