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Railways, roads & transport, 1883

2,081 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 105

Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, July 18,1883. to Builders and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1883 · page 2

Fresh TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 7th August, from persons willing to contract for the Erection of Station Premises, &c., at Black Mountain, about 280[?] miles Great Northern Railway…

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Government Notices, Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 2nd August, 1883. Government Railways. Coursing Meeting at Rooty Hill, 8th, 9th, and 10th August, 1858

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1883 · page 2

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…

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Western Australian Railways. Eastern LINE.—3rd SECTION. Department of Pubilc Works, Railway Branch, Perth, 30th June, 1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1883 · 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…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, July 18, 1883. to Builders and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

Fresh TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 7th August, from persons willing to contract for the Erection of Station Premises, &c., at Black Mountain, about 280½ miles Great Northern Railway…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 24th July, 1888. to Builders and OTHERS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

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…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, July 30, 1888. to Builders and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 21st of August proximo, from persons willing to contract for the erection of Station Buildings, &c., at Tarago, about 23 miles from Goulburn, on the Goulburn to Cooma…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 2nd August, 1888. to Builders and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

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…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 2nd August, 1883. Government Railways. Coursing Meeting at Rooty Hill, 8th, 9th, and 10th August, 1888

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

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…

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The Proposed Bondi Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 5

A public meeting, called by the Mayor of Waverley, in compliance with a requisition, was held last evening at the Waverley Council-chambers, for the purpose of considering "what steps should be taken to convey to their…

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The Illawarra Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 5

The Hon. F. A. Wright, Minister for Works, returned yesterday morning from a visit which during the last few days he has been making, in company with Dr. Tarrant, M.L.A., to the Illawarra district. Mr. Wright examined…

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Tramway Matters

Evening News · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 8

Mr. Butcher, M.L.A., on Thursday waited upon the secretary of the tramway department, and asked that two extra trams might be ran between town and Waverley between 5 and 6 o'clock every evening, and…

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Metropolitan District Court.—tuesday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Dowling.) Blakey V. Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 5

In this case, John Blakey sued the Commissioner for Railways for that defendant, by his servants so negligently and unskilfully drove and managed an engine and carriages upon and along a certain highway, and upon which the…

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Government Tramways. Alteration of Fares to Association Ground and Racecourse on Special Days

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 2

The fare on all SPECIAL TRAMS running round the loop to or from the Association Ground or Agricultural Society's Grounds will be 3d; and to or from the Randwick Racecourse 6d. On the down journey, i.e., from Bridge-street, these trams (if…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 1st August, 1883. Government Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that if all material which has been lying on railway land for over 12 months be not removed by the owners eithin three months from this date, it will be sold by public auction…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 2nd August. 1833. Government Railways. Coursing Meeting at Rooty Hill, 8th, 9th, and 10th August, 1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 2

On the above dates, SPECIAL TRAINS will be run from Sydney to Rooty Hill and back as follows:— Leave Sydney at 8.35 a.m. Retuin from Rooty Hill at 3 15 p.m…

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Western Australian Railways. Eastern LINE.—3rd SECTION. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Perth, 20th June. 1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · 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…

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Nairne and Victorian Border Railway. Public Works Office, Adelaide, July 31,1883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 2

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Engineer-inChief. Victoria-square, Adelaide, South Australis, up till noon of MONDAY, the 3rd September, for the Construction of the First Section of the above railway, extending from Nalrne to the Marray…

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Railway Meeting at Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (By Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1883 · page 8

A large meeting was held in the Council-chambers this evening pursuant to a requistion from the citizens regarding the railway to Crookwell and Taralga. Mr. W. Davies, the Mayor, presided, and explained the reason the meeting was…

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Department of Public Works, Roads and Bridges, Sydney, July, 20, 1883. TENDERS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1883 · page 2

ATTENTION is directed to Gazette Notice inviting Tenders for undermentioned work, viz:— Supply of 50 sets suction pipe joints and foot-valves fro tanks— Time for receipt of tender, 14th August…

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Government Railways. Agricultural Society's Show at Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1883 · page 2

EXCURSION TICKETS will be issued at all Stations other than suburban to Sydney, from the 23rd instant to 1st September inclusive, availabe for reutrn, for distances of 40 miles and under, on day of issue only, and for distances over 40 miles until the 3rd…

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