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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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This morning, a denotation, consisting of the Mayors of Balmain (Mr. Hutchinson), Ryde (Mr. Herring), and Hunter's Hill (Mr. Torning), waited upon, the Hon. Mr. Lackey, Minister for Works, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Works also received a deputation consisting of Mr. Lee (member for Grafton), Mr. Ferguson (member for Glen Innes), and Mr. Murray (member for Inverell), who presented a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large number of police and railway officials are engaged inquiring into the attempt which was made on Tuesday morning last at Pentre, to upset a train on the Chester and Holyhead…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day at the District Court, before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Josephson and a jury, actions by three persons named respectively Lee, Petrie, and shepherd against Phillips and others, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. See, Murray, and Fergusson, M.sL.A., waited upon the Minister for Public Works yesterday for the purpose of urging the construction of a line of railway from Grafton to the tableland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, consisting of Mr. Garrard, M.L.A., Mr. Hutchinson (Mayor of Balmain), Mr. Herring (Mayor of Ryde), and Mr. Tornaghi (Mayor of Hunter's Hill), waited upon the lion. John Lackey (Minister'for Works), to urge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. P. Abbott, J. F. Burns, J. Fullford, W. R. Campbell, and N.Melville, members of the Legislative Assembly, waited upon the Minister for Works on the 21st instant to urge upon him the necessity for accelerating the…
Continued on Trove, page 683 →Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of the Mayors of Balmain (Mr. Hutchinson), Ryde (Mr. Herring), and Hunter's Hill (Mr. Tornaghi), waited upon the Hon. Mr. Lackey, Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday Messrs. Lee, Ferguson, and Murray the representatives of Grafton, Glen Innes, and Inverell respectively, waited on the Minister for Public Works to request that there might be no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last Friday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Poole and Pigott, Ms.L.A., and a number of rosidents of Sans Souci, waited upon Mr. Lackey, Minister for Works, to ask that a tramway should be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. P. Abboth, N. Melville, J. F. Burns, and J. Fulford, Ms.L.A., and Mr. W. R. Campbell, waited upon Mr. Lackey last Friday, in ordor to urge upon the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—The meeting held at the Council-chambers, Burwood, on the 25 the instant, in furtherance of the above object, suggests the thought that our Minister for Works will be called upon to turn a stern face to some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The alterations to the terminus of the tramways in Elizabeth-street which are necessary for obviating the continuous shunting in that street are being rapidly pushed on, and it is expected that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning, at the Water Police Court, an aboriginal, named Henry Davis, appeared in the dock on a charge of attempting to stab one Edward Hamburger, a fireman in the employ of the tramway. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—It affords me much pleasure to observe that the city press have at last taken up the cause of the abovementioned project, so long advocated by myself and a few friends, amidst the ridicule of many and the lukewarm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, May 1.—The electric railway connecting Berlin and the suburbs has been opened for traffic. It is expected to be a great success…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A public meeting of the residents of Leichhardt and its vicinity was held at the local Council-chambers, Parramatia-road, last evening, for the purpose of discussing the advisability of urging the Government to extend tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held at the Council-chambers, Leichhardt, last night, for the purpose of discussing the advisableness of urging the Government to extend the tramway to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are [?] a gentleman from England, who is the [?] of a large firm of iron-[?] there, has [?] an offer to this Government for the [?] from [?] Point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning a deputation, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Kenney and Messrs. Johnson and Harmer, Waited upon the Minister for Works, asking that the Government would repair the road leading from the…
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