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Railways, roads & transport, 1884

2,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 119

Railway Extension in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1884 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--a large and influential meeting was held at Warwick list night, to consider the question of a direct rail way route to Brisbane, the Mayor presiding. The following resolution…

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Newtown-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 9

A deputation of property-owners and shopkeepers in Newtown-road waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday for the purpose of repeating a desire at the residents to have Newtown-road placed in a proper state of…

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Canterbury Road

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 19

The members of the Canterbury-road trust were introduced to the Minister of Works on Friday, to ask that the £200 promised for the maintenance of the road between Canterbury Bridge and Swanpan…

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The Newtown Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 6

A deputation of gentlemen carrying on business on the Newtown-road, consisting of Messrs W. G. Nibble, J.P., Brock, West, Scurr, Kelly, and Tablet, asked the Minister for Works yesterday to…

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Road at Kogarah

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 809
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A deputation from the inhabitants of Kogarah, consisting of Messrs. Carroll, Twiss, South, Todd, and English, waited on the Minister for Works last week, and asked that the road between Cook's River and Kogarah should be put…

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Road at Wateeloo

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 19

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Fromlin M.L.A. W. H. Pigott, Evans, and Harrisky, waited upon the Minister for Mines on Friday for the purpose of urging a continuation of Wellington-street from…

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Road to Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 9

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Gould, O'Neil, Bennett, Stephen, and Atkins, was introduced to the Minister for Works by Mr. M'Cul[?]h, M.L.A., yesterday for the purpose of requesting the hon. gentleman to cause a road…

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Road at Lane Cove

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 19

A deputation consisting of Messrs. G. Edwards, W. M'Keown, and Joseph Waterhouse, waited upon the Minister of Minea on Friday, to request the Government to resume such land at the south of…

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Road From Ryde to Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 6

A deputation consisting of Messrs S. Gould, T. O'Neil, R. Steenson, E. Atkins, and J. Bennett, representing the residents of the Field o'Mars, was introduced by Mr A. H. M'Culloch, M.P.,…

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Dangerous State of Lord's Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 6

The Minister for Works received a deputation yesterday from the Gun Club, consisting of Mr B. W. D. White, M.P., Hon. S. H. Terry, M.L.C., and Mr H. E. Lord, secretary Of the Gun Club,…

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Fatal Fall from a Bridge. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Windsor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 13

A SAD accident occurred here during the encampment. A young man, named Clarence Cobcroft, son of Mr. D. Cobcroft, of Richmond, was missed on Monday evening, and on search being…

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Railway Accident. a Youth Killed. Others Injured

Evening News · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon an accident of a most shocking nature occurred at the Redfern Railway Station. A suburban train leaves Parramatta at 3.40 p.m., and is due in Sydney at 4.31. This train yesterday left…

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Fatal Railway Accident at the Sydney Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 7

At the Sydney railway station yesterday afternoon a serious accident took place, causing injuries more or less severe to several persons, one of whom died late at night from the effects of the shocking mutilation he had suffered…

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The Latest Railway Collision In Victoria

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 799

Another mishap of a somewhat serious nature, but fortunately unattended with personal injury or low of life, has to be chronicled in connection with the Victorian railways. The scene of the occurrence on this occasion was the…

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The Little River Railway Collision. Melbourne, April 18

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 783

The official inquiry into the Little River collision by Judge Molesworth, jun., and Messrs. Couche and Blythe, was opened to-day. The evidence which was taken to-day disclosed no fresh facts, except that Miss…

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The Superintendent of Tramways

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 6

The member for South Sydney, Mr Poole, having been the means of instituting an inquiry into the statement that the Superintendent of Tramways had exercised the influence of his position for the…

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Ticket Offices at Suburban Railway Stations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 6

In reply to a request which Mr Proctor, M.P., made to the Minister for Works, that the ticket offices at suburban railway stations should be opened for the sale of tickets 20 minutes before…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Sydney Railway Station, through the engine of a Parramatta train coming into the station at too great a speed. The buffers of the engine…

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Castle Hill-Parramatta Tramway

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 1

THE proposed for connecting Castle Hill with Parramatta by means of a tramway or light line of railway is a matter that demands the serious consideration of all persons interested…

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