The Railway to Gunnedah
GUNNEDAH, Wednesday.—A letter, signed by all the business people in town, has been addressed to the police magistrate here, asking, in consequence of the impassable state of the roads…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1879
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The Tramway
Rapid progress is being made with the tramway along Elizabeth-street. To-day the workmen had broken ground as far as the terminus at Hunter-street, while the rails are laid to within a short…
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If we add to the railway lines already opened for traffic those which are under contract it will be seen that the colony is in a fair way of soon becoming the owner of about 1000 miles of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The above question is to be dealt with very trenchantly by the Ministry. In the meantime the Lands Department is pushing forward preparations. A proclamation…
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Sir,--As a passenger by the Reynolds-street ferry, I wish to call the attention of the Mayor of Balmain to the disgraceful state of Reynolds-street. For several hundred yards it is nothing but mud and…
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Sir,--For many months past the unfortunate residents of the Glenmore-road have been subjected to no end of discomforts and annoyance, caused through the disgraceful state of that thorougufare, which has…
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Sir,--Would you kindly allow me space in your journal to draw the attention of the powers that be to the present condition of the Parramatta-road, commencing from the viaduct on the right of the…
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On Wednesday last, Mr. John Davies, M.P., Mr. Hungerford, M.P., Mr. Higgins, Mr. Vickery, and Mr. White waited on the Seretary for Works, and presented a petition from residents in the…
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Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Coonan, M.L.A., Mr. George E. Cass, J.P., and Mr. John Hazard, waited upon the Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Works, respecting a proposed bridge over the Castlereagh…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—All the employees of the Oakleigh railway have been transferred to other branches for allowing drunken persons to travel on the line…
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Fancying that the subject matter of my present contribution might possess a little more than ordinary interest to many readers of the Telegraph, and especially new arrivals seeking employment among…
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His Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus will not be able to attend at the opening of the north-western line of railway to Gunnedah on the 10th proximo. The following telegram has been forwarded by the…
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The Barcelona correspondent of the République Francaise sends the following particulars concerning the attack which was made recently upon the express train from Barcelona to Madrid. He says that the train was stopped near…
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The testing of the new temporary bridge by the Government engineer, Mr. Nicholas, took place yesterday morning (says the WAGGA ADVOCATE of August 16). The strength of the bridge was tested…
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A Swiss paper states that the piercing of the St. Gothard for the railway tunnel will probably be completed before the end of the present year. The two boring parties, drilling from north and south, will not meet exactly in the centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rookwood Railway Platform. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Some months age I called the attention of the railway authorities, through the medium of your valuable journal to the platforms at the Rookwood railway station, since which time nothing has been done…
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On the night of the 31st May one of the most serious railway accidents that have happened in South Staffordshire for some time occurred at the Bloomfield Junction, near to Tipton station, on the…
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Mr. Gjedsted, the engineer in charge of the steam tramway line, which will connect the Redfern Station with the Exhibition, or nearly so, deserves every credit for the manner in which he has carried out the…
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We have been favoured by the Hon. Sir John Roberteon. K.C.M.G., with the following telegraphic correspondence in reference to the inability of his Excellency Lord Augustus Loftus to visit Gunnedah…
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