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Railways, roads & transport, 1886

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 134

Platform at Motor's Road

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

Messrs. Judd and Hammond, Ms.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday a deputation who desired to have a railway platform provided at Mort's road, on the Illawarra line…

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Windsor Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 9

Mr. N. BULL, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the Baulkham Hills district to the Ministor for Works yesterday to request him to cause the Windsor road to be placed in a proper condition. They pointed out that the road was…

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Roads at Brisbane Water

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

Mr. Scott, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister of Works yesterday a deputation from the inhabitants of Brisbane Water district, who desired to have the condition of the roads of their district improved. It was admitted…

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Train Accommodation for Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 9

A deputation consisting of Messrs. J. Kidd, M.L.A., R. Barbour, M.L.A., J. Davies, M.L.A., the Hon. A. Campbell, M.L.C., J. R. Fairfax, W. T. Angus, Tonkin, Beaumont, P. R. Holdsworth, and A. L. Park, waited…

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Meeting of Railway and Tramway Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 9

A largely attended meeting of railway and tramway employees was held at the Protestant Hall, Castleroaghstreet yesterday evening. The meeting was called for the purpose of recoiving the report of the deputation which…

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The Railway Employes. a Meeting Last Night

Globe · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 5

A meeting of employes in the Tramway and Railway service was held last night at the Protestant Hall, to receive the reply of the deputation that waited on the…

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The following appeared in our Special Edition of yesterday. the Railway Employes' Association. Deputation to the Minister of Works. Mr. Lyne's Reply

Globe · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Edwards, M'Mahon, Schey, Johnston, White, Nuttall, N. Cameron, and D. Moore, headed for Works this morning on the…

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Mr. Lyne and the Railway Men

Globe · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 4

Presuming that the speakers who explained the cause of the Railway Association to Mr. Lyne yesterday were really able, as they declared themselves, to…

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The Railway Employees Association. Appeal to the Minister for Public Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 9

A deputation of railway employees waited upon the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Public Works, yesterday morning, for the purpose of urging the withdrawal or cancellation of the circular that had been issued by Mr. Goodchap,…

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Tramway Bill

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

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. A. Armstrong and J. Brown, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to request him to introduce a General Tramway Bill. The provisions of the mensure, they suggested, should be such…

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Deputations. the North Shore Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 9

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor and other representatives of St. Leonards, waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday to present a memorial signed by residents of the various boroughs on the North Shore, praying that…

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Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Accident on the Homebushwaratah Railway

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

At the Soudan Hotel, yesterday morning, the Ci[?] Coroner held an inquest on the body of a Gentian, na[?] William Stemming, who died on Thursday night w[?] being taken to the Sydney Hospital, from the offec[?]…

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The Railway Extension to the Queensland Border. Turning the First Sod. Tenterfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 770

The first sod of the connecting link in the railway between New South Wales and Queensland was turned yesterday by the Mayoress. Between 300 and 400 people were present. Speeches vere delivered by the member for the…

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The Proposed Railway from Glen Innes to Inverell. Inverell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 774

Mr. W. R. Campbell, member for the Gwydir, was interviewed this morning by a large and influential deputation, introduced by the Mayor, asking his co-operation in the matter of railway communication with Glen Innes…

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Queanbeyan Railway Station

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 770

Mr. O'SULLIVAN, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works, to ask, in accordance with the vote of a public meeting which had been recently held at Queanbeyan, that the erection of a railway station and…

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Fireless Locomotives for Tramways

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 742

About three years ago Mr. Moritz Honigmann, proprietor of a large soda factory at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, constructed his first fireless tramway locomotive, the peculiar feature of which is based on a new method of…

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The Proposed Railway Association

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 4

The Minister for Works yesterday received a large deputation of railway and tramway employees, whose object was to induce Mr. Lyne to revoke Mr. Goodchap's circular forbidding the…

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Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 7

The death of the unfortunate man William Stamming, who met with fatal injuries on Thursday on the railway line in course of construction between Homebush and Waratah, was…

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The Military Forces. Manœuvres on Botany-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1886 · page 4

The Metropolitan Militia and Reserve forces paraded on Saturday afternoon, together with a portion of the Permanent Artillery, for the purpose of performing some field movements of an instructional nature, in two divisions…

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Manning River Railway League

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 5

TAREE, Monday,--A large and influential meeting convened by Mr. Naylor, secretary to the Manning River North Coast Railway League, was held on Saturday in the…

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