Hawkesbury Railway Bridge
The railway bridge which the Union Bridge Company of New York have just agreed with the Government to construct across the Hawkesbury River at a cost of nearly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 134
Melbourne Tramway Trust Loan. London, Feb. 4
Tenders for the Melbourne Tramway Trust's second loan of £500,000, at 4½ per cent., the minimum of which had been fixed at 104, were opened this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Accident. a Child Severely Injured. Newcastle
At about 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, a girl named Puller, 8 years of age, was run over by a train on the Government railway line, near Islington. The unfortunate child was returning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Tramway Loan
LONDON, February 4.—Tenders for the Melbourne Tramway Trusts Second Loan of £500,000 at 4 1/2 per cent., the minimum of which had been fixed at 104, were opened this afternoon. The…
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Mr. Garrett, M.L.A., and Mr. A. Armstrong, of Appin, asked the Minister of Works, on Friday, to have a survey of a railway made from Bottle Forest, on the Illawarra line, to Moss Vale, on the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pearce's Corner Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having noticed in this morning's issue, under the heading "Railread to Hornsby," an intimation that Mr. R. Harnett will offer to the Government, free of charge, a width of 66 feet for the railway passing through his lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Petersham Child-murder. the Prisoner Throws Himself on the Tram Line
Yesterday forenoon a desperate attempt at escape was made by the prisoner Jeremiah O'Sullivan, committed on a charge of wilful murder, arising out of the death of a child at Petersham. It appears that immediately after the…
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A deputation, which included Messrs. H. Taylor, Bull, and V. Parkes, M's.L.A., waited upon Mr. Garrard, the Minister of Works, to point out to him the public inconvenience and danger of the…
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WITH reference to the tender of the Union Bridge Company of New York, which the Government have decided to accept, on certain conditions, for the construction and erection of the railway bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 276 →Accident to the Express Train
News reached Sydney this morning by telegram, that an accident occurred to the Melbourne express train at midnight. It appears that a very strong gale had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rules of the Road Afloat. III
Towards the end of the last paper I ventured to express an opinion which, on further consideration, and on the authority of a case discovered since that paper was written (Scicluna v. Stevenson, the Rhondda, L. R., S, App. Ca…
Continued on Trove, page 292 →What the People Say. Your Preparation Is an Exception. "The Pharmacy, Regent Road. "Great Yarmouth, Dec. 28th, 1883
"Dear Sir,—Your medicine must be a great success. You can quite understand that I have not much opinion of what are called quack medicines, which are generally cure all and worthless, and I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Shore Railway
THE North Shore Railway, like many other public projects in that picturesque suburb, seems to be doomed. The Minister for Works has said the construction of the line would be too costly, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Smoking in Railway Carriages. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I beg permission for a small space in your valuable paper to draw attention to the smoking nuisance as it now prevails upon our railways. It is now an almost invariable exponence upon entering a railway carringe to find…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Melbourne Tramway Trust Loan. (Reuter's Telegrams.) London, Feb. 4
Tenders for the Melbourne Tramway Trust's second loan of £500,000 at 4½ per cent., the minimum of which had been fixed at 104, were opened this afternoon. The total tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Culcairn-Corowa Railway
The Minister for Works wan waited upon on Thursday, by Messrs. Lyne and Hayes, Ms.L.A., who asked him to adopt an intermediate line, orders for the flying survey of which were given by Mr. Lyne when in…
Continued on Trove, page 302 →Railway Accident on the North-Western Line. Quirindi
The line is in a very dangerous state after the recent heavy rains. Several wash-aways have occurred. The train that left hero this morning with a gang of fettlers and Mr Duffy, inspector of the permanent way, went off the…
Continued on Trove, page 306 →The City Tramways
WE believe that the Minister for Works has under consideration a proposal to hare the tramways in Sydney worked by means of motors driven by compressed air, and to do away with the steam motors at…
Continued on Trove, page 276 →The North Shore Tramway
The construction of the cable tramway at North Shore has so far progressed towards completion that the contractors look forward to the tramway being opened for traffic by the end of the present month. For 300 or 400…
Continued on Trove, page 280 →Railways and Compensation. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--In a sub-leader this morning you have drawn attention to the question of compensation for land taken for railway purposes, and very reasonably argue that the State should…
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