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Railways, roads & transport, 1884

2,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 119

Railway to Forbes

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 6

On Friday Mr. Vaughn, M.L.A., introduced a deputation consisting of Messrs. Coonan, M.L.A., J. B. Donkin, G. H. Green, C. J. Ingrey (Mayor of Grenfell), R. Halls, John Dent, G. Rich,…

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Deputations. Railway to Urana

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 6

On Friday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Wilson, M.L.A., S. M. Caughey, G. W. Lamb, and Dr. Bellamy, was introduced to the Minister for Works by Mr. Loughnan, M.L.A. The object of the…

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Alteration in Railway Tariff

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 4
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

THE following letter from Mr. Sydney Smith, M.P., addressed to the Minister of Works, in reference to the recent alterations in the railway tariff, has been handed to us. It will be seen that it clearly…

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Railway to Urana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 8

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Wilson and Loughnan, Ms.L.A., and Messrs. S. M'Caughev (Coonong), S. W. Lamb, and Dr. Bellamy (Urana), waited on the Minister for Works yesterday, to ask for the construction of a…

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Railway From Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 8

Messrs. Coonan and Vaughn, Ms.L. A., C. J. Ingrey, Mayor of Grenfell, G. H. Green, R. Halls, J.P., J. Dent, George Rich, and William Howarth waited upon the minister for Works, to ask that a line of railway should be…

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Railway Girders. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 7

Sir, Will you permit me to correct your two correspondents in to-day's issue, viz., Civil Engineers, Nos.1 and 2, as to one or two slight errors they have fallen into. 1. The load is put on to these much abused girders as it…

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Dreadful Railway Accident in Canada

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 380

The papers to hand by the last mail give fall particulars of the terrible railway accident which occurred in Canada at Che beginning of the present year. The disaster, which happened just west of Toronto, was due to a collision…

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An Important Lecture on Tramways

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 379

Mr. J. C. Robinson, genera] manager and secretary of the Edinburgh-street Tramways, recently read a paper on tramways, including a description ot the cable system before the'Royal Scottish Society of Arts. Tramways, he said,…

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Railway Station at Hornsby

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 378

Mr. M'Culloch introduced a deputation, composed of residents of Hornsby, to the Minister for Works, with a view of urging him to erect a railway station at Hornsby, on the line from Homebush to Waratah; and also to make that…

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Railway From Galong to Burrowa

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 378

A number of residents of Burrowa, including the Hon. J. N. Ryan, M.L.C., were introduced as a deputation to the Minister for Works by Mr. Slattery, M.L.A. Their object was to lay before the Minister certain matters in…

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The Strike on the Northern Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 371

We have received from the Severn Camp a letter, in which the writer makes the following complaint:—"In your esteemed journal of the 16th instant, [?] the strike on Cobb and Co.'s section of railway line, your Tenterfield…

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Railway Station

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 25

On Friday Mr. A. H. M'Culloch, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from Hornsby to the Hon. F A Wright, Minister of Works. The deputation asked that a station might be built at Hornsby, and also…

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Railway to Burrowa

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 25

A deputation consisting of residents of Burrowa was introduced to the Minister for Works by T. M. Slattery. M.L.A., to represent the necessity for constructing a railway…

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Claim for Tramway Damages

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 25

ON Monday his Honor Judge Dowling, at the District Court, disnoaed of the action Keys v. the Comnismoner of Railways. The plaintiff is an omnibus proprietor, and on the 6th October he was driving…

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Orange and Railway Rates. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent). Orange

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 12

AN indignation meeting was held in Orange last night re the new railway tariff. There was a large attendance, and addresses were delivered by the most influential residents of the town. The…

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That North Shore Tram. To the Editor

Evening News · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 8

SIR,—"To be or not to be," is about tko question just now exercising the minds of the good folks of North Shore; whether we are to have the tram service, so long promised and so urgently needed, or…

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Railway Rates. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 4

Sir,—While the revised rates are before the public, and there seems to be a strong outcry, against the injustice to producers, I have thought it strange none interested have drawn the attention of the Minister for Works to the…

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Suburban Railway Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 6

The running of three trains through from Ashfield to Redfern between the hours of 9 and 10 a.m. is generally considered s great improvement on the old time table, as these trains suit…

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The Pierrepoint-road Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The police have an important clue in connection with the Pierrepoint-road murder case. They found in the ashes in the fireplace of the hut where the deed was committed drops…

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