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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 209

The Tramway Band

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 6

THE TRAMWAY Band, which has gained some reputation for good music, gives an open air performance to-night at Coogee, and will no doubt add to the other attractions of this…

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Culcairn-corowa Railway. Albury

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

The sittings of the Court of Arbitration to decide claims for compensation for land resumed for tho building of the CorowaCulcairn Railway are about to commence. It…

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The Cable Tramway

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 6

IN the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the bill authorising the construction of a cubic tramway from the foot of Kingstreet to Ocean-street, Woollahra, was read…

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Colonial Railways. London, March 7

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 6

The GLOBE advises the Governments of South Australia and West Australia to postpone their policies of railway construction owing to the feeling in the London markets…

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Railway Dismissals

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 6

SEVERAL inquiries have been made in the Legislative Assembly lately on the subject of dismissal of employees from the railway, service, but some reduction in the service…

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Colonial Railway Construction

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The Globe advises both South Australia and West Australia to postpone for the present any further railway construction…

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The Hobart Tramway Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The minimum at which the 5 per cent. shares of the Hobart Tramway Company are offered on the London market is £95…

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Extension of Rosehill Railway and the Labour Question. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 8

Sir,—Your leader of this morning deals very trenchantly with the various aspects of the labour question, and the singular position in which the question has been placed by internal dissension, by…

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Legislative Assembly. the Sydney Hospital Buildings to Be Completed. the Military Estimates. the Debate Commenced. The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. COOGEE-ROAD

Evening News · Wednesday 9 March 1892 · page 3

Mr. Lyne, in answer to Mr. Neild, said representation had been made on several occasions by the Randwick Council as to the necessity for widening Coogee-road, and it had been pointed out…

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Legislative Assembly. Toohey v. Melville. the Military Estimates. Debate in Committee. a Reduction of £50,000. Railway Vote Passed

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PARRAMATTA-DURAL RAILWAY. Mr. Lyne, in answer to Mr. Hugh Taylor, said that when the next batch of public works…

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PARLIAMENT. Wednesday, March 9. Legislative Council. King-street Tramway Bill. Passed Through Committee

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PETITIONS. Mr. Davies presented two petitions from Newcastle in favor of the Early Closing Bill…

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Balmain Tramway Extension

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

For some considerable time the residents of Balmain have been agitating for the extension of the tramway along Darling-road to Gladstone Park, and last night a public meeting was held…

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Railway Cranes—pyrmont Wharf Coal Loading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 6

At present the s.s. Gulf of Trinidad, 3500 tons capacity, is under loading. She will be followed by H.M.S. Orlando for about 1000 tons, and then by s.s. Gulf of Venice for 3500 tons. The British Commodore, 2000 tons capacity,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 7

With regard to the question of reducing the deficit on the working of the railways, the Commissioners have prepared a scheme which has been submitted to the Minister,…

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N.Z. Railway Company Interest on Debentures London, March 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

The directors of the New Zealand Midland Railway Co. have announced that they have provided for the payment of interest on debentures falling due during the ensuing…

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Hobart Tramway Co. the Capital Subscribed. London, March 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

The capital of the Hobart Tramway Co., whose prospectus was issued a few days ago, has been subscribed and the company has been declared formed. The company…

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Railway Dismissals

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 7

SEVERAL inquiries have been made in the Legislative Assembly lately on the subject of dismissal of employees from the railway service, but some reduction in the service…

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British East Africa. Mombassa Railway Survey. Members' Votes Challenged. LONDON, March 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

In the House of Commons last night the votes given by Lieutenant-General Sir L. Polly, Mr. E. Ashmead-Bartlett, and Sir John Puleston on Friday, when it was…

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All Night Again. Another Late Assembly Sitting. Finishing the Estimates. Mr. Schey on Railway Matters--An Inquiry Promised--Specific Charges Wanted

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

ALL night sittings of the Legislative Assembly are now becoming matters of weekly occurrence, in fact so frequent are they that the session now drawing to a close will about…

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Changes in the Railway Department

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 4

The question of removing certain engine-drivers from Penrith brought Mr. Lees to his feet in the Assembly yesterday, and led to his inquiry whether certain engine-drivers…

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