Deputations. Railway to George's River
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 589
A large deputation waited on the Minister for Works for the purpose of asking whether it was not more desirable to extend a railway through St. Peters and Marrickville, through Arncliffe, between Kogarah and Gannon's Forest…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 589
Mr. Lackey, in reply to a deputation respecting the railway station at Esk Bank, said 60 many conflicting opinions had been given that he had gone up himselt to inspect the place and he quite agreed that the test that had…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 589
The amended time-table for the running of trains on Hie Southern and Western Railways, ?which is to come into force on the 21st instant, provides for the abolition of the through day train on the Southern line beyond Goulburn…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 575
A roughly constructed but effective railroad has recently come into use in lumbering regions of America, which is worthy of notice for its applicability to agriculture and other industries where the…
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The Protestant Standard · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 7
If the tone of the public Press, not only in New South Wales, but in all parts of the Australian colonies, is to be relied on, a general demand exists for the construction of more…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 5
A WELL-ATTENDED meeting was held on Wednesday evening, in the Pubic School-room, to consider the objects proposed by the League. Mr. R. Fuller was voted to the chair…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 8
THE amended time-table for the running of trains on the Southern and Western Railways, which is to come into force on the 21st instant, provides for the…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 4
ON Monday evening last a meeting of the inha[?] of Parramatta was held ` in the Court-house for the purpose of considering the best possible route for…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 14
THE new time table for the Great Southern and Great Western ines of railway, which comes into operation on the 21st of this month, is now in the hands of the Government Printer…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 17
AT the present date there are open for traffic 1074 miles of line, and SO miles more in progress. This does not include the lines of the Hobson's Bay Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Government Notices. Department of Works, Road Branch, Sydney, 20th March, 1879
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 2
FRESH TENDERS.—Attention is directed to GAZETTE notice inviting Tenders for undermentiooned work, viz— Time for Reccipt of Tenders…
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Evening News · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 3
The various lines of railway to-day were very largely patronised. All the available rolling stock was utilised, and several special trains were ran. From an early hour the Redfern terminus was a busy…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 2
NOTICE is hereby given that during the above Holidays Special Trains will run to the suburbs as required…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 2
Notice is hereby given that tickets at Excursion Rates will be issued upon these holidays at all stations to all stations for distances over 15 miles, commencing with the Mail Trains on the 16th April, and terminating on the 14th April, both days…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 2
TICKETS at Excursion Rates available for return up to, and inclusive of, 21st April, will be issued to Sydney as follows:— From distance over 40 miles on and from Tuesday the 15th up to Saturday, the 19th April…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 2
NO GOODS will be received or delivered on the above days at the Redfern goods shed, but arrangements will be made for the delivery of perishablas and live stock up to 10 a.m…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 3
On Wednesday night Mr. John Sutherland, the late Minister for Works, made an explanation in the Legislative Assembly with regard to the selection of a site at Lithgow Valley for a railway station. A good deal has been said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 4th April, 1879. to Timber Merchants and Others
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1879 · page 2
The time for receiving TENDERS for the supply of Hardwood Timber, in Sleepers, for the Tramway from Redfern to Hunter-street, has been extended until 11 o'clock, on TUESDAY, the 15th April, 1879…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1879 · page 9
TICKETS at Exeursion Rates available for return up to, and inclusive of, 21st April, will be issued to Sydney as follows:— From distances over 40 miles on and from Tuesday the 15th up to Saturday, the 19th April…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1879 · page 5
Sir,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your valuable journal, to call the attention of the Government to the want of accommodation at the Rookwood Station, the platforms of which are so short and narrow that they are not…
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