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Railways, roads & transport, 1880

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The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, Jan. 31, 1880. The Railway Rates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 16

A GOOD cause is often spoiled by injudicious advocacy, and the up-country farmers have certainly been unfortunate in their case against the Railway Department being…

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EXTENSION of the Great Northern Railway to SYDNEY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 3

A public meeting was held in the Council-chambers, Ryde, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of considering the advisability of co-operating with the inhabitants of Walls[?]nd, Plattsburg, and the vicinity, in their efforts to…

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Railway Extension to Riverina. to the Editor Of,the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 4

Sir,—Will you grant me space in your valuable paper to answer a few observations in your leader of the 21st instant upon my speech at the Chamber of Commerce upon railway extension to Cobar, and to…

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Railway from Narandera to Hay

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 3

A deputation from Darliugton Pointand J[?]rilderie, consisting of Messrs. Johnson, Quin, J.P., Williamson, Firth, J.P., and Lancer, was introduced to the Secretary for Public Works this [?]…

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Bridge at Manilla

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—A meeting was held last night at the Machanics Institute, for the purpose of urging on the Government the [?]…

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Railway to Jerilderie

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

At the interview with the Minister for Works, yesterday, in reference to the extension of the railway to Hay, Mr. Day asked Mr. Lackey whether it was the intention of the Government to construct the…

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Deniliqui[?] and Moama Railway

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

DENILIQUIN, Wednesday.—The eleventh half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway was held yesterday. The receipts for the half-year ending 31st…

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Deputations. Narrandera and Hay Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. R. Barbour, M.L.A., Day, M.L.A., Williamson, Quin. J.P., Firth, J.P., and Lander, waited on Mr. Lackey, Minister for Works, for the purpose of urging the Government to…

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Railway From Narandera to Hay

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

The oft-recurring question of the railway from Narandera to Hay, was again brought before the Minister for Works yesterday by a deputation consisting of Mr. Barbour. M.L.A.; Mr. Day, M.L.A.:…

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The Railways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 5

Sir,—As an old farmer of New South Wales, I hope Mr. Lackey will be firm on the question of carrying hay per train to Sydney, for it is the only way to bring the farmers to their senses, and press their hay in a proper manner for…

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Mount Wilson-road

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1880 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works was interviewed this morning by the Hon. J. H. Coy, M.I.C., Messrs. Wynne. W. Hay, and Mr. H. Stephen, asking that the Government would cause some improvement to…

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Deputation. Cobar's Cl[?] for a Railway

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1880 · page 2

An [?] dep[?] some 30 centlemen, arr[?] when were the Hon. George Herry Cox. M.L.C., M. Darton, Cap[?] in Bloomfield, and Mr. Simson, wa[?] on the Minister for…

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Randwick Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 6

Yesterday morning, Messrs. J. See (Mayor of Randwick) and Aldermen Pearce and Bradley waited on Mr. Hoskins, at the Lands Office, to complain about the notion of the department in granting licenses for the quarrying of stone from…

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Road Near Bega

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 254

Mr. H. Clarke, M.L.A., and some gentlemen from the Bega district, had as interview with the Minister for Works, on 30th ultimo, to request that a deviation might be made in the road from Candelo to Bega, to enable…

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Mount Wilson Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 6

A deputation, introduced by the Hon. G. H. Cox, and consisting of Messrs. William Day, Richard Wynne, and W. H. Stephen, waited upon the Minister for Works, yesterday morning, and asked him to grant a sum of…

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Railway to Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 6

Yesterday, a deputation consisting of Messrs. C. W. Simson, M.L.A., Russell Barton, W. H. Mackenzie, H. T. Kelly, R. Saddington, G. T. Suttor, H. De V. Lamb J. E. Wren, A. Harcourt, G. Hardie, J. Marshall, J. Kirkwood,…

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Extension of the Great Northern Railway to Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 254

A public meeting was held in the Council-chambers, Ryde, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of considering the advisability of co-operating with the inhabitants of Wallsend, Plattsburg, and the vicinity, in their efforts to…

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Narrandera and Hay Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 254

On Tuesday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. R. Barbour, M.L.A., Day, M.L.A., Williamson, Quin, J.P., Firm, J.P., and Lander, waited on Mr. Lackey, Minister for Works, for the purpose of urging the Government to…

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Extension of the Great Western Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 254

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Shepherd, M.L.A.; Mr. Coonan, M.L.A.; Mr. Bevers, M.L.A.; Mr. Tanner, Mayor of Molong; Mr. T.Kelly, Mayor of Parkes; and Mr. Corcoran, J.P., waited upon the Minister for…

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Weighbridges on the Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 254

A deputation, consisting of Mr. A. Bowman, M.L.A., Mr. T. Garrett, M.L.A., and Captain Onslow, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works, on 30th ultimo, for the purpose of pointing out the desirableness of having…

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