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Railways, roads & transport, 1878

1,007 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 51

Railway Passes to Clergymen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 3

About half-past 12 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. E. Symonds, B.A., and the Rev. R. S. Paterson, Ex-Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, waited upon the Hon. John Sutherland Minister for Works, at his office,…

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Railway Disaster in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 6

TELEGRAPHIC information to the New York Herald, from Columbia, S.C., on November 23, conveyed the startling news that a terrible accident had occurred on the Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad, about…

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Railway Accident Near Bathurst. [By Telegraph.] Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 5

PARTICULARS of the railway accident which occurred two miles on the other side of George's Plains, yesterday afternoon, are to hand. It appears that the ballast train was coming from Orange, and that upon…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Anniversary Day, 26th January, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 7

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…

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Government Railways. Anniversary Day, Saturday, 26th January, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 7

No Goods will be received or delivered on the above day at the Redfern Goods Shed; but arrangements will be made for the delivery of Perishables and Live Stock up to 10 a.m…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Suburban Time Tables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1878 · page 7

NOTICE is hereby given that a separate Book containing only the Time Table and Fares for the Suburban Trains has been prepared for the convenience of suburban passengers, and can be obtained on application at the stations…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Fortnightly Tourists' Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1878 · page 6

On SATURDAY next, the 26th instant, this Train will run West to Bowenfels, leaving Sydney at 8 a.m…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Suburban Time Tables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1878 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that a separate Book containing only the Time Table and Fares for the Suburban Trains has been prepared for the convenience of suburban passengers, and can be obtained on application at the stations…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Anniversary Day, 26th January, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1878 · page 6

On the above date, tickets at a single, fare for the double journey will be issued at all stations for all stations, available for retain for the same periods as the ordinary return tickets…

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Government Railways. Anniversary Day, Saturday, 26th January, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1878 · page 6

No Goods will be received or delivered on the above day at the Redfern Goods Shed; but arrangements will be made for the delivery of Perishables and Live Stock up to 10 a.m…

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The Lennox Bridge Nuisance

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 4

WE[?] glad to notice that the subject of the terrible nuisance arising from the Government sewer near Lennox Bridge has been brought in a definite…

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John Bridge's Weekly Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 11

In fat cattle this week there was no great obange to report. Beat pens [?] at 25s to 28s, and the quality offered was generally inferior. SHEEP were again vary plentiful, and prices no better,…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western; and Richmond Lines. Fortnightly Tourists' Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 10

On SATURDAY next, the 26th instant, this Train will run West to Bowenfels, leaving Sydney at 8 a.m. CHAS. A. GOODCHAP,…

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Continuation of the Morpeth Railway

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 2

Mr.Government Surveyor Kennedy is at present engaged, we (ERCURY) are informed, in surveying a line to continue the "Morpoth Railway and connect it with the Great Northern Railway, lower down the…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western and Richmond Lines. Anniversary Day, 26th January, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 10

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…

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Government Railways. Anniversary Day, Saturday, 26th January, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 10

No Goods will be received of delivered or the above day at the Redfern Goods Shed; but arrangements will be made for the delivery of Perishables and Live Stock up to 10 a.m…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Suburban Time Tables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 10

NOTICE is hereby given that a separate Book containing only the Time Table and Fares for the Suburban Trains has been prepared for the convenience of suburban passengers, and can be obtained on application at the stations…

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Government Railways. Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. Ballarat, Victoria, 15Th February, 1878

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 10

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…

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Railway Abuses

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 4

THE energetic action taken by the Minister for Works with respect to railway mismanagement has caused all sorts of abuses to be brought, to light,…

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Tee Railway Department

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1878 · page 4

WHATEVER the FARNELL Ministry may do hereafter, one service will have been rendered by it, to the public, in the revelation made, respecting the interior…

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