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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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At the Petersham railway station some time ago, a waiting room for ladies was erected at the end of the platform on the up-line in line in lieu of a portion of the old waiting-shed removed to make room for the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE Tuesday. — Seven tenders have been opened for the Silverton railway, a miles, to be built on the 3ft 6in guage. The lowest tender was that of Messrs. J. M'Guire and Co., for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TENDERS are invited for the construction of 47 MILES 4 CHAINS of RAILWAY,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be at this Office up to 11 a.m. on the dates mentioned hereunder, for the Public Works, &o., specified in the following schedule:— Nature of Works or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some time since tenders were invited by the Minister for Works for the construction within this colony of 12 express passenger and six tank locomotive engines for the Government railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--Tenders for constructing a railway from Petersburg to near the New South Wales border were opened to-day. Seven were received and that of J. McGuire and Co., for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Fitzjohn Hall, writing on the 9th inst., complains that the Railway Department had nor, up to date, issued the monthly tickets on the Illawarra lins, and that loss and great inconvenience. Complaint…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last night the new arrangement entered into between Messrs. Mann, Carey, and Co., contractors for the railway extension to Bourke, and Messrs. Cobb and Co., mail contractors, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred last night to the contractors' train on the Bourke railway, when it ran into a trolly on the extension and smashed it up and injured the roads. The passengers on the trolly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of East St. Leonards (Mr. Clark) has received an official letter from Mr. Goodchap notifying that the work of making the North Shore tramway will be proceeded with at once. The East St…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Kates and Foxton, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Works yesterday, with reference to the adoption of the broad gauge on the railway from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The estimated cost of the Petersburg and New South Wales railway, as stated by Mr. Playford on October 30, 1880, was £3486 9s 3d per mile, or £540,000 for the whole distance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The estimated cost of the Petersburg and New South Wales railway, as stated by Mr Play ford on October 30, 1880, was £3486 9. 3d per mile, or £540,000 for the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Wednesday.--The first of the branch lines of the railway extension system from Parratah to Ostlands was formally opened to-day. A special train conveying the Premier, Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London, May 13.--It is believed that the Czar of Russia has confirmed the agreement entered into by the British and Russian Governments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Some correspondence has recently appeared in your columns, by which the Railway Department seems to be impeached at the bar of public Op[?] for some fault not very clearly defined, but which seams to lie in the fact of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The plans and sections for the extension of the rail- way to the waters of Port Jackson are now nearly completed, and the necessary working drawings are being finished with the utmost dispatch. It is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As a result of a comparison of the rival routes by which it was proposed to take the branch railway line to Moree, the Engineer-in-Chief (Mr. Whitton) has recommended the line originally proposed, running…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday deputation from the Tramway Department waited upon his Worship the Mayor of Sydney, respecting the case of the two men who recently had their feet out off by the tramways, while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We print tins morning the welcome an announcement that the plans and specifications of the City railway are so far advanced that the Government will be able to submit them…
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