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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 209

The King-street Tram

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 4

LAST night the Trades and Labor Council passed a resolution adverse to the construction of the tramway from King-street to Woollahra. The…

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American Summary. Lawyer and Doctor. Action For Heavy Damages. A Gigantic Conspiracy. Murder or Suicide?-- Outrage at Liberal-- Charge of Smuggling-- Terrible Railway Accident-- Two Women Burnt to Death-- Sullivan and the Blue Ribbon-- A Wild Man-- Fear- fully Mangled-- Fatal Street Collision

The Australian Star · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

THE following summary is taken from the American files to hand by the R.M.S. Alameda, which arrived yesterday:-- John O. Bowman, a lawyer of…

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The Railway Revenue

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The revenue for the first eight weeks of the current year, ended February 29, was £197,933, compared with £217,601 in…

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Extension of the Rosehill Railway. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

Sir,--I shall he obliged by your insertion of the following facts respecting the bill to authorise the above railway, the rejection of which by the Legislative Assembly on…

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Deputations. Kiama-nowra Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

Mr. Morton, M.P., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works yesterday to urge that the railway should be extended from the northern bunk of the Shoalhaven…

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Railway Retrenchment

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Next week Mr. Wheeler, the Minister for Railways, will have a report from the Commissioners stating their views in reference to retrenchment, as…

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A Road Wanted

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 6

A deputation was introduced by Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.L.A., to the Minister for Lands today, consisting of residents of North Parramatta. These gentlemen sought…

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Road Through the Park

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 4

ON Friday (yesterday) a deputation from the North Parramatta Progress and District Association was introduced to the Minister for Lands by Mr. Taylor, M.L.A. The deputation…

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Road Through Parramatta Park

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 10
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News

Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.P., introduced to the Minister for Lands yesterday, a deputation of residents of Parramatta north, who requested that a road might be opened through…

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Country Complaints. A Bad Road

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 17

Our Braidwood correspondent writes under date February 29: The council made application to the Roads Department to reduce Wallace-street, which is a main road, and under the control of the…

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Marrickville-burwood-road Railway and the Labour Bureau. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 10

Sir,—If you would kindly allow me space, I should like to support the queries put by your correspondent signing himself "Money's Worth" in this day's issue, and beg to state that although well…

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Tramway or Railway. From North Sydney to Manly

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting convened by the Manly Railway League was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday evening. The Mayor (Mr. W. Gerndan) was in the chair, and in…

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The Beecroft Road Matter. to the Editor of Cumberland Argus

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

SIR,—Mr. Mason has written under the above heading a letter containing amongst other tilings a good deal of personal inuendo as regards myself. I cannot, I regret, como down…

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Wood Trade Grievances. the Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. From Our Own Correspondent

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 6

Mr. S. E. Lees, M.P. introduced a deputation on Thursday last to the Railway Commissioners consisting of Ald. Geo. Turner, Senr., Mayor of St. Marys, Ald. W. Fleming and F. Turner, and Messrs…

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The Never Never Railway. the Benefit to Cobar

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 8

THE iron highway, to quote a famous Gladstonian expression, is now within measurable distance of Cobar. For the last two or three months (says the Cobar HERALD) its advance towards the Copper…

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The Grafton-glen Innes Railway. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 17

SIR,— It appears the ardour of those interested in the construction of railways is not damped by the dulness of the times. Many districts who consider themselves entitled to public expenditure…

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Proposed Railway to Manly. Public Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

On Wednesday night a public meeting was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Manly, under the auspices of the North Sydney, Manly, and Pittwater Railway League. The Mayor (Alderman German) occupied…

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The Lismore-Tweed Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 551

A meeting was held at Burring bar last Saturday evening to urge the Government to immediately undertake the construction of the fourth section of the Lismore-Tweed Railway. It was numerously…

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