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Railways, roads & transport, 1883

2,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 105

Railway to Inverell

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of Mr Moore, Mayor of Armidale, and Mr D. Dougherty, of Stannifer, was yesterday introduced by Mr Proctor, M.P., to the Minister for Works, for the purpose of asking for the…

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The Railway Demonstration at Albury

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 16

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The Albury Railway Demonstration

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 14

THURSDAY, June 14, 1883, will long remain a red letter day in the annals of New South Wales and Victoria, for it beheld the celebration of the iron wedding between the two colonies, the completion of that system of…

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Rival Candidates for a Sydney Tramcar seat

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 14

THE Sydney tramcars haye their disadvantages as well as their advantages, and it is very awkward when, as shown in our engraving, intending passengers enter at opposite sides for the purpose of gaining possession of a…

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The Albury Railway Demonstration.—the Governor of New South Wales Addressing the Meeting

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 13

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The Railway Demonstration at Albury.—allegorical Picture in the Banqueting Hall

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 12

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The Sydney Tramcars.—rival Candidates for a Seat

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 1

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On the Rimulaka Railway, New Zealand

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 8

1.—SIBERIA WIND SHED. 2.— FEATHERSTONE, ENTRANCE TO THE LONG TUNNEL. 3.— SHARK'S SAW CUTTING. 4.— SAHURTAKI BRIDGE. 5.— SUMMIT ENTRANCE TO THE LONG TUNNEL. 6.— SIDING, ONE MILE FROM BOTTOM OF INCLINE…

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The Rimulaka Railway, New Zealand

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 3

AMONGST the most interesting of the railway lines in New Zealand, both to the tourist and the engineer, is that from Wellington to Masterton, the latter place being the present terminus of the line that is eventually…

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The Railway Demonstration at Albury

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 17

1.—THE HON. A. STUART, M.L.A., ADDRISSING THE MEETING. 2.—A HISTRICAL BARROW. 3.—SCHOOL CHILDREN SINGING. 4.—PRESENTING AN ADDRESS TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES…

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Our Land and the Railways

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 19

IT has often been remarked that the increased of the market value of land in consequence of its being brought within the influence of railway communication would have more than sufficed pay all the cost…

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Department of Public Works, Roads and Bridges, Sydney, June 26, 1883. Fresh Tenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 July 1883 · page 2

Attention is directed to Gazette Notice inviting Tenders for undermentioned work, viz.:— Time for Receipt of Tenders…

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Government Notices. Government Tramways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 July 1883 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Monday next, the 9th instant, the following Alterations will be made in the running of trams on the Woollahra, Waverley, Crown-street, and Leichhardt lines:—…

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The Crown-street Tram Terminus

Evening News · Tuesday 10 July 1883 · page 4

Almost since the opening of the Crown-street tram line the authorities, with commendable regard for the convenience of their patrons, have provided a waiting-room at the Cleveland-street terminus in the…

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Life-Saving on Railways

Evening News · Tuesday 10 July 1883 · page 2

The Austrian Government Sanitary Council has prepared a set of regulations for life-saying on railways and a guide to first help to those injured by accidents until the arrival of a physician. These have…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 3rd July, 1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1883 · page 2

FRESH TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 17th July, from persons willing to contract for the construction of Superstructure (exclusive of roof), Flooring, &c., of Running Shed at Eveleigh,…

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Railway Collision in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1883 · page 7

A colision occurred this evening at Eaglehawk on the railway. A special goods train had just arrived all stood outside the station, under protection of the semaphore, when a passenger train came…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1883 · page 8

Sir,—I claim the right of reply to a letter signed "Black Mud," relative to the above, which appeared in your issue of the 20th instant. Your correspondent assures us that he has travelled over…

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The Disaster on Brooklyn Bridge

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1883 · page 2

BY recent mail news from America following particulars -of the catastrophe on Brooklyn Bridge have been-gleaned:— A terrible disaster occurred on May 30 on…

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Proposed Bridge Across the English Channel. Paris, July 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1883 · page 7

A bill has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies with the object of the construction of a bridge across the English Channel from France to England…

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