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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The Commissioner for Railways, appointed by Act of Council 22 Victoria, No. 19, hereby gives notice that his Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, deems it expedient to make and complete a Railway between Homebush…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Commissioner for Railways, appointed by Act of Council 22 Victoria, No. 19, hereby gives notice that his Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, deems it expedient to make and complete a Railway between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 19th June, from persons willing to Contract for the Erection of Station Buildings at Black Mountain, at about 280½ miles on the Great Northern Railway, between Armidale and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TENDERS will be received at the office of the Engineer-inChief, Victoria-square. Adelaide, until noon on Wednesday, 6th June, 1883, for the supply of coal for the above railways during the twelve months commencing July 1st, 1883, and ending June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Engineer-inChief, Adelaide, until noon of WEDNESDAY, 6th June, 1883, from persons willing to convey from Newcastle, New South Wales, to the undermentioned ports in South Australia[?] about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Engineer-inChief, Victoria-square, Adelaide, until noon on Wednesday, 6th June, 1883, for the supply of coal for the above railways during the twelve months commencing July 1, 1883, and ending June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation of local residents, introduced by Messrs. Badgery, Slattery, and Barbour. Ms.L.A., waited upon the Government yesterday in reference to certain local requirements. They were received by Mr. Dibbs, acting on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation, consisting of Mr. Lyne, M.L.A., Mr. Day, M.L.A., Mr. G. C. Therold, Mayor of Albury, and Mr. Hayes, waited upon the Hon. Alexander Stuart, as acting Minister for Works, on the 18th instant, to urge the…
Continued on Trove, page 1002 →In the Supreme Court, on the 18th instant, in Banco, Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Faucett, and Sir G. Innes, judgment was delivered in the case Toohey v. Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 991 →The public mind in Sydney and the suburbs has been much exercised during the week in the discussion of a decision of the Supreme Court. Some time ago a horse and cart were…
Continued on Trove, page 992 →At a quarter-past 10 o'clock on the 16th instant a serious railway accident, resulting in the death of a fireman, the injury of another, and the destruction of several goods tracks loaded with live stock, occurred immediately below…
Continued on Trove, page 995 →A startlingly narrow escape from a serious railway accident happened on Monday (says the Ballarat Courier), after the 3.25 passenger train from Ballarat to Melbourne had left. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Badgery, Slattery, and Barbour, Ms.P., introduced a deputation to the Acting Minister for Works yesterday, to urge upon him the necessity for proceeding without delay with the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. STUART will have to jump over a legal puddle. re the tramways, but this is getting to be the custom of our country, nowadays. It may be a Man-hole-eh (Manola) puddle for him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Trickett and Butcher, M's.L.A., Mr. Simpson (mayor of Waverly), and Mr. MacPherson (ex-mayor of Wavorley), waited upon Mr. Stuart last Friday, and asked that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A deputation consisting of a number of the Presidenta of Caterbury, waited upon the acting-Minister for Public Works, last Friday, and asked for the extension of the tramway to Canterbury. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →AT the inquest concerning the death of John William Daliey, railway fireman, who was kille[?] the collision near Eskbank Station, on Wednesday week, the following evidence was given:—…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A LARGE and influential meeting of the inhabitants was heldin the Town Hall yesterday to discuss the railway question. The Mayor (Mr. Moore) occupied the chair, and the following resolutions…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →IT has actually reached very nearly to 18,000 passengers daily, or say a full 1000 hourly. And Parliament has been called together in order to deal with a problem of such ponderous…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The new railway bridge over the Indus, at Attock; has been opened amidst great rejoicings…
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