Road From Wilcannia to Silverton
The New South Wales Government have determined upon opening up a road from Wilcannia to Silverton. Yesterday, instructions ware given to the Commissioner for Roads by Mr. Dibbs, acting…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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The Governors Arms Road. to the Editor of the Mercury
SIR,—With [?] [?] [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Neglect. HAY, Saturday
Two trucks of cattle left Albury for Mr. Johns, butcher, Hay. One arrived on Wednesday night with the cattle in fair condition. The other track did not arrive until Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Award to Railway Contractors. MELBOURNE
Messrs, Bell, Lewis, and Roberts, contractors for the construction of the Ballarat to Scarsdale line, recently made a heavy claim against the Railway Department for delay caused by…
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Speaking of Mr. Anthony Hordom, who may be styled a railway king—in the language of our American cousins—that gontleman will soon be amongst us again and will no doubt be heartily…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Deputations. the Railway Sidings Question
Messrs. R. H. Reynolds and Louis Cohen, directors of the Gladstone Coal Company, waited upon the Hon. G. R. Dibbs, Acting Minister for Works, on Friday week, to make application for the construction of a siding on the railway…
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The special correspondent of the Register, in the course of an article advocating the construction of a railway to the Barrier Ranges, states that railway communication with New Sooth Wales is now a necessity,…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Messra Bell, Lewis, and Roberts, contractors for the construction of the Ballarat to Searedale line, recently made a heavy claim against the Railway Department for delay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RAILWAY v. RIVER. To the Editor
SIR,—Re agitation here, Railway v. River, advocate both, as a railway to any given point will require to be fed by the river boats, either as collectors of carnage for Sydney or distributors of supplies from your city. In treating with…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Proposed Railway to Silverton. Adelaide
The proposal to construct a railway direct to Silverton is being taken up earnestly by the residents in the district through which the railway would pass. Public meetings are being held to consider the…
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The special correspondent of the Adelaide REGISTER, in the course of an article advocating the construction of a railway to the Barrier Ranges, says that railway communication with New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Accident to the Campbelltown Train
The ordinary morning train, which leaves Campbelltown at 10 minutes past 7, was delayed for a considerable time this morning at the Fairfield station, by reason of an accident which occurred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway and Tramway Traffic
The passenger traffic by rail, with the exception of that on the suburban line, was not unusually heavy. Five special [?] were put on for Ashifield in consequece of the race meeting at Canter[?]ry Park. Special trains were also put…
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On Saturday afternoon, a little after 2 o'clock, the goods train for Penrith was shunting off some trucks on the main line at Seven Hills, when a passenger train from Parramatta, due at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aucident on the Great Western Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Parramatta
A railway accident happened at the Seven Hills Station on Saturday afternoon, through a collison between the goods tra[?] which left Parramatta at 1.47 p.m. and a passenger train. The latter [?]n into the brake-van of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Projected Railway From Wag[?]a Wagga to Tumberumba. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wagga Wagga
A large public meeting was held in the Town Hall on Friday evening for the purposs of taking into consideration the question of the construction of a lins of railway from Tumberumba to Wagga Wagga. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road to Silverton. a Light Railway in Consideration
The Roads Department has acted with commendable promptitude in the matter of the minute of the acting-Minister of Works that a road should be laid out from Wilcannia to Silverton. A competent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Silver Mines in the Barrier Ranges. Reminiscences of the Road. Silverton As It Is. [By Telegraph.] the Route Via Wilcannia
ADELAIDE, Monday.--How can I get to Silverton? What will the trip cost? What shall I do and where shall I go when I get there? and a host of inquiries of a similar character have been put…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Action Against the Commissioner for Railways
At the District Court yesterday, the Commissioner for Railways was the defendant in an action brought by Nicholas M'Burnie to recover £37, damages alleged to have been sustained in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Tramway Order. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--There has been a lot of talk lately both in and out of the Assembly re the doings of the conductors on our tramways; but if the latest order issued by the tramway authorities be adhered to, it…
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