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2,051 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 103
The Ministerial party last week were entertained at a banquet, which was laid out in the goods shed. The shed had been gaily decorated for the occasion. Mr. W. Sharp occupied the chair. After speeches,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The following particulars in connection with the Dubbo railway were supplied to the members for the Bogan:—The railway line is an enormous dam across the Dubbo watershed. An intercepting ditch has…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A deputation introduced by Mr. Sydney Smith, M.L.A, and consisting of Mr. R. White, M.L.A., and Messrs Bensusan and Lukin, waited upon the Minister of Works, Friday week, to represent the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Lord Denbigh, chairman of the Transcon[?]nental Railway Syndicate, has again applied to the Government for the payment of a large sum of money to cover survey fees and other expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A petition with several hundreds of signatures was presented to the Minister of Works by Mr.W. T. Targett, M.L.A., during the last session, having for its object the assimilation of railway fares…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Sir,—I am very sorry to say that, in consequence of the altered time-table, this part of the country is in a worse position than when Cobb and Co. carried the mail from Wallerawang. The reason assigned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SUAKIM, April 5., 1.20 p.m.—The men wounded in Friday's brush with the (enemy are rapidly covering, and in a few days' will be on duty again. The New South Wales Contingent and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUAKIM, April 3 (Afternoon).—The British force left Suakim yesterday, and advanced at an early hour, and reached Tamai. The enemy retired at the at the approach of the British, and offered little or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An inquest was held in the South Sydney Morgne to-day by the City Coroner into the death of a man named Charles Joseph Thomas, who was killed at the Burwood railway station by the down train which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British troops returned to camp yesterday, after the expedition to Tamai. The cavalry have examined the country in the direction of Handoub, 12 miles to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The arrangements made by the Railway Department, in anticipation of the traffic requirements were of a very complete character. Ample provision was made for the convenience of persons travelling to and from the suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →These modes of travelling were very largely resorted to yesterday by visitors to the encampment at the Heads. No estimate of the amount of traffic over the rails could possibly be formed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A force, consisting of the Coldstream Guards, the New South Wales Infantry, with some of the Royal Engineers, two mule guns, and the Mounted Infantry, left camp at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday, at the South Sydney Morgue, on the body of a [?]leaner named Charles Joseph Thomas, who was killed at the Burwood railway station on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A narrow escape from a disastrous collision occurred on the railway line near Kast Brighton to-day. An excursion train from Melbourne, filled with visitors to the military…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first of the sufferers by the late railway acci-dent at Cootamandra to make a start against the Government for the recovery of damages in a court of law is Mr. George Adams miner of Tumberumba…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about half-past 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a man whose name is supposed to be John Spalding died very suddenly in a tramcar, which was proceeding Newtown. The man got into the tramcar at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—May I ask a question of railway engineers? It must certainly be possible, but is it also practionble, to lay tramways with the rails breaking joint (probably I am using a very untechnical expression, and shall be sat upon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday afternoon a man, supposed to be named John Sperling, got in a tram car at Bridge-street, and on its arrival at Liverpool-street he expired. Dr Milford was called,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--If you will allow, through your columns, I wish to call the attention of the authorities to the way the Easter excursionists to the mountains were treated yesterday in returning to town…
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