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Railways, roads & transport, 1896

4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 206

Erskine-street Tramway

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 5

Messrs. Wilks and Law, Ms.L.A., to-day introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works, which represented the necessity for providing tramway communication between Erskine-street…

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Deputations. Liverpool to Mulgoa Railway

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 5

A deputation from Liverpool and Mulgoa districts to-day asked the Minister for Works to carry out a trial survey for a light line of railway from Liverpool to Mulgoa. The productiveness…

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Collision with a Tram. a Cabman Hurt

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 7

A cabman named Henry Stewart, residing at Wallia-street, Woollahra, met with a serious accident last night. Stewart was driving Ms vehicle along Liverpool-street, and when at the…

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Railways and Mining. Reduced Freight Charges

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 3

Yesterday a deputation of gentlemen from the recent mining conference, accompanied by Messrs. Sydney Smith (Minister for Mines), Carroll, Brown and…

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Tram and Cab Collision

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 3

Henry Stewart, a cabman, residing at Wallis-street, Woollahra, was last night driving round the corner of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets when his horse backed…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Collision with a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 6

Last night at about 8 o'clock a collision, attended with somewhat serious results, occurred between a cab and a tram at the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets. The cab was…

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A Creep in French Mines. an Impending Disaster. Railway and Dwellings Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Great excitement has been caused in the arrondissement of Asia, in the Department of Gard, France, owing to the fact that…

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Bridge at Rookwood

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 6

The Minister for Works to-day promised a deputation from Granville that he would grant £50 towards the cost of a bridge at Platform-street, Rookwood, necessitated by…

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A Bridge at Rookwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Mr. Smailes M.L.A. introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday a deputation representing the Municipal Council of Rookwood, who asked for a grant of money to help the council to build a bridge…

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Public Works Committee. Proposed Railway From Tamworth to Manilla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

A meeting of the Public Works Committee was held yesterday. Mr. T. G. Ewing, M.L. A., presided. Consideration was given to the proposed line of railway from Tamworth to Manilla…

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Proposed Railway From Liverpool to Mulgoa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

A deputation representing the district between Liverpool and Mulgoa waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to ask for the making of a permanent survey of a light line of railway from…

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Deputations to Ministers. Proposed Tram to Lime-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

Adeputation representing the districts of Balmain. Drummoyne, Hunter's Hill, and Lane Cove, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to ask that better tramway facilities might be provided for the…

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Railway Cricket Team. (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 6

The Sydney Intercolonial Railway Eleven played the Goulburn District Railway Employees yesterday. The latter scored 109, and the visitors made 210 for the loss of five wickets. Jordan scored 91…

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Tram to Erskike-street

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 6

A deputation from the western suburbs to-day laid before the Minister, for Works their case in favour of the construction of a tramway to connect Erskine-street with…

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Mulgoa-liverpool Railway

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 6

The old agitation for a railway from Liverpool to Mulgoa has been revived. Belying to a deputation which to-day [?] for a trial survey of the route, Mr…

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Deputations. the Erskine-street Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

Messrs. Wilkes and Law, Ms.P., Leaded a western suburbs deputation to the Minister for Works yesterday morning, to bring under his notice the necessity that existed…

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The Railway Commissioners' Latest Bylaw. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

Sir,--Permit me to briefly invite the attention of your readers to the very latest bylaw of our Railway Commissioners. By it the penalty for trafficing in unused halfs…

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Liverpool to Mulgoa Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 3

Mr. S. E. Lees, M.L.C., and Mr. Varney Parkes, M.P., introduced to the Minister for Works, at noon yesterday, a large and influential deputation representative of the…

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The Proposed Tamworth-manilla Railway. Inquiry by the Public Works Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1896 · page 2

The Public Works Committee yesterday took evidence on the proposed railway from Tamworth to Manilla. Mr. Henry Deane, Engineer-in-Chief…

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