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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 29th April, 1879, from persons willing to contract for constructing the Works on the extension of the Great Northern Railway from Tamworth to Uralla, being a length of about 63½…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An inquest was held at the Brecknock Arms Hotel on Saturday morning, on the body of Henry Middleton, who was run over on Hie night of 20th instant by the 11.35 train from Homebush to Sydney. The body was…
Continued on Trove, page 510 →In the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, Mr. Lackey moved the second reading of the Metropolitan Railway Extension Bill. It would be in the recollection of hon. members that under the Railway Act the…
Continued on Trove, page 509 →A deputation waited on the Minister for Lands, last week, to ascertain if that gentleman could render invalid certain improvements on a railway reserve one mile wide, and extending from Deniliquin to Hay. These improvements…
Continued on Trove, page 509 →AN influential and well attended public meeting was held at the Church of England Schoolroom, Castle Hill, on Thursday evening last, to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The public generally believe in the extension of railways, whether in a northerly or a southerly or a westerly or any other direction. The Illawarra railway question is to be brought forward this Friday evening by Mr. S. Gray, and he -- having given his support to other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FOLLOWING are the provisions of the bill introduced to the Assembly by Mr. Lankey for the construction of a tramway from the Ballway Station to the northern end of the city:—…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →THE City Coroner, on Saturday, held an inquest at the Brecknock Hetol, Lower George-street, respecting the death of a man named Henry Middleton, who was killed on tho railway, between Eveleigh and…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →It will be in the recollection of readers that the late violent floods on the Murrumbidgee so far destroyed the temporary railway bridge across the river as to render the structure useless. The contractors, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A young man named Cheale, of White-street, Bethnal Green-road, committed suicide on Tuesday, February 4, by cutting his throat, after killing his infant child by cutting his [?], and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Bennett, of the Works Department, arrived at Jerilderie on Saturday afternoon, and a deputation of leading men waited on him the same evening, when the extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This portion of the extension of the Great NorthWestern Railway was opened on Tuesday last, says the NAMOI INDEPENDENT of March 27, and was an tame an affairs ever we witnessed. There was not the slightest display of any bind, even the workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TENDERS will be received until noon on FRIDAY the 4th (April, 1879, from persons willing to convey from Newcastle N. S. W., to Victorian ports about 38,000 tons cool, more or less, as may be required for the use of the Victorian Railways during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Particulars of the career of Peace, the notorious English burglar aud murderer have already been published. The incident of hie attempted escape remains to be told. On January 22, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The boiler of a locomotive engine need by the contractors (Messrs. Leslie and Co.), on the Horsham line, exploded about a mile from Horsham, The whole casing of the boiler was blown to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In consequence of men being employed at work on the Oakleigh railway line, on Sunday last, a certain certain of the community have refuted td take any part In, the opening festivities, alleging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY forenoon there was another trial in the harbour of the torpedo boat, Acheron. This wonderful craft, it will be remembered, was built to the order of the Government by the Atlas Co., Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock, of TUESDAY, the 8th April, 1879, from persons willing to contract for the supply of Cass[?]iron Brackets and Wrought-iron Fastenings for the Tramway from Redfern to Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 3th April, 1879, from persons willing to contract for the supply of Oregon Timber, in Sleepers, for the Tramway from Redern to Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 8th April, 1879, from persons willing to contract for the supply of Blue Road Metal and Blue Stone Cube Sets for the Tramway from Redfern to Hunter-street…
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