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Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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Newcastle District Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

Yesterday a deputation of mayors of municipalities in the neighborhood of Newcastle (introduced by Messrs. G. A. Lloyd and Creer, Ms.P.), interviewed the Minister for Works…

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Waterfall and Clifton-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

Messrs. Kidd, and Lysaght, Ms.L.A., introduced two deputations to the Ministor for Works with reference to a road from Waterfall to Clifton. Mr. LYNE stated that a report had been received…

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Road -- Waterfall to Clifton

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

Two deputations -- one introduced by Mr. Kidd, M.P., and the other by Mr. Lysaght, M.P. --yesterday asked the Minister for Works to have a public road opened up between…

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The Railway Association. Reply of the Minister of Works

Globe · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

The following letter has been received by the secretary of the proposed Railway Association from the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister of Public Works:—…

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Mr. Goodchap and the Railway Employees

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 7

ON Monday Mr. Goodchap, the Commissioner for Railways, received a deputation representing those branches of the service over which he presides, requesting the revocation or…

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Railway Employees

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 711

The proposal to combine 91 the railway servants into a trades-union has given rise to a very lively controversy. Those who were at the bottom of the movement do not feel inclined to acquiesce in Mr…

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The Recent Railway Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 711

The opinion of the board appointed by the Minister for Works to inquire into the recent railway accident on the Zigzag is that the accident could have been easily averted if the driver had made better use of…

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The Glen Innes-Inverell Railway. Inverell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 722

Last night Inverell witnessed what may be termed a sensational gathering. The Mayor, at the instance of a number of persons, convened a meeting in connection with the Glen Innes-Inverell Railway. During the day people…

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Proposed Railway Employees' Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 692

A DEPUTATION from the promoters of the proposed Railway and Tramway Employees' Association waited upon Mr. Goodchap, the Commissioner for Railways, on Monday, and asked him to cancel the circular which…

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Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A narrow escape from a serious railway accident took place this morning at Maguire's Crossing, near Nairne. Messrs, Coles and Johnstone, Ms. P.,…

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Railway -- Joppa to Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

A large deputation, accompanied by Messrs. A. Ryrie, Teece, Harold Stephen and O'Sullivan, Ms.P., yesterday asked the Minister for Works to accept a tender for the duplication of the…

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Blayney-murrumburrah Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

Mr. Garland and Mr. Baker, Ms.P., yesterday introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation, who asked for the construction of a platform at Murrumburrah, five miles from Carcoar,…

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Tramway Fares

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

Mr. Trickett and Mr. Butcher, Ms.P., yesterday introduced a deputation from Paddington to the Minister for Works in reference to what was designated "an old grievance" affecting…

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Queanbeyan Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr. O'Sullivan, M.P., yesterday introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works to urge upon him the desirability of proceeding at once with the erection of a railway station at…

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The Grafton-glen Innes Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

Mr. Davies (on behalf of Mr. Proctor) questioned the Minister for Works in the Assembly yesterday as to whether further expense was being incurred in surveying and lock-spitting…

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The City Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Davies asked the Minister for Works "'is it the intention of the Government to take the necessary steps daring the present session of…

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Deputations. Railway Platform at Carlingford

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

A deputation, introduced by Messrs. Bull and V. Parkes, Ms.P., yesterday interviewed the Minister for Works and presented a petition asking for a platform and siding at…

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Paddington Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 10

Messrs., Trickett and Butcher, Ms.L.A., introduced the Mayor of Paddington and other gentlemen to the Minister for Works. The deputation asked that the cheap tram fare section, which now terminated at Begg-street. might be…

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The Zig Zag Railway Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 42

The report of the Board appointed to inquire, into the recent railway accident has been received by the Minister of Works. The Board thinks that but for the slippery state of the rails there would have been…

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