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Railways, roads & transport, 1893

3,617 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 181

South Australia. Railway Employees and the Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. -- In order to enable the railway employes to record their votes at the next Parliamentary election, the Railway commissioners have approved of a…

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The Coldstream Bridge

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 2

In the Assembly last night the Minister for Works said he could not promise at the present time to authorise the construction of Coldstream Bridge in the Clarence electorate. This work,…

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Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 3

The Lillie Bridge pedestrian handicap of 25 sovs. will be commenced this afternoon, and an interesting jumping contest will also take place, the events in the latter being the high jump, broad jump, and…

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King-street Cable Tramway

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 6

A deputation representing the inhabitants of Balmain, Pyrmont, and other waterside suburbs, waited upon the Minister for Works, and asked that the King and Ocean-street…

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The North Shore Railway

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 2

In the Assembly last night, Mr. Cullen asked the Secretary for Public Works: 1. Is it a fact that the Government owes the contractor for the North Shore Railway a large sum of money for…

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Retrenchment in the Railway Department. Views of the Commisioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 6

As bearing upon the proposal to reduce the railway estimates the Commissioners have sent the following communication to the Minister for Railways —"Office of the Railway Commissioners of New…

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Extension of the Ocean-street— Kikg-street Tramway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 3

A deputation or gentlemen from western and north-western suburbs, accompanied by Messrs. Kelly, G. D. Clark, Darnley, and Johnson, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to…

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Railway From Goulburn to Crookwell. Crookwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 6

People here are making every effort in favour of the project to construct the Goulburn-Crookwell railway by private enterprise…

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King-st. Tramway. Proposed Extension. Deputation to the Minister. Cost of the Work

The Australian Star · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 6

A large deputation from Balmain and Pyrmont waited on the Minister for Works to-day to urge upon him the necessity of constructing the cable tramway as far…

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The Railway Employees

The Australian Star · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

UPON a motion for adjournment an attack was made in the Assembly yesterday evening on the Railway Commissioners, and the doctrine laid…

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Ex-motor-driver Volk

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

Mr. Schey was anxious to ascertain officially from the Government, by means of questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, whether further-Correspondence had…

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Ocean-street Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 3

A deputation of residents in Balmain, Pyrmout, Central Cumberland, and West Sydney was introduced to the Minister for Public Works by Messrs. Kelly, G. D.Clark,…

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The Railway Estimates. a Protest From the Commissioners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 6

We stated a few days ago that the Railway Commissioners had sent to the Minister for Railways a communication in which they protested against any interference by the…

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Civil Servants and Politics. Discussion in the Assembly. the Premier Will Uphold the Railway Act. Mr. Reid Wants a Regulation. Mr. M'millan on Non-political Service

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 5

The preliminary business of the Assembly having been transacted yesterday, Mr. M'GOWEN moved the adjournment of the House for the purpose of calling…

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The Ocean-street Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

A deputation waited on the Minister for Works yesterday to ask for bread, and were given a stone. They represented the western suburbs, and their requirement was…

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North Shore Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

The Minister for Works, in the Assembly yesterday, supplied some information in regard to the North Shore railway, in answer to questions asked by Mr. Cullen. Mr…

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Lillie Bridge Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

The following handicaps have been declaren in connection with the above races to bo held next Monday evening:- HALF MILE OPEN BICYCLE HANDICAP.—A. Harding,…

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Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

A £25 pedestrian handicap, and also a jumping contest, were commenced at the Lille Bridge grounds yesterday afternoon. The first round of the footrace was run through, the following being the…

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South Australia. Killed by a Train

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 13

A fatal accident occurred at the Port Adelaide Railway Station on Wednesday afternoon, April 6, to James Gray, foreman of the railway works buildings. The deceased, after…

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Powers of Municipalities. Closing Roads. a Judgment in Chambers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 10

In Chambers yesterday morning the Chief Justice gave judgment in the case of the application of Henry Hawkins, of Deniliquin, for a prohibition…

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