Railway from Wagga to Tumut. WAGGA
At a meeting of the progress committee, held last night, a deputation was formed, consisting of the chairman of committee and several other residents, for the purpose of visiting…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
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Tramway to Canterbury
A numerously attended meeting was held last night in the council chambers, Canterbury, for the purpose of considering the acquirement of increased farilities of communication between the suburbs of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Railways. Randwick Races. 3rd, 6th, 8th, AND 10th SEPTEMBER, 1881
For the convenience of persons attending the above, Return Tickets at excursion fares will be issued to Sydney as follows:— From distances over 40 miles, on and from FRIDAY, the 2nd, up to SATURDAY MORNING, the 10th September, available for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 10th August, 1881. to Builders and Others
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 30th August, from persons willing to contract for constructing the Passenger Station, Platform, Stationmaster's Residence, and other works, at the Station for Walcha, at 222…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 23rd August, 1881. Annual Contracts.—railway and Tramway Small Stores, 1882
TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 a.m., on TUESDAY, the 13th day of September next, from persons willing to contract for the supply of the following Small Stores for the [?]ear 1882 for the Government Railways and Tramways, in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Roads' Office, Sydney, 26th August, 1881. Guides for Wire Rope for Steam Punts
TENDERS, addressed to the undersigned, will be received at this office till 11 a.m. FRIDAY, the 2nd September, for the Supply of two Sets of Guides for Wire Rope for Steam Punts. Specification may be seen at this office…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Fatal Railway Accident Latest Particulars. Melbourne
All the sufferers by the railway accident, except Mr. Ellerslie Stephens, are progressing favourably. Mr. Stephens is now paralysed in his lower extremities, and cannot possibly survive. His…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fatal Railway Accident. Further Particulars. Melbourne, Tuesday, 2 p.m
One of the carriages most damaged is a second class smoking carriage, which was wall filled with passengers. Many escaped through the windows and out on to the roof, whilst the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Railways. Randwick Races. 3rd, 6th, 8th, AND 10th SEPTEMBER, 1881
For the convenience of persons attending the above. Return Tickets at excursion fares will be issued to Sydney as follows:— from distances over 40 miles, on and from FRIDAY, the 2nd, up to SATURDAY MORNING, the 10th September, available for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 16th August, 1881. Forage for Shunt Horses at Newcastle
TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 6th September, 1881, from persons willing to contract for tue SUPPLY of FODDER, including Green Lucerne for Shunt Horses, Newcastle, for the year 1882…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Government Tramways. Time Table, Woollahra Line
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that from and after the 1st September TRAMCARS will be run between Hunter-street and Woollahra, at the following times throughout the day. viz.:— Depart from Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrible Railway Accident. at Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Melbourne has all day been in a state of great excitement over a terrible railway disaster. Nothing that has happened for a long time past has absorbed so much attention. Now that full particulars are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Four People Killed. Over Twenty-one Persons Injured. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday, 11.30 a.m
A frightful railway accident occurred on the Brighton line this morning. The 8.51 a.m. express train left Brighton as usual, but when approaching Jolimont, the tire came off the wheel of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Determined Suicide at Glebe Road
A man named S. E. Pearce, aged 35 years, committed suicide early yesterday morning at his lodgings, Glebe-road, by deliberately shooting himself with a revolver. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Safety of the Wagga Bridge. WAGGA
In a leader in this morning's "Advertiser," there are some startling statements as to the insecurity of the railway bridge over the Murrumbidgee, showing that, owing to the serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads' Office, Sydney, 26th August, 1881. Guides for Wire Rope for Steam Punts
TENDERS, addressed to the undersigned, will be received at this offi[?] till 11 a.m. FRIDAY, the 2nd September, for the Supply of two Sets of Guides for Wire Rope for Steam Punts. Specification may be seen at this office…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway to Darlington
A further extension of the Great Southern Railway, or that branch of it which leaves Junee and strikes across toward Hay, was opened this morning, but without any official ceremony. Darlington is not a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Charges. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A sub-leader in your issue of the 25th, commenting on the difference in the railway charges for the conveyance of wheat in New South Wales and Victoria, states that the charge in this colony from Yass to Sydney, 187 miles, per…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Disaster at Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
On visiting the scene of the railway accident this morning, it was seen that the debris had been entirely removed, and there remained no trace whatever of the accident. An examination of the carriages…
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