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Railways, roads & transport, 1880

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Opening of the Railway to Wellington

Evening News · Friday 28 May 1880 · page 2

We understand that the following are the arrangements for the ceremony of evening the extension of the railway from Orange ot Wellington on Tuesday. june 1: — Trains will leave Sydney for Orange at…

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The Railway to Wellington

Evening News · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 4

The Western line of railway has been completed as far as Wellington, and the extension will be officially opened on Tuesday next. This extension has necessitated the preparation of new time tables which can…

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Connection of the Great Northern Railway with Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 3

Messrs. Cohen, Charles, H. H. Brown, Badgery, and Fawcett, Ms.L.A., Mr. J. G. Chalmers (Mayor of East Maitland), and Messrs. J. M. Brunker and J. H. Heaton waited upon the Minister for Works, yesterday, for the…

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Tramway Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 7

The tender of Messrs. Topham, Angus, and Co., for the first extension of our tramway system, has been, we understand, accepted by the Government. This arm, it is stated, have constructed a great number of tramways in New…

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Railway Accident—Compensation Case. Supreme Court, Sydney. (Before his Honor Sir W. Manning.) Broughton V. the Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 997

Jury: Messrs Bartholomew Manning, James Allen, Henry D. Martyn, and Peter Greig. Mr. M. A. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. M'Culloch, instructed by Mr. J. H. Carruthers, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr…

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The Northern Railway

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 6

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Cohen, Charles, Badgery, H. Brown, Fawcett, Ms.L.A., G. G. Chambers, Mayor of East Maitland, Jno. Brunker, and J. H. Heaton, waited on the Minister…

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The Railway Collision on Boxing-day

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 6

The second of the actions brought against the Commissioner of Railways for damages arising out of the railway collision which took place at Parramatta on Boxing Day, was tried in the Supreme…

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Railway to Illawarra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 27

THERE are no harbours on the almost rock-bound coast between Port Jackson and Jervis Bay, and between the latter and Twofold Bay, that will safely accommodate more than a dozen vessels of…

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Fort Parker and the TransContinental Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 8

THE Queenslander are an enterprising people, and at present they have an enterprising Premier. Mr. M'ILWRAITH is concerned in very large commercial…

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Deputations. Railway From Gunning to Cooma

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 13

Last Friday a deputation, consisting of the Hon. Charles Campbell, M.L.C., Mr. J. B. Thompson, M.L.A., Messrs. W. Affleck, W. B. Reynolds, C. Messy, and J. Sutton, and representing the…

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Tramway Accident

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1880 · page 2

This morning at 8 o'clock, a cart driven by George Overall, a carter in the employ of Mr. Shadier, baker, of Hunter-street: met with an accident, the horse taking (right at the night of the engine and…

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Railway Works, Orange to Wellington. Length of Extension to Be Opened

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1880 · page 3

The length of the extension to be opened to-morrow—from Orange to Wellington—is 54 milon 50 chains. The contr[?]ter was the late William Watkins, but the work was completed by his ex[?]tors. The…

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Opening of the Great Western Railway to Wellington. To-morrow (Tuesday), June 1, 1880. Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the Town. First Glimpse

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1880 · page 3

SIXTY-THERE years have passed since a email band of white men of temparate habits, of eminent courage, and of enthusiastic dispositions. left Sydney to explore the country beyond the Blue Mounta[?]s…

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Opening of the Railway to Wellington

Evening News · Tuesday 1 June 1880 · page 2

THE ceremony of opening the extension of the railway from Orange to Wellington took place at noon today. the length of the extension being 54 miles 50 chains, making a total distance of 247 miles 40…

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Tramway Extension. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1880 · page 3

Sir,—I see from Saturday's Herald that the Government have accepted tenders for extending the tramway from "Elizabeth-street past Lyons-re[?], up Oxford-street, through Botany-street on to Randwich racecourse, and that…

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Improvemements at the Sydney Railway Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1880 · page 7

A number of improvements and alterations have of late been made at the Sydney Railway Terminus, and so many more are projected, that when all are complete the yard will bo practically remodelled. New sidings and carriage docks…

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The New Tramways

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1880 · page 2

The first work in connection with the intended eastern of Government tramways was commenced yesterday. The Commissioner for Railways and Mr. Giested, engineer in charge of…

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Opening of the Railway to Wellington. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wellington, Tuesday, 3 p.m. Serious Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1880 · page 3

Considerable gloom has been thrown over the festive proceedings through what will probably result in a fatal accident. A man named Everingham, from Blacktown, whilst engaged in coupling two…

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Railway From Orange to Wellington. (From Our Own Reporter.) Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1880 · page 7

The railway from Orange to Wellington will extend the Great Western railway 54¾ miles further in the direction of the Upper Darling than the terminus previously opened to the public at Orange. The new section of the line begins at…

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Opening Ceremony of the Wellington Railway. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wellington

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1880 · page 3

The extension of the Great Western line from Orange to Wellington was opened to-day amid great public rejoicing. The Ministerial party left Sydney on Monday night and arrived this…

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