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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 209

The Proposed North Coast Railway. a Poor Prospect

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 18

IN reply to Mr. Young, Mr. Lyne, Minister For Works, stated in the Assembly, on Monday, that a report had been received from the Railway Commissioners on the subject of the proposed, North…

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Carriage of Wool. Testimony to Railway Management

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

The secretary of the Sydney Woolbrokers' Association has addressed to the Secretary for Railways a letter acknowledging the great improvements made by the Railway Commissioners in…

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Deniliquin-jerilderie Railway

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

The Minister for Works Friday received a deputation introduced by Messrs. Barbour, Chanter, and Stephenson, Ms.L.A;, who waited upon him for the purpose of asking him to urge on the…

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Redfern Railway Hay Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

At the Redfern Railway terminus yesterday there was a large supply of forage forward from the numerous stations on the Northern, Southern, and Western lines. Buyers were…

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Railway Accommodation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 7

Mr. F. Farnell, accompanied by the Mayor and aldermen of Ryde, waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday, for the purpose of pointing out the urgent necessity of increasing the passenger…

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Railway Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Chanter, Barbour, and Stevenson, Ms.L.A., and residents of the district interested, waited upon Mr. Lyne, Minister for Works yesterday, and asked that a…

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Eden-Bega Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 297

Messrs. Garvan and H. Clarke, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Public Works on Wednesday to ask that the proposal to construct a railway from Eden to Bega might be referred to…

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Locomotive Performances on the N. S. W. Railways

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 323

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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Daniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Destiliquin

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 327

The thirty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held to-day. The Hon. Robert Burrows presided, aud about 4000 shares were represented at the meeting. A dividend…

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The Victorian Railways. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 292

It is estimated that the railway revenue this year will be something like £300,000 short of the expenditure, owing to the depression in trade as well as to the fact that a large proportion of the…

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Deputations. Deniliquin-jerilderie Railway

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

MESSRS. J. M. Chanter, R, Barbour, R. Stevenson, M's.L.A., interviewed Mr. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Public Works, this morning, in reference to the necessity of a…

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Proposed Railway From Derie to Deniliquin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 10

The Minister for Works (Mr. W. J. Lyne) was yesterday waited upon by a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Chanter, Barbour and Stevenson, Ms.P., who urged the necessity…

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The Culcairn-corowa Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.--The landowners along the route of the Culcairn-Corowa railway whose land has been resumed by the Government without compensation under the…

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Country Complaints. Tass Railway Station

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 35

Our correspondent writes under, date February 1: Great dissatisfaction is expressed here at the intention of the commissioners to change the name of the Yass Railway Station from " Yass" to " Oakhill," and…

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Railway Revenue

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 12

The railway revenue of the colony this quarter will probably be £ 300,000 short of the expenditure, owing to the depression in trade, as well as the fact that a large proportion of the…

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Edison and the Future Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 19

It is well known that Mr. Edison has been studying a scheme for working all railways by electricity, and it is understood that he will endeavor to show an example at the Chicago…

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The Hawkesview Bridge. Albury

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6

Mr. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Public Works, has informed Mr. John Wilkinson, M.L.A., that if the Victorian Government will share in the cost the bridge over the…

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Run Over by a Train. Fatality Near Cowra. COWRA

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred on the railway between here and Koorawatha on Saturday night. Ganger Houghton while proceeding home on his tricycle was run over by the…

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Edison and the Future Railway

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 7

It is well known that Mr. Edison has been studying a scheme for working all railways by electricity, and it is understood that he will endeavor to show an example at the Chicago…

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The Railway Commissioners. Me. M'court's Allegations

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 5

The statement furnished to the Government by the Railway Commissioners relative to the several contracts about which Mr. M'Court, member for Camden, complained has given…

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