Railway Employees Banquet
The annual banqust of the railway employees of the Pearith locomotive and strake departments was held on Saturday last at the Temperance Hall, Penrith Over 100 persons were present, including…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
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Railway Employes Annual Dinner. [By Electric Telegraph.] Penrith
The second annual dinner of the Western Locomotive and Traffic employes came off in the Temperance Hall on New Year's Eve, and was very successful. Mr. John Heron occupied the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Christmas Holidays, 1881
Tickets at Ordinary excursion rates will be issued for the Christmas Holidays at all stations, to all stations for distances over 15 miles, commencing on the 16th December, 1881, and terminating on the 2nd January, 1882, both days inclusive, available…
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As on Boxing Day, so yesterday, the extended accommodation, combined with a reduced rate of fares, had the effect of attracting many thousands of citizens to take an inland trip who, under ordinary circumstances, would have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Extension--city, North Shore and Circular Quay. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--The following propositions are at the present time before the public, viz., railway extension for passenger traffic into the city, extension for goods traffic to the deep waters of the harbour, high-levels…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Into the City. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir.--Its very great importance must be my excuse for troubling you to publish a few lines on this subject. As a dweller in the bush, I really feel against at the exorbitant and, I consider, most unfair claim of…
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WHEN Sir HENRY PARKES returns from his important mission to America and England, and has again resumed the direction of affairs, perhaps it will be possible for some other member of the…
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The Marrickville tramway, which is the latest acquisition to the metropolitan system, hut which, in its, present form, may be almost regarded as an independent section, has been largely availted of by the residents of the borough since it…
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Since the opening of the tramway at Marrickcville the number of persons who have availed themselves of the advantages it offers, has far exceeded the expectations of the moat sanguine advocates for…
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A deputation, consisting of the Hon. S. H. Terry, M L.C., and Dr. Tucker, waited on the Minister for Works to-day, and presented to him a resolution' passed by the St. Peters Borough Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Marrickville Tramway. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--The people of Marrickville on Friday last followed the example of Woollahra by an ovation to the Minister for Works and the Railway Commissioner on the occasion of the opening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—At the Marrickville, banquet the Commissioner for Railways, in responding to a toast, invited "fair and constant criticism to stimulate the officers of the Tramway Department." One trip in a buggy along the Waverley…
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Wa are credibly informed that the Government have again altered the tram route to Botany, and now intend to carry it through the Prince Alfred Park into George-street, Redforn, from thence into…
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A deputation from the boroughs of Redfern, Waterloo, and Alexandria, consisting of the Hon. John Sutherland, M.L.C., Mr. Fremlin, M.L.A., and the Mayors of the municipalities named, also waited upon the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →TRAMWAYS. To the Editor
SIR,—I noticed your leading article of last evening, "Lackey on Tramways," and consider that you only among your contemporaries have an "eye single" to the welfare of our city tramways. To say the least…
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On the 30th ultimo, the suburb of Marrickrille was the scene of considerable festivity, the occasion being the opening of a tramway, extending to its extreme limits at one end, and to Newtown at the other. The borough, like many other…
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Mr. Brunker, M.L.A., and Alderman Chambers waited on the Minister for Public Works yesterday, morning, on behalf of the residents of the districts between West Maitland and Newcastle,…
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NEW YORK, December 30.—A further extension of the Southern Pacific railway from New Orleans has been opened. The line now reaches Colorado, and the…
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OUR illustration is from a photograph taken by Mr. Bennett, photographer. It shows a feature of railway working which is new, we believe, in colonial railway engineering. The…
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THE new tramway from Marrickville to Newtown was opened on Friday amidst what might almost he called a general rejoicing. The line has been undertaken under the general authority of Parliament…
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