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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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THE traffic on the various lines of railway to-day has been unprecedented. Owing to the introduction of a large number of new carriages, and the cushioning of all the members carriages, the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In the last Saturday's issue of your morning contemporary, there is a paragraph to the effect, "that the new system of introducing single tickets at reduced rates on our lines of railway came into force yesterday," &c.: but in place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The suburban residents have been beguiled for some time past by the specious promises of the railway authorities holding out prospects of increased facilities of transit and reduced fares. A great deal has been said about railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An accident occurred on the Victorian railway, near Spencer-street Station, this morning. An engine and tender ran off the line into a short blind siding and tipped over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The general public must, I am sure, feel greatly obliged for the public spirit displayed by your travelling reporter, as appears in the Town and Country of the 7th instant, in bringing under the notice of "the powers that be"…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Attention is directed to Gazette notice inviting tenders for undermentioned work, viz.:— Supply of Drain Pipes for the Southern District for 1879, Time for receipt of tenders—January 7lh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In pursuance of a requisition, signed by Messrs. James Merriman (Mayor of Sydney). Lindsay G. Thompson (Mayor of Burwood), George Kiss (Mayor of Randwick), John Macpherson (Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is pleasing to learn that, notwithstanding the losses the country has sustained by the drought, the receipts of wool by the western railway line for the month of August to the 31st December are equal to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the Municipal Conference was held at the Town Hall, yesterday, for the purpose of taking steps ta urge upon the Government the desirability of proceeding with the work of city and suburban railway extension as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attention is directed to GAZETTE notice inviting tenders for undermentioned work, viz.:— Supply of Drain Pipes for the Southern District for 1879. Time for receipt of tenders—January 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notice is hereby given that, on and after WEDNESDAY, the 1st January, 1879, TICKETS will be at the above Office to all the Suburban Stations. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation consisting of the mayor and aldermen of the Globe represented to the Minister for Works, to-day, the necessity for making the footpaths, and kerbing, and guttering the north-west side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation was introduced to the Minister for Works today, by Mr. D. Holborrow, Mayor of Ashfield, and requested that the sum of £400 should be granted towards the kerbing and guttering the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 7th January, 1879, from persons willing to contract for the Erection of Engine Shed, Ashpits, and 4 Cottages, at Murrumburrah Station, Great Southern Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENDERS will be received at this office up to noon on MONDAY, the 21st April, 1879, for the Construction of a Line of Railway between the Port of Fremantle and Guildford, being a distance of 20 miles or thereabouts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another deputation, consisting of Mr. Holborow (Mayo[?] of Ashfield), Alderman Clissold, and Mr. Beames (Councilclerk), of the same borough, waited on the Minister to request the payment of£400 promised for the kerbing and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attention is directed to GAZETTE notice inviting tenders for Undermentioned work, viz.:— Supply of Drain Pipes for the Southern District for 1879. Time for receipt of tenders—January 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The Hon. John Woods, Commissioner for Railways in Victoria, arrived in Newcastle by the steamship Kerangie. At noon he proceeded in the Government steam yacht, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation, consisting of Mr. D. Holborow (Mayor of Ashfield), Alderman F. Clissold (Ashfield), Mr. H. Moses, M.L.A., and Messrs. J. Miles, J. Walton, J. Bartlett, W. O'Hag[?], and J. Shilling, waited upon the Hon. J. Lackey…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Southern Mail train, early this , morning, left the rails at Rocky Ponds, near Goalburn, and the mails were delayed five hours in consequence. The train was running slowly at the time, consequently…
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