Oxford-street Tramway
Mr. John Davies, C.M.G., M.P., with Messrs. Withers, M.P., and, M.P., Carter, M.P., Kidd, M.P., and about 20 of those connected with the recent public meeting against the application…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
1,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 90
A Merriweather Motor in Sydney
A motor-engine, new to this colony, was tested on Thursday upon the tramway line between the railway station stud Elizabeth-street. The engine had been got into routing order at…
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During the week which ended on the 23rd April 182,589 single fares were collected on the three lines of tramway. Of this numbor 82,710 were received on the Randwick, 59,330 on the Waverley, and 40,459 on the Redfern line…
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A deputation from the municipality of Canterbury was introduced to the Secretary for Works last Friday by Mr. Henson, M.P., to ask for a new bridge over Cook's River in place of that now in…
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A DEPUTATION from the municipality of Vitoria. North Shore, waited on Mr. Lackey, Secretary for Works, last Friday, to ask the Government to take over the road leading from Blue's Point wharf. It…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Revival of Kellyism. Terrorism in Victoria-supposed Preparations for the Road
THE recent visit of Superintendent Chomley to the north-eastern district was (says the Melbourne ARGUS), as has been already explained, in consequence of roports that the more unserupulous…
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A MEETING to protest against the proposed action of the Government in constructing a double line of tramway along Oxford-street was held at the Temperance Hall on Tuesday evening, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Deputations. Tramavay to Botany
Yesterday, a deputation representing the boroughs of Botany, Ashfield, and Waterloo, and accompanied by Messrs. Sutherland, W. F. Martin, and Melville, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works and urged upon that…
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A deputation consisting of Messrs. J. Davies, C.M.G., M.L.A.; G. H. Reid, M.L.A.; G. L. Carter, M.L.A.; Kidd, M.L.A.; and G. Withers, M.L.A., with Alderman Loes, Messrs. J. B. Olliffe, England, Wigzell Castle,…
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The scheme that the Premier of Queensland is at present devoting his time and energy to—namely, the formation of a truck line of railway across that colony, terminating at Point Parker in the Gulf of…
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The desirability of some additional and better means of entrance being made to the Newtown Railway station platform for Sydney, was brought under the alteration of the Minister for Public…
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A deputation composed of the undermentioned gentlemen, waited on the Minister for Public Works at noon yesterday, to protest against a second line of tram rails being laid down in…
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A departure accompanied by Mr. J. Suther and Mr. W. F. Martin and Mr. Melville, M's,L.A. interviewed the Minister for Public Works yesterday [?] upon the Government the necessity…
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I SAID that I called "a cab" to run up to the Exhibition. A cabel Shade of hansom! what an unhandsome thing to dignify the rattling shaking ramskackles with the name of cab. Certainly,…
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A deputation of residents of the Globe waited on the Secretary for Works last Friday to urge the necessity for the speedy construction of a tramway to the Globe. There were present-Sir G. W. Allen,…
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FROM the annoxed correspondence, it will be seen that some progress has been made towards simplifying the rates for farming and other produce. With those who have so systematically followed up this…
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SIR,—The protest raised by the residents of Oxford-street against the laying of a second line of rails, deserves the gravest consideration, and any one viewing the large amount of traffic traversing that…
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An accident happened to the guard of a Randwick car while at Moore Park yesterday. John Fountain was collecting tickets on the top of the car, when in consequence of there being a great number of…
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From some one or other the Southern mail train, which left here last night, was very late in reaching Wagga Wagga this morning, and it is not likely that it could reach Albury in time to catch the…
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At the Water Police Court, yesterday, before Messrs. Hale and Grey, J.'sP., Alexander Duguid, the driver of a 'bus, attended in answer to at information laid by the Commissioner for Railways…
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