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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,-- Whilst almost every issue of your paper contains doleful letters from the 9 till-4o 'clock gentlemen of the Civil Service, I have hitherto looked in vain for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir-- Speaking at the meeting of railway men held in the Protestant hall on Friday night last, Mr.Hoyle, the chairman, seemed annoyed that an impression had gone forth that it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting, convened by the Manning River Railway League, was held in the Agricultural Hall, Taree, on Saturday afternoon. The Mayor, Mr. T. W. Dugdale, J.P., was in the chair. Several gentlemen addressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Being a constant traveller by tram from Waverley to Sydney, I was much pleased at the remarks made in your issue of this day about the length of time the trams take reaching Sydney. That it is caused, as your…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—My attention has been called to certain remarks which fell from the lips of the members of the deputation which waited on the Minister for Works respecting the above association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mayor received a deputation yesterday morning from the directors of the. Patent Asphaltum Company of New South Wales relative to road-paving, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs Garland, E. W. O'Sullivan, end Baker, M. P.'s. accompanied by Mr. Donnelly (of Cowra), Mr. Fishburn, railway contractor, and others, waited upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation from the residents of Wood's Flat was introduced to the Minister for Works (Mr. Lyne) yesterday by Mr. Garland, M.L.A., to ask for the construction of a railway-station at that place. The deputation consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—in your issue of this morning Mr. Jesse Jacobs criticises and vainly attempts to refute some of the statements made by Mr. Sehey and myself before the Minister for Works, respecting the Sick and Accident Society in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Several matters connected with the unfinished sections of the railway between Murrumburrah and Blayney were brought before the Minister for Public Works yesterday by a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The member for Wollombi, Mr. Lyall Scott, interviewed the Minister for Works and the Engineer-in-Chief yesterday and represented that a number of people, including himself, living in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Lyell Scott, M.P., waited upon the Minister for Works this morning to confer with him in regard to the embankment thrown across the by-wash of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THOUGH the night was wet and otherwise unpleasant, Mr. John Bridge had a large audience at his lecture in the new Masonic Hall on Tuesday, and the excellent Society of St. Vincent de Paul is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mr. Bull, M.P., and Mr. Nobbs yesterday interviewed the Commissioner for Works on the subject of the Broken-back Bridge, Parramatta, and informed the Minister that the lessee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. J. F. Smith, Foster, Honson, Gibbes, Ms.L.A., and a number of the aldermen and residents of Newtown, waited upon the Hon. W. J. Lyne (Minister for Public Works) yesterday morning, for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation representing the districts of Marrickville and Newtown waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday with the object of inducing the Government to block with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alderman Nobbs of Granville and Mr. N. G. Bull M.P., waited on the Minister for Works yesterday, Friday, to submit an offer from Mr. Rose, lessee of the Broken Back Bridge toll-bar,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DEAR SIR,--Having just seen an exhibition of the above doctrine, I beg respectfully of you to publish the following:--This evening a Roman Catholic, Mr. B --, who is an inmate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Yesterday Mr. Collins, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. A. W. Bucknell and Mr. Armstrong, waited upon the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Public Works, and presented a petition in favour of extending the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A DEPUTATION appointed at the meeting of railway employees, held at tie New Masonic Hall, waited upon the Minister for Public Works on the 9th instant to urge upon him the advisability of cancelling a circular…
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