Railway Engineering
DAY after day we see and hear of an "Engineer-in-Chief for Railways," which the Government ought to know is a misnomer. Of course he time was when the now Engineer-in-Chief for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1883
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Government Railways
NOTICE is here by given that, on and after the 1st August next. Gunpowder and other explosives will be received at Darling Harbour on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS, instead of on Mondays and Wednesdays as hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Botany and Waverley Trams. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Some correspondence has lately transpired re the running of Botany trains. The complaints raised are no doubts just ones, for precisely the same trouble occurs daily with travellers by tram to Waverley. It is a matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nairne and Victorian Border Railway. Public Work Office, Adelaide, July 21,1883
TENDERS will be received at the office of the Engineer-inChief, Victoria-square, Adelaide. South Australia, up till noon of MONDAY, the 3rd September, for the Construction of the First Section of the above railway extending from Nairne to the Murray…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Australian Railways. Eastern LINE.—3rd SECTION. Department of Public Work, Railway Branch. Perth, 20th June, 1883
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 →Serious Charge Against a Road Superintendent
An important case of alleged embezzlement was set down for hearing before Mr Addison, S.M., in the summons side of the Water Police Court yesterday, but the hearing of which was postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Department of Public Works, Roads and Bridges, Sydney, July 20, 1883. TENDERS
ATTENTION is directed to Gazette Notice inviting Tenders for undermentioned work, viz:— Supply of 50 sets auction pipe joints and foot-valves for tanks— Time for receipt of tender, 14th August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Those Trams Again
Between 7 and 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening the bull's-eye light attached to one of the Glebe tram motors was responsible for a serious accident. It seems that Mr. Lance was driving his partner, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Agitation in the North. ARMIDALE
A public meeting was held in the Town Hall last night to urge upon the Government the desirableness of constructing a branch railway from Mother of Ducks to Inverell. The proceedings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Works Office, Hobart, Tasmania. 11th July, 1883. Tasmanian Government Railways. Mersey and Deloraine Line
TENDFRS will be received at this office until noon on Wednesday, the 3rd October next, for the construction of a Line of Railway between the terminus of the Launceston and Western Railway at Doloraine and the River Mersey at Formby, a distance of 37…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney. 9th July. 1883. to Builders and Others
TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 14th August next, from persons willing to contract for the Erection of Station Buildings, &c. at Arncliffe, Illawarra Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway-ticket Experiences. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have recently taken up my abode in a locality whence communication with town is by rail, and in due course applied for a season ticket. The quarter was already 20 days old, and as I was informed that these articles were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Between Grafton and Tenterfield. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The great question of connecting the Clarence with the tableland of New England has now been agitating the public mind of the several districts interest for a considerable space of time, and I should esteem it a favour, as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 9th July. 1883. to Builders and Others
TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 11th August next, from persons willing to contract for the Erection of Station Buildings, &c., at Arncliffe, Illawarra Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 24th July, 1883. to Builders and OTHERS
TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 14th proximo, from persons willing to contract for the supply and erection of 6 Water Tanks for locomotive purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Railway Branch. Sydney, 2nd August, 1883. to Builders and Others
TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon on TUESDAY, the 28th August next, from persons willing to contract for the Erection of Station Buildings, &.c., at Marrickville, Illawarra Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 2nd August, 1883. Government Railways. Coursing Meeting at Rooty Bill, 8th, 9th, and 10th August, 1888
On the above dates, SPECIAL TRAINS will be run from Sydney to Rooty Hill and back as follows:— Leave Sydney at 8.55 a.m. Return from Rooty Hill at 5 15 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Inverell to Glen Innes Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As the construction of the proposed railway from Glen Innes to Inverell involves the expenditure of over a quarter of a million of public money—no small sum in these hard times—would you kindly allow me to call public…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Western Australian Railways. Eastern LINE.—3rd SECTION. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Perth, 20th June, 1883
TENDERS will be receive at this office up to noon of WEDNESDAY, the 20th 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 →Railway Meeting at Armidale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Armidale
A large and influential public meeting, presided over by J. Moore, the mayor, was held in the Town Hall last night. The following resolutions were carried unanimously:— "That in the opinion of this meeting any line to connect…
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