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The President of the Protestant Evangelical Mission had been the means of rescuing and protecting several of the Priest's victims. A Mrs. Kennedy was immediately put forth as a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--Being acquainted with a considerable portion of the colony, and having no particular self-interest to distort my vision, I would like to draw attention…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following appeared in the Second Edition of The Sydney Daily Telegraph yesterday morning :--On Thursday evening a very serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Thursday a deputation of gentlemon, most of whom were from Forbes, and consisting of Mr. Coonan, M.L.A., Mr. Combos, M.L.A., Mr. Macintosh, M.L.A., Mr. W. Brooke, J.P., Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—On Monday evening, about a quarter past 6, a special train of about 30 carriages, containing the families and employees of the traffic and permanent-way…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A large and most influential deputation, amongst the members of which were the following gentlemen, last Friday waited on the hon the Minister for Works in reference, to the subject of tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sir,—With your permission I should like to make a few remarks in answer to Mr. A. Moffitt's letter on tramways, October 22, 1879. He says, before the Government take any action in the matter, it is to be hoped that the experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I sent you all the particulars that could be gleaned about this unfortunate affair for Wednesday's Telegraph, but have since ascertained the following details, which throws bat little light…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN to-day's GOVERNMENT GAZETTE notice is given that it is the intention of "The Sydney City and Suburban Tramway and Omnibus Company" to petition the Legis [?]tive Assembly, in its ensuing session, for leave to introduce a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The annual meeting of the Ashfield Presbyterian Church, Liverpool Road, was held in the church, on Thursday evening, the 23rd instant. The chair was occupied by the minister, the Rev. John Auld, M. A., who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--As a visitor from a neighbouring colony, attracted to Sydney by the Exhibition, I cannot help expressing my gratification at the magnificent scenery which surrounds your beautiful city. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--The other evening I took a seat outside one of the tramcars at Hunter-street. The two cars before starting were crowded inside and out, so much so that several passengers were standing on top…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney City and Suburban Tramway and Omnibus Company have signified their intention, by notice in the Government Gazette, to petition the Legislative Assembly in its ensuing session for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRAIDWOOD, Friday.-With regard to the proposed Cooma railway, the committee reports that it passes over splendid wheat country, and also over a large extent of Government land fit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—There are some very strange anomalies in the rates at which goods are carried on our railways, some of which seem to favour one class as against another. Any merchant or storekeeper knows how similar in bulk a bale of woolpacks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“THERE is one still living—still in a certain sense thriving and utterly careless of the hideous share he had in my undoing, whom you all know, but whom as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LITHGOW, Saturday.—The new railway arrangements are greatly increasing the passenger traffic. Numbers of excursionists arc going to Sydney from all stations. A new railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SIGNIFICANT notice appears in the Government Gazette announcing the intention of the Sydney City and Suburban Tramway and Omnibus Company to petition the Legislative Assembly in its…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A deputation of residents of Redfern, Waterloo, Alexandria, and Botany waited upon the hon. Minister for Works yesterday, and were introduced to him by Mr. Lucas, M.L.A., and Mr. Sutherland, M.L.A. The deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation of inhabitants of the Carcoar districts, consisting of Messrs. Stimpson, Mayor of Carcoar, Connelly, and Kenworthy, accompanied by Mr. J. S. Farnell, M.L.A., and Mr. J. B. Thompson, M.L.A., were yesterday morning…
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