Subordinate Roads
Following is the classification and proposed distribution for 1887 of votes upon the Estimates for subordinate roads, under officers of the Department:— NORTHERN ROADS…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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Intercolonial Railway Rates. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Communications have been received by the Railway Commissioners from the railway authorities of South Australia, asking that passengers arriving at Adelaide by the P. and O. and Orient steamers from Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Kogarah and Sans Souci Tramway
Last night there were laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly copies of the papers in connection with the construction of the Kogarah and Sans Souci tramway. The scheme of laying down a tramway from the Illawarra…
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We understand that the railway from Waratah to Gosford will be ready for opening about the end of the present month. Efforts are being made to have the line opened on Queen's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Detectives
In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Burns, answering Mr. Teece, for Mr. M'Elhone, said that three men named Samuel James, Wm. Moran and Murray were employed in the tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sans Souci Tramway
Some time since Mr. Fletcher moved that all the papers relating to the construction of a tramway from Kogarah railway station to Sans Souci be laid upon the table of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subordinate Roads (under Roads Department), Proposed Distribution for 1887. Northern Roads
ST. LEONERDS via Balgowlah, to Manly, 3 miles, £150 ; Military road, St. Leonards, 7, £350 ; Manly Cove to Pittwater, 5, £750 ; Manly and Pittwater road M’Gerr’s Creek, 3,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deputations. Bridge on the Illawarra Railway
A deputation, consisting of the Hon. G. H. Cox, Messrs. Henry Austin, F. H. Moore, T. W. Garlick, L. Dodds, A. G. Bloomfield, William Von der Heyde, and J. W. Grierson, waited upon the Hon. John Sutherland, Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Votes for Roads in Municipalities
Notice of of a motion interesting to suburban and country municipal councils, was given in the Assembly by Mr. Crouch, one of the members for the Richmond. He intends to more "That in the opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 960 →A New Tram Motor
The necessity which exists for some improvements in the present system of tramway communication has been frequently alluded to of late, and with a view to meeting the requirements of the public in this respect a new trans[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Road From Napier to Lake Taupo, North Island (N. Z.) to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having travelled from Wellington to Napier, and thence te Auckland overland, in the North Island, I should like to draw attention to a portion of the country which deserves more attention than has yet been directed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Free Railway Passes to School Children
In the Assembly on Friday night, the debate on Mr. O'Connor's motion to grant free railway passes to all school children was resumed by Mr. Inglis, who opposed it, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Leasing of the Sydney Tramways
THE Government have received a number of applications to take over the tramways on lease for a term of years. Six or seven different proposals are now before the Government and have been…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Political. Free Railway Passes to School a Victory at Last
IN the Assembly on Friday last the adjourned debate was resumed upon the resolution which had been moved by Mr. O'Connor,— "That, in the opinion of this House, a free pass upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Railway Frontier
We are repeating on our northern boundary, though under different circumstances, some of the difficulties that we had to settle when we crossed the Hurray and linked four rails with those of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 948 →The Inverell, Grafton, and Tweed Railway Lone
A large and influential deputation waited upon the Hon. John Sutherland. Minister for Works, on the 29th ultimo, in reference to the construction of a railway line from Glen Innes to Inverell and from Grafton to the Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 959 →Children's Railway Passes
With regard to the amended resolution passed in the Assembly last week on the subject of issuing railway free passes to children travelling to and from school, we understand that effect will be given to it by either…
Continued on Trove, page 960 →Railway Excursion Tickets
The Minister for Works is considering the question of issuing cheap railway excursion tickets from large centres of population in the country, as is done in the metropolis. It is regarded as doubtful whether they…
Continued on Trove, page 960 →Fatal Railway Accident
A shocking accident happened on the railway line at Granville, late on Saturday night, resulting in the death, of an elderly man named William Duke. Deceased, who was upwards of 70 years of age, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 960 →The Changing Station on the G. N. Railway
The Brisbane Courier of April 29 says:—"The question of the site of the changing station for the Queensland and New South Wales railway systems has been discussed by the Ministry during the present…
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