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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A Bill has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies, having for its object tho construction of a bridge across the English Channel, from France to England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible railway collision, which has already resulted in eight deaths, occurred about midnight, on the 14th May, at Ecclefechan, in Dumfriesshire, a station on that portion of the Caledonian line which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—The short letter appearing in your issue of June 30, is a sufficient answer to the tirade against "Old Resident," whoever he may be, which precedes it, and I would not now trespass upon your valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENDERS will be receive at this office up to noon of WEDNESDAY. the 26th day of September next, for the Constru[?]on of the Third Section of the Eastern Railway to York, a distance of forty-eight and a-half miles, or thereabouts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Owing to a short absence from Sydney it was not until yesterday that I read your leader of Friday last in reference to the railway policy pursued by the Governments of the Australian colonies. Allow me to make a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ONE of the most disastrous railway accidents that ever happened on the Caledonian railway occurred at Lockerbie a few minutes before midnight on May 14 to the mail train due at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some time ago the Works Department for the purpose of facilitating tram traffic on the Botany-road, Alexandria, at considerable expense covered a portion of the gutter with stone flagging. This had the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attention is directed to Gazette Notice inviting TENDERS for undermentioned work, viz.:— Time for Receipt of Tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. M'Culloch, Garrard, and Hutchinson, M's.L.A., Mr. Farnell (Minister of Lands), and Mr. Terry, waited upon the Minister of Public Works this morning, and urged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation, introduced by Messrs. Gannon, Hotborrow, and Teece, M'sL.A., waited upon the Minister of Public Works this morning, and urged upon him the necessity of constructing a light railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be receive at this office up to noon of WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of September next, for the Construction of the Third Section of the Eastern Railway to York, a distance of forty-eight and a-half miles, or thereabouts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be received at this office, until l1 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 31st July, from persons willing to Contract for the supply of 5000 Steel Fish-Plates and 10,000 Bolts and Nuts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →June 3.— Particulars of the disastor on the East River Bridge, New York, show that there were thousands of people on the bridge walking briskly. As the crowd approached…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New York correspondent of the London "Standard" telegraphed as follows on May 24:—The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River, which connects the cities of New York and Brooklyn, was formally…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →New York, May 25, 3 a.m.—At midnight the bridge was formally opened to the public, and at this hour 10,000 persons have crossed for novelty's sake. A terrible disaster occurred on May 30 on the East River…
Continued on Trove, page 82 →ATTENTION is hereby called to a notification of Resumption of Land under 44 Vic., No. 16, published in the Gazette of the 15th June, 1883. No. 257, page 3281, and in the Svdney Morning Herald of the 22nd June, 1883. page 2, and in the Carcoar Chronicle of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday afternoon an accident, fortunately unattended with loss of life or injury to limb, happened to the 11 o'clock mail train from Goulburn, which is timed to arrive at Sydney at 5.21 p.m. Just as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation, introduced by Messrs. Gannon, Teece, and Holborrow, Ms. L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday for the purpose of urging the construction of a railway, from Goulburn to Crookwell and Taralga…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. William Davies, Mayor of Goulburn, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, and asked for the construction of a railway crossing for the use of passengers on the Sydney side of the passenger station at Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. M'Culloah, M.L.A., the lion. J. S. Farnell, M.L.A, W. A. Hutchinson, M.L.A., and Mr. Terry, waited upou the Minister for Works yesterday, to urge the construction of a tramway or…
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