Department of Railways, Sydney, 28th January, 1887. Government Railways. Alteration in the Running of Trains on the Mudgee Line
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 6
The public are hereby informed that on end after the 29th January, 1887, and until further notice, the Passenger Trains on the Mudgee line will be run in conjunction with the DAY PASSENGER TRAINS from Sydney and Orange respectively…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 10
A meeting of the inhabitants of the Municipality of St. Peter's was held in the local Town Hall last evening for the purpose of protesting against the increased fares on railways. The meeting was convened by the Mayor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Tram Tickets; Are They All Torn? to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 11
Sir,—Kindly pardon me if I communicate to you my suspicion, and also a hint with a view to an improvement of the above. Returning from Waverley the other evening by tram, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Trans-Continental Railway. Adelaide
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 232
At a meeting of the Executive Council this morning the following were appointed as a commission to inquire into the question of the trans-continental railway:—Dr. Cockburn, Mr. Murray, Hon. R. C. Baker…
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The Protestant Standard · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 3
Since our remarks were written referring to Sir Henry Parkes's declaration to the assembly, of the general outlines of his intended policy, his address to the electors…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. Speight, chairman of the Railway Commissioners, has been asked to act as arbitrator in connection with the dispute between the South Australian…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 44
Mr. C. Renson, of the Netherlands State Railways, has devised a means of using up old wooden sleepers. Sleepers generally fail where the rail rests, leaving a sound…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1887 · page 13
The heavy rains of the past few days have done a great amount of damage to the railway lines in various places. The mail train which left Bourke on Monday at 7.25.a.m. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Department of Railways, Sydney, November 30, 1886. Government Railways
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1887 · page 2
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 →Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, 28th January, 1887. Government Railways. Alteration in the Running of Trains on the Mudgee Line
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1887 · page 2
The public are hereby informed that on and after the 29th January, 1887, and until further notice, the Passenger Trains on the Mudgee line will be run in conjunction with the DAY PASSENGER TRAINS from Sydney and Orange respectively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tearing Tram Tickets. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1887 · page 10
Sir,—I note a letter in your columns re the regulation for tearing the tram tickets, and quite agree with the writer, and as it is apparently to some extent an experiment I commend to the Department the regulation existing in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Roads Department, Sewerage Branch, Sydney, 24th January, 1887. TENDERS
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1887 · page 2
Attention is directed to Gazette notiee inviting tenders for undermentioned work, viz.;— Time for receipt of Tenders. Construction of storm Sewer through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Train. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1887 · page 2
Sir,--Having just reached home your leader in Tuesday's paper on Mr. Lyne's proposal to alter the time-table of the mail train on the southern line has only now come under my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Government Tramways. Extension Kogarah to Sans Souci and Sandringham
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1887 · page 2
The Commissioner for Railways appointed by Act of Council 22 Victoria, No. 19, hereby gives notice that His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, deems it expedient to make and complete a Tramway between Kogarah,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Northern Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1887 · page 10
A deputation consisting of Messrs. Joseph Wood, H. Buchanan, G. Martin, John Hall, H. J. Brown, and G. A. Lloyd, introduced by Mr. Joseph Creer, met the Premier on the arrival of the train from Maitland last evening, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Charges Against Railway Officers
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1887 · page 7
It will be recollected that some time ago Mr. Forsyth, then member for South Sydney, made being grave and serious charges against the officers of the Railway Department and Hudson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Department of Railways, Sydney, November 30, 1886. Government Railways
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1887 · page 2
TENDFRS 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 →Government Notices. Government Railways, Pebruary 3, 1887. Closing of Redfern and Darling Harbour Goods Sheds, 5th instant
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1887 · page 2
GOODS will not be RECEIVED nor DELIVERED at Redfern and Darling Harbour Goods Sheds on the 5th instant, but, arrangements will be made for the delivery of perishables up till 10 a.m…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 284
Some complaints having been forwarded to the Railway Department through the Licensed Victuallers' Association on behalf of certain hotelkeepers at Junee that the railway employees there had established a club…
Continued on Trove, page 284 →The Mudgee Railway
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 284
Letters for the Mudgee district beyond Wallerawang, must now be posted not later than 8 a.m., to catch the 9 a.m. train from Redfern, instead of the usual despatch in the evening. This change in…
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