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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Mr. A. L. Easton telegraphs from Grenfell to-day, as follows:—Much surprise is expressed here at the paragraph which appeared in Mondays "Evening News" re the Murrumburrah-Blayney Railway. We…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday, a deputation consisting of Sir John Robertson, the Hon. G. H. Cox, Mr. A. G. Taylor, and Mr. Abigail. had an interview with the [?]on. Minister for Works in reference to the extension of our railway system…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Sir John Robertson, M.L.A., Mr Cox, M.L.C., Mr Abigail, M.L.A., and Mr A. G. Taylor, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Public Works for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation was introduced by Messrs. O'Mara and Russell Barton, Ms.L.A., to the Minister of Works in order to obtain the construction of a road from Tumut to Kiandra. The sum of £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Last Thursday evening, the following extraordinary accident happened in Parramatta-road, near the University Reserve, on the route now in course of preparation for the tramway. The road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOTICE is hereby given that on and after MONDAY, the 33rd instant, all Trams travelling south of Liverpool-street will stop at Goulburn-street on the down trip only to pick up and set down passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Essex, one of the midland counties of England, presents almost as great diversity of inhabitants as of soil. Roman, Saxon, Dane, have all left traces of their blood. Colchester and Chelmsford,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"In the last six months," says the chairman the North-London Railway, "10,549 persons have been convicted of travelling upon this line in a carriage of a superior class to that for which they took…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FRESH TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 24th April next, from persons willing to contract for erecting a Waiting-Shed and Cottage at Triangi, at about 330 miles from Sydney, on the extension from Dubbo to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TENDERS will be received at this office untill 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 1st day of MAY, from persons willing to contract for executing the works on the first section of the Southern and Northern Junction Railways, extending from near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Notwithstanding that the number of passengers on this line bus increased fully 50 per cent., nothing has been done by the department to adequaltely meet this enormous increase. It is patent to everyone that this line must be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The game deputation presented a petition to Mr. Stuart urging the desirableness of constructing the tramway from Newcastle to Plattsburg without delay. Mr. STUART said that preparations were going with…
Continued on Trove, page 739 →A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works (Hon. Alexander Stuart) on the 13th instant to urge upon him the desirableness of having a trial survey made for a loop line of railway from Richmond to near Wallerawang…
Continued on Trove, page 739 →A serious collision occurred on the Sandgate line this morning. The train from Sandgate, instead of waiting at the proper siding to allow the Hamilton train to pass, proceeded onwards towards Brisbane. The…
Continued on Trove, page 751 →Sir. -- A par. in your issue of Tuesday, as to the departure of a motor in Crown-street, "ex" the carriage, refers to the matter as "having been looked upon as a huge joke by the driver, stoke conductor,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The latest political device for partitioning Queensland amongst speculative rings, and its exposure," is the title of an anonymous brochure now freely circulating in Queensland, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We referred on Wednesday to the fact that the first section of this, the most important of all new Australian railways, was to be let on the 1st May proximo. We have since been favoured with some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The report of the Government enquiry into the cause of the recent Nairne railway accidents has been published. The evidence absolves the line itself from blame, and in two instances establishes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE acting-Minister for Works, in reply to Mr. Lyne M.L.A., said on the 12th inst, that measures would be shortly taken for the extension of the Illawarra railway, and about the same time plans would…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New York, March. 2.—The State of California has brought an action against the Central Pacific Railway, claiming damages to the extent of 2,000,000 dol., on the ground that the company…
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