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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 209

North Shore Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1892 · page 4

Tenders were opened yesterday by the Public Works Tender Board for the supply and erection of new power plant and driving gear for the North Shore cable tramway…

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Bullock Island Bridge

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 3

Mr. Scott, M.L.A., who was accompanied by the other members for the district, introduced a deputation from Newcastle, Carrington, and Wickham to the Minister for…

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Deputations. Bridge at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 3

Yesterday a deputation representing the municipalities of Newcastle, Carrington and Wickham, and accompanied by the members for the district, waited upon Mr. Lyne,…

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Proposed Bridge at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon a deputation, introduced by Messrs. D. Sco[?]t and Grahame, M[?]. L. A., and representing the boreugh councils of Nwes[?]tle, Wickham, and Carrington, waited upon the Minister for Works,…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, January 27.—An attempt to wreck a train in Ireland is reported. The train which it was attempted to derail was one in which Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P. for…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 5

An attempt at train-wrecking in Ireland is reported. The train which it was attempted to derail was one in which Mr. T. W. Bussell, M.P, for South Tyrone,…

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Strike in Spain. a Railway Destroyed

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, January 26.—A serious strike has taken place at the mines at Somorrosto, near Bilbao, Spain. The strikers damaged the mines and destroyed the railway line…

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Miners' Strike in Spain. a Railway Destroyed by the Strikers. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 5

A serious strike has taken place at the Somorrosto mines at Bilbao, in Spain. The strikers damaged the mines and destroyed a railway line communicating…

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Proposed Railway From Mungrave to Riverstone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 6

Yesterday a deputation of Pitt Town and district residents was introduced to Mr. W. J. Lyne, the Minister for Public Works, at Parliament House, with the request that the Minister ould favourably…

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Our Railways and Our Debt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 4

The motion of which Mr. VAUGHN has given notice in the Legislative Assembly urging the advisability of selling the Government railways and…

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Branch Hawkesbury Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 3

A deputation representing the residents of Pitt Town and district, and introduced by Mr. Bowman, M.P., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday in reference to…

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Nowra Bridge

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 248

Our illustration represents a very familiar feature of the thriving township of Nowra, on the Shoalhaven River. Visitors going from Sydney have to cross this structure on entering the township. The coach…

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Train Alterations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 11

On February 1 the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales introduced a new timetable on the western line, which in some instances will give very desirable accelerations. The…

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Road through Parramatta park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

THE following letter (dated 20th instant) from the Under-Secretary for Lands has been received by Mr. H. Taylor, M.L.A., and handed to the Secretary parramatta North…

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Emu Gravel and Road-metal Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Emu Gravel and Road-metal Company took place yesterday at the company's offices, Norwich-chambers, Mr. T. R. Smith…

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A Schoolboy Killed by a Tram Motor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 44

Another tram accident of a shocking nature happened about a quarter-past 9 a.m. on Monday at the junction of Parramatta-street and Newtown-road. The victim…

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Locomotive Performances on the N.s.w. Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 10

Particulars have been compiled concerning locomotive performances on the New South Wales railways. Mr. Eddy, the Chief Commissioner for Railways, recently gave, at a meeting of the ambulance…

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Railway Accident at Yerong Creek. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 271

A railway accident, similar in character to that which nearly had the effect of wrecking the Sydney express at Culcairn a few months ago, happened last Saturday night at Yerong Creek, a Email wayside…

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A Coal Elevator for Railway Service

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 249

An elevator designed to load coal from a bin into the tender of au engine, the bucket being raised by the engine and dumped at the proper moment into the tender as the latter is brought in front of it, is shown…

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Holiday Railway Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have had a comparative return prepared showing bookings on the railways from 22nd to 26th inst., inclusive, as against…

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