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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 209

Deputations. Tramway From Jerilderie to Berrigan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 2

Messrs. Chanter, Barbour, Gormly, Dangar, Nicholson, Barnes and York, Ms.P., accompanied a large and influential deputation from the Jerilderie-Berrigan district to…

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Expenditure on Rolling Stock. Statement by Railway Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1892 · page 2

The following statement by the Commissioners for Railways with reference to the amount of money spent on rolling-stock and additional accommodation to meet the…

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A Sensational Chase. A Train Thief Runs Away with an Engine

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 3

A NEW York wire gives particulars of a sensational train robbery and pursuit in the United States. A robber named Perry boarded a train at Rochester, a town on a…

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Railway and Tramway Employes' Hospital Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 11

A largely attended meeting of subscribers to the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Employes Hospital Fund was held at the Railway Institute. Redfern, on Thursday. The president (Mr. W. H…

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Redfern Railway Station. Appointment of Stationmaster

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 15

MR. F. C. Jahnson, who had for the past 14 years been acting in conjunction with Mr. John Collins as stationmaster at the Redfern Railway Station, was this week appointed to the position of chief…

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Melbourne Unemployed. Free Railway Passes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 15

ABOUT 500 unemployed attended the Public Works Office, Melbourne, on Wednesday morning with a view of obtaining railway passes to the country, where Government work is available…

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London Offices. the Sydney Morning Herald, 78 Queen Victoria-street, E.C. (opposite the Mansion House Railway Station). Represented by Messrs. B. S. Lloyd and Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 8

The office of this journal is now open at the above address. Files of The Sydney Morning Herald are to be seen in the reading-room, and all information respecting…

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"Help," the Railway Dog

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 470

A faithful and clever animal, formerly well known to many passengers on the London and Brighton Railway by the tidal train from London Bridge to Newhaven for the Dieppe steamboats, has lately…

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Lismore-Tweed Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 498

The largest and most representative meeting ever held at Murwillumbah was held at the local School of Arts on Friday, the 19th instant, to protest against the action of the Government in indefinitely delaying…

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The Burmah Trouble. Railways and Irrrigation. London, February 26

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 5

General Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief in India, recommends a large extension of railways and irrigation operations in Upper Burmah, where recently the native…

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South Australian News. Recent Deaths Of Pioneers. Transcontinental Railway. The Wheat Season. General News. ADELAIDE, February 24. Recent Deaths

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 13

Mr. Richard Musson, well known and a resident of 42 years, died on February 16. The deceased arrived in South Australia in the Omega in 1850, and shortly afterwards settled in North…

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The Proposed Railway to Castle Hill via Rosehill. The Bill Defeated

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 3

IN the Assembly on Wednesday evening, the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole to further consider in detail Simpson's Railway…

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Railway to Dural

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 5

IN the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Farnell desired to know if the Minister for Works would, during recess, submit to the Cabinet a proposal to construct a…

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Victorian Railway Employees

Evening News · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.— A largely-attended meeting of railway employees was held on Saturday at the Gaiety Theatre, under the auspices of the Victorian Railway Traffic Union, to consider…

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Victorian Railway Reform

Evening News · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Government reforms in the Railway Department hare assumed a practical shape. Mr. Wheeler has presented a scheme to the commissioners proposing a…

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The Victorian Railway Employees. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 5

A large meeting of railway employees was held this morning at the Gaiety Theatre under the auspices of the Victorian Railway Traffic Union, to consider the increment question. Resolutions…

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Queensland's Policy. Land Grant Railways. No More Immigration. Economy and the Encampment. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 6

The Cabinet on Saturday considered the question of the continuance of the construction of State railways, and it was agreed, if necessary, to entertain…

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Brunswick Railway. Brunswick Heads

The Australian Star · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 6

At a meeting on Saturday a resolution was carried urging the Government to proceed with the fourth section of the railway. Mr. Murphy occupied the chair…

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Emmaville Tram. Deepwater

The Australian Star · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 6

Messrs. Dowel, M.L.A., Garling and Carrington, engineer, arrived to-day for the purpose of surveying the tramline from Deepwater to Emmaville, thence to the…

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Railway Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At a conference to be held to-morrow between tile Minister for Railways and the Railway Commissioners one of the questions to be discussed will be…

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