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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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In accordance with a resolution agreed to in the House of Commons a few days ago, the directors of the Cambrian Railway Co. appeared at the bar of the Chamber last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Minister for Works has not yet replied to the offer made by Messrs. Proudfoot and Co. to construct the Marrickville-Burwood-road railway, receiving payment in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Colls, M.L.A., drove the last rivet into the tramway bridge to-day. The bridge was previously tested and bore the weight of over 200 tons, Great enthusiasm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday. -- In the course of an address by the Minister for Railways (Mr. Wheeler) at Daylesford to-night he read the proposals of the new Commissioners for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A firm of railway contractors have made an offer to carry out their tender for the Marrickville-Burwood railway and accept as payment Treasury Bills in lieu of cash…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday. -- The directors of the Cambrian Railway Company appeared at the bar of the House of Commons last night to answer a charge of Laving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Dowel, M.P., introduced a deputation consisting of himself and Mr. Annis, an old resident of the Manilla district, to the Minister for Works yesterday to ask for a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway Commissioners have made ample arrangements for meeting the customary large increase of passenger traffic on the various lines during the Easter holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Replying to a deputation which waited upon him yesterday, the Minister for Works said that the prospect of an eastern suburbs railway was very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The contractor of the North Shore railway has had to discharge about 15 of the men recently taken on from the bureau, in consequence of their of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir, -- I, with others of your readers, request that you will kindly grant the space in your journal to draw the attention of the Railway Commissioners to the injustice of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The N.S.W. Railway Commissioners were on Tuesday presented with an address from the fat stock salesmen of Sydney expressive of satisfaction at the improved management shown and…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →On Saturday, April 2, Superintendent Pedder obtained a warrant for the arrest of Thomas Millar, alias " Lord Leamington," on a charge of bigamy. Millar, it is alleged, was married in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In an interview on Australian railway management Mr. J. H. Smith, chairman of the South Australia Railway Commissioners, made special reference to the recent action of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The past quarter's statement of revenue shows that for the period ending March 31 the total receipts for the nine months of the financial year amounted to £2,033,000, or within about…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The following report for 1891 of the Roads and Bridges branch of the Public Works Department has been submitted to Mr. Lyne by Mr. Hickson, the engineer-in-chief:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In professional circles in Sydney great surprise is felt at the constitution of the board of experts appointed to examine the competitive plans of the proposed Pyrmont Bridge. The members of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Approval has been given by the Minister for Works for the adjustment and appropriation of the moneys according to Schedule D1 of the Public Works schedules to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The public is disgusted with the bad state of communication with Sydney. The river was impassable for the last two weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Hickson, the Engineer-in-Chief for Roads and Bridges, has forwarded to the Minister for Works a series of reports from the principal assistant engineers of his department with regard to the works carried…
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