Tram Yale, Marrickville
At the last meeting of the Marrickville Council Alderman Chisholm moved, "That this council take such steps as may be requisite for the resuming of the whole of the Tramvale…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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Intercolonial Railway Arrangements. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A conference was held to-day between the Victorian railway commissioners and Mr. Alan Pendleton, traffic manager of the South Australian railways, with reference to the action which should be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone in Victoria. the Overland Train Stopped. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Terrific hailstorms occurred in several parts of the colony yesterday. In the north-eastern district, near Beech-worth Junction, the train from Albury to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads Department, Sewerage Branch, Sydney, 14th March, 1887. TENDERS. Attention is directed to Gazette Notice inviting Tenders for undermentioned work, viz.—
Construction of Sunk Fence and Drain at University Paddocks, Camperdown, Contract No. 29, Sydney Sewerage Works. Time for Receipt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troposed Railway to the Jenolan Caves. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mount Victoria
A well-known railway contractor, who has just returned from, an extended European tour, has floatod an influential syndicate in Sydney to construct a branch line of railway to the Jenolan Caves, via Mount Victoria. The necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Parliamentary Trams and Trains
In accordance with a motion agreed to by the House, Mr. Burns laid upon the table of the Assembly last evening a return showing that the cost of running Parliamentary trains last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alterations in Railway Time-tables
The following are the proposed alterations in the railway time-tables to come into force on the 5th prox.:-- GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--The 10.40 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Saks Souci Tramway. a Select Committee of Inquiry Appointed
In the Legislative Assembly yesterday considerable discussion took place on a motion for the appointment of a select committee "to inquire into and report upon the construction of…
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The Colonial Secretary (Sir Henry Parkes) gave notice last evening of the following motion:--"That this House will, on Wednesday next, resolve itself into a Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A fatal accident happened at Hergott to-day. David Boland, a guard, fell from a loaded truck when in the act of letting down the brake to steady a train…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The tender of Messrs. Bloomfield Brothers--namely £64,883, for the construction of the Hamilton to Coleraine railway, and that of Messrs. Kenny…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deputations. Railway Rates for Farm Produce
A deputation from the Land and Industrial Alliance, consisting of Messrs. W. O'Neill (of Narroi[?]e), J. A. Byrne, W. J. Hill, W. P. Crick J. E. Kelly, M.L.A.; T. Weddell, M.L.A.; H. Dawson, M.L.A.; J. Gormly,…
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A deputation consisting of the Mayor of Mudgee (Mr. D. Cassin),—Messrs G. Rouse, Marks, James, Carden, M'Ewen, and Smith, and accompanied by Messrs. Wall, Black, Dawson, Ryrie, Gale, O'Sullivan, and Allen,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Commissioner of Railways at Tamworth. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tamworth
Mr. C. A. Goodchap, Commissioner of Railways, and other railway officials, passed up in a special train to-day. They stopped here for three quarters of an hour, and were interviewed by the mayor in reference to local matters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, March 1, 1887. Government Railways
TENDERS will be received 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 and Supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cobar Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir—The, present Government has dealt firmly though not economically with the labour lately unemployed, the Premier stating to their representative what was not the duty of the Government in such cases, the outcome being…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gosford to Waratah Railway
A deputation, which included Messrs. Creer, Fletcher, F. Farnell, Walker, Stevenson, Brunker, and O'Sullivan, Ms. L. A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to urge that arrangements should be made for the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Commissioner for Railways' in the North. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tenterfield
Mr. C. A. Goodchap, Commissioner of Railways, arrived here last night by special train, on a tour of inspection. He was accompanied by Mr. Cowdery (Engineer for Existing Lines), Mr. Higgs (Traffic Manager), Mr. Cracknell…
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A new railway time-table comes into force on the 5th, April next, and, judging by what we have heard and what we have seen in the Sydney daily papers, the department,,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Road to the Pit
Although the sight at the mouth of the pit and in the town of Bulli to-day was mournful in the extreme, that presented on the road leading from the town to the pit was more…
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