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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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TENDERS will be at this Office up to 11 a.m. on the dates mentioned hereunder, for the Public Works, &c., specified in the following schedule:— Nature of Works or Supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With reference to tho esse of William Williams, who was committed at the Central Police Court on the 22nd of last month for the offence of diverting a railway point at Darling Harbour,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of ratepayers was held last evening at the council chambers, Paddington, for the purpose of taking into consideration the desirability of impressing upon the Government the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Moses and Gibbes, Ms.L.A., introduced a deputation from West Botany to the Minister for Mines yesterday, for the purpose of requesting that a pathway, known as Firth-street, leading to Arncliffe station, should be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Commissioner of Railways has decided to grant railway passes to those members of the late Contingent who have gone into the country, bat may be desirons of attending the banquet which the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disputation consisting of members of the Balmain and Leichhardt borough councils waited upon Sir Alexander Stewart at 11 a.m. yesterday, morning to ask him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The formal opening of the railway to Jerilderie took place to-day, amidst a considerable amount of enthusiasm and high spirits on the part of the people of the town and surrounding district. Some visitors from Sydney arrived last…
Continued on Trove, page 153 →Introduced by Mr. Brunker, M.L.A., a deputation consisting of the Hon. H. E. Cohen, Minister for Justice, Messrs. T. G. Dangar, H. Levien, W. Coonan, J. F. Burns, J. Gould, H. H. Browne, E. C. Luscombe,…
Continued on Trove, page 152 →The Balmain Council had under farther consideration, at their meeting on Tuesday evening, the proposal of the Cable Tramway Company to construct and maintain a cable tramway in the principal street of that…
Continued on Trove, page 151 →A deputation waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday morning to apply, on behalf of the Corporation of Balmain and Leichhardt, for powers to accord 'legal permission to a private…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Probably so few people in England have heard of Krasnovodsk that it may be us well in the first placo to tell whers it is situated. Baku, from the celecrity of its oil wells, has lately become familiar to many, and its place on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—To my surprise, I find this matter is not yetsettled, and that a deputation had again waited on the Minister for Works, advocating a certain route form St. Peters to Liverpool. This, as I pointed out to you four months ago, would…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Yesterday a deputation consisting of Messrs. Hutchinson and Garrard, Ms.L.A.; Aldermen Whiting, Scott, and Davidson,of Leichhardt; Aldermen Hondeock, Burns, Punch, Luke, and Buchanan, of Balmain, waited on the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Luke Gulson, the secretary of the Upper Murray Railway League, at a meeting held yesterday, was highly complimented by the committee on his successful canvass of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The weather is perfect, and the town is in holiday attire. Flags are waving in the breeze and evergreens deck the principal places of business, The town is crowded with people, every available bed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An influential deputation waited upon Mr. Wright, Miniator of Works, on Tuesday, in reference to the construction of the Narrabri to Walgett railway. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Brunker, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →With reference to the notice of the Commissioner for Railways, dated the 26th day of May last, relative to the taking of certain lands required for the purpose of making a railway between Orange and Molong, part II., being a distance of 40 chains, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The Government railway returns for the financial year ending June 30, 1885 show an improvement on the figures for 1183-4. The receipts in the former year amounted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The drawing for Bridges's Art Union, announced to take place in the Mechanics' Institute, Ballarat, os Friday afternoon, has been postponed again. About one hundred persons assembled to witness the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir, -- Your correspondent "J.G.C." very justly calls attention to the control of the opening of the Pyrmont Bridge. It has been my misfortune on many occasions to…
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