Cobar Railway
A very numerous deputation, introduced by Mr.R Barton, M.P., and comprising Messrs. Davis, O.M.G., Lloyd, Brodribb, Burdekin, Lynoh, Burns. Cramsie, Hazlett, Farnell, See, Byers, Dr. Ross, Young,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1881
1,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 90
Nowra and Its Bridge. (By Our Own Reporter.)
The Shoalhaven district is one of the most prosperot and picturesque in the colony. The population isa principally an agricultural one, and the pastures being eminently suitable for the production of butter and cheese, dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cook's River Tramway
The residents of St. Peters and Cook's River district generally are going to hold jan indignation meeting to-night about the supposed abandonment of the Cook's River tramway. The line is part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glebe Point are Forest Lodge Tramways
The tender of Messrs. Foster, Brigg, and [?] has been accepted by the Railway Department for the [?]trnetion of the tramway from Redfern junction to Glebe Point with a branch through Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Tramway to Cook's River
A public meeting was held at the Town Hall, St. Peters, lest evening, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to urge upon the Government the necessity of constructing the tramway to Cook's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputations Trial Bay Railway
A deputation, consisting of Mr. R. B. Smith, M.P., and Mr. O. Danger, waited on the Secretary for Works this morning, to urge the necessity of a trial line of railway being surveyed from Trial Bay to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deputations. Warren Roads and Railways
A deputation, consisting of Messrs, Cass, W. Clarke, and Cooke, M's.P., was introduced by Sir Patrick Jennings, M.P., to the Minister for Works yesterday, in order to bring under notice the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Brighton Railway Murder
THE English papers brought by the R.M.S. Kaisari-Hind contain reports of the mysterious murder recently committed on the Brighton railway line. The following particulars of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dangers of the Tram
" H. E. W." sends us the following:-On Monday, about 8 p.m, I proceeded to the corner of College and Liverpool streets with my wife to see her into the down train for Sydney. The tram stopping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, July 15, 1881. to Contractors and Others
TENDERS will be received at this office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 30th August, from persons willing to contract for the execution of the Works on Contract No. 1 of the Extension from Dubbo to Bourke (Bridge over the Macquarie River at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway From Trial Bay to Armidale
Yesterday, Mr. R. B. Smith and Mr. O. O. Dangar waited as a deputation upon the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, having been appointed, by a recent public meeting held at Kempsey, to urge upon the Government the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Railway Accident. London, Aug. 9
A terrible railway accident has occurred in the vicinity of Blackburn, in Lancashire. Two trains came into collision, by which five persons were killed on the spot, and thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Accident. London, August 9
A terrible railway accident, has occurred in the vicinity of Blackburn, in Lancashire, where two trains came into collision. Five persons were killed on the spot, and 30 others were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Survey
A deputation was recently held at Kempsey to urge upon the Government the necessity of having a trial survey made to connect Trial Bay with Armidale. Mr. R. B. Smith, M.P., and Mr. O…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fatal Tramway Accident. Coroner's Inquest
AN inquest was held to-day at the city coroner's office, as to the cause of death of the Hon. George Oakes, M.L.C., who died at the Infirmary from injuries received by being knocked down on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tramway Accident. Death of the Hon. George Oakes, M.L.C.
CONSIDERABLE gloom was cast over Parliamentary circles last night by the announcement that the Hon. George Oakes had been killed on the tramway line shortly after leaving his seat in the Upper House…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murder on the Brighton Railway
A mysterious occurrence was reported on June 27 to the Brighten police. Mr. Arthur Lefroy, of 4, Catheart Road, Wallington, Survey, stated to the police authorities at the Town Hall that he travelled in the express from London at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railways of New South Wales
The report of the Commissioner for Railways for the year 1880 states that the total expenditure for construction was £13,012,041, of which the sum of £11,778,819 was expended on lines opened for traffic. The net earnings…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Tramway Accident. Death of the Hon. George Oakes, M.l.c
A lamentable tramway accident, resulting in the death of Mr. George Oakes, M.L.C., took place shortly after 6 o'clock last evening in Elizabeth-street, in front of the tramway office. From the…
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