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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

1,111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 56

Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Bathurst Races, 30th April and 1st May, 1879

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1879 · page 8

Tickets at Excursion Fares will be issued at all stations to Bathurst on the 29th and 30th April, and at all stations, distant not over 50 miles from Bathurst also on the morning of the 1st May, available for return for one week…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Suburban Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 15

THE ATTENTION OF PASSENGERS is directed to the NEW TIME TABLE for the arrival and departure of trams, which will come into operation on MONDAY, the 21st instant. To shorten the time of the joaraey, it has been decided to…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Bathurst Races, 30th April and 1st May, 1879

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 15

Tickets at Excursion Fares will be issued at all stations to Bathurst on the 29th and 30th April, and at all stations, distant not over 50 miles from Bathurst also on the morning of the 1st May, available for return for one week…

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Government Railways. Suburban Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 15

With reference to the advertisement stating that until further notice a late train would leave Sydney for Parramatta at 12.45 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights, NOTICE is hereby given that the above train WILL NOT RUN…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition, 1879

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 15

NOTICE in hereby given that Tickets at excursion rates will be issued at all stations to Sydney on and from MONDAY, 21st April, up to SATURDAY, 26th April, and including passengers by the mail trains arriving in Sydney on Monday morning, available for…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 24th February, 1579. to Railway Contractors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 15

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…

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Railway Crossings. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 6

Sir,—In looking over an old Herald, I think of the 7th instant, I saw that "Drover" had asked you to draw attention to the careless manner those employed on the railway crossings, with few exceptions, perform their duties. My…

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City Railway Extension to Circular Quay. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1879 · page 6

Sir,—Amongst the many proposals for bringing the railway line from Redfern to the Circular Quay none found greater favour with the public and Parliament than that spoken of as the plan of the late Ministry, viz.:—That the…

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Accident to a Railway Goods Train

Evening News · Friday 25 April 1879 · page 3

The goods train which left Picton at 9 45 p.m. last night, and was due at Sydney at 1.40 a.m. this morning, did not reach Redfern until 8.45 a.m. owing to an accident which occurred near…

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Suburban Railway Traffic

Evening News · Friday 25 April 1879 · page 2

The running of the suburban trains under the new railway time-table has given unqualified satisfaction. In fact, it is confidently asserted that the passenger traffic during the week I me materially increased, and…

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Newtown Railway Bridge

Evening News · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 4

The work connected with the widening of the Newtown railway bridge has been a work of some magnitude, inasmuch as tho old brick bridge had to be removed and an iron bridge erected in its place to…

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[J. Bridge.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 37

Wool.—The quantities arriving now do not convey any idea as to value, and the account sales and reports arriving from London, though more encouraging than was expected, afford butlittleguide as to the course prices will take. One…

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Stray Stock and Fenced Roads

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 657

Sir,—How is it that main roads fenced in on both sides, leading out of country townships incorporated, are made public paddocks for stray stock? Surely those who are the owners of horses or cattle thus trespassing on the roads…

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Mr. John Bridge's New Wool Warehouse

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 20

THE above is an engraving of Mr. John Bridge's store at Circular Quay, as it will appear when completed by the additional works now in pro-gress. Mr. Bridge's present store stands on a…

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The Mystery of Wiseman’s Ferry Road. Chapter Iv. —(Continued)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 2

MR. HAT was a gentleman colonist of the old stamp. Born of good Northumbrian blood—his father was a cadet of the Kinnoul branch of the Scottish…

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The Late Railway Meeting at Castle Hill. (To the Editor of the Mercury.)

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 4

SIR,—Allow me through the medium of your columns to correct anchor in the report of a meeting at Castle Hill on the 16th instant. The report states, that I called upon Mr. Acres as a…

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Northern Railway Extension League, Castle Hill

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 8

THE meeting convened for Wednesday, evening, 25th inst., in the Schoolroom, Castle Hill, in connection with the above scheme was not held, owing to the action of the…

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Deputations. Railway to Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 3

A deputation consisting of Messrs. M. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., W. Affick, J.P., B. Donnolly, C. A. Massey, and W. G. O'Neill were introduced by Mr. Thompson, M.L. A., to the Minister for Works, yesterday morning, with a view…

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Government Railways. Great Southern, Western, and Richmond Lines. Bathurst Races, 30th April and 1st May, 1879

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1879 · page 3

Tickets at Excursion Fares will be issued at all stations to Bathurst on the 29th and 30th April, and at all stations, distant not over 50 miles from Bathurst also on the morning of the 1st May, available for return for one week…

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Government Railways. Suburban Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1879 · page 3

With reference to the advertisement stating that until further notice a late train would leave Sydney for Parramatta at 12.45 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights. NOTICE is hereby given that the above train WILL NOT RUN…

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