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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 a.m. on TUESDAY, the 3rd April, from persons willing to supply and deliver at any one or more of the undermentioned stations such Bricks as may be required during the remainder of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, for supplying Steel Rails, Fish Plates, Fish Bolts, and Spikes. Forms of tender, specifications, &c., can be obtained by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tickets at Excursion rates will be issued at all stations to WINDSOR, CLARENDON, and RICHMOND, from the 14th till the 17th March, both days inclusive, available for return up to and inclusive of the 19th March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—It must be admitted that there is a good deal of reason in what "Fair Play" writes to-day respecting the impossibility of deciding the merit or uselessness of the Engineer-in-Chief's proposed railway to Circular Quay. I…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The first section of the intercolonial railway to Victoria, from Adelaide to Aldgate, a distance of 22 miles, was opened by the Governor to-day. A special train left town at 11.30 in the morning, drawn by an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--I desire, through the columns of your journal, to direct the intention of those responsible to the great inconvenience and annoyance the public have been put to within the last, few months by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A paper has just been issued by order of the Legislative Assembly, showing the classification and proposed distribution of the vote on the Estimates for subordinate roads. The total amount of the estimate is £300,995, to provide for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In your senior morning contemporary's issue of March 9 appeared the proposal of our great engineer-in-chief to carry the railway extension into the city by a low-level line through a tunnel under Hyde…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred yesterday at Clunes to the midday train from Ballarat. The points-man committed a mistake and turned the Mary-borough train on to the siding, where the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another railway collision occurred this afternoon at Clunos station. The particulars at present to hand are meagre, but it appears that the pointsman turned the Maryborough train on to the wrong line, when it came in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A railway collision happened to-day at Clunes station. A temporary pointsman turned the Maryborough train on the wrong line, when it collided with a train from Ballarat, Considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A girl aged eight, named Edith Hawkins, was knocked down by a train on the Brighton line at Inkerman-street crossing this morning, and was almost cut to pieces. The deceased was watching…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Introduced by Mr. Withers, M.L.A., a deputation consisting of Mr. B. O. Holtermann, M.L.A., and Messrs. Edwards, Knapp, and Harris waited on the Hon. the Minister for Mines yesterday, to ask that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →How is the boy this morning? Why do you shake your head? Ah! I can see what's happened—there's a screen drawn round the bed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TENDERS, addressed to the undersigned, will be received at this office till 11 a.m. FRIDAY, the 30th instant, for the supply of 80 to 100 tons of coal for the use of the Grafton steam ferry. Specifications may be seen at this office, and at the police offices…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →ACCORDING to the "Statistical Register" we exported during the year 1881 the vast total of 139,601,506 lbs. of wool, the value being £7,149,787 sterling! All this has furnished profitable employment to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very much dissatisfaction is expressed here as well as at Binalong and Bowning, at the manner in which persons who travel by rail are treated. They are compelled to travel in cattle waggons,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The chairman of Mr. Stokes's election committee at Parkes telegraphs that the so-called rote of censure on Mr. Stokes came from some rabid supporters of Mr. H. H. Cooke. Mr. Stokes is true to his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A little girl, seven yours of age, named Annie Harris, while on her way to school, had occasion to cross the tram line in the Botany-road. She does not appear to have been aware of the approach of a tram,…
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