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Railways, roads & transport, 1897

3,878 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 194

City Railway Commission

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

At to-day's meeting of the Executive Council an extension of time was granted to the Commission appointed to take evidence with regard to the…

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Railway Commission

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 2

The Railway Commission sat again yesterday and took further evidence on the proposal for the extension of the railway into the city. Mr. E. W. Knox,…

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Railway Revenue. Wellington

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 6

A special train left here yesterday with about 300 of the railway employees and their families to take part, in the annual railway picnic, which this year…

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The Spit Tram

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 3

The Minister for Works visited Manly yesterday to look into matters in reference to the extension of the tram to the Spit. He was accompanied by Mr…

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Public Opinion. the City Railway. (To the Editor.)

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 8

Sir,--It is now many years ago since I first advocated the extension of the railway into the city, and I have closely watched the various steps taken in…

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Narrabri to Moree Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 4

The railway from Narrabri to Moree, adistance of 64 miles, was handed over by the contractors yesterday, and will from to-day be worked by the Government. The line is to be officially…

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Ourimbah Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

A deputation from the Ourimbah Progress Association, introduced by Mr. Wheeler, M.P., yesterday asked the Minister for Works to alter the system under which the road maintenance men in that district were employed…

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Ourimbah Road Gangs

The Australian Star · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

A deputation from the Ourimbah Progress Committee, introduced by Mr. H. C. Wheeler, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works yesterday and pointed…

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Road Maintenance at Ourimbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

Messrs. J. Cotterell, A. S. Jaques, E. Hawkins, J. G. Robley, and George Anderson, members of the Ourimbah Progress Association, were introduced by Mr. H. C. Wheeler, M.L.A, to the Hon. J. H…

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City Railway Extension

Evening News · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 5

The Royal Commission resumed its inquiry yesterday as to the expediency and best methods of extending the railway system into the city. Mr. Win. Greenwood, Ass. M.I.C.E., submitted a scheme…

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Steam Tramway Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

A deputation waited upon the Hon. J. H. Young (Minister for Works) yesterday to ask that a branch line of tramway should be constructed from the old tollbar through the Kensington Estate and thence…

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Narrabri to Moree Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

This line, which has just been opened for traffic, is an extension to Moree of the present Northwestern railway from Werris Creek to Narrabri. The latter line terminated at the south side of Namoi…

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Railway From Narrabri to Moree. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 6

To-day the railway line from Narrabri to Moree was officially taken over. Everything went off in a satisfactory manner. ALBURY, Thursday…

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Railway Commission

The Australian Star · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 2

The commission appointed to inquire into the expediency and best methods of extending the railway system of the colony into the city of Sydney, or…

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The Moree Railway

The Australian Star · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 4

The opening of the railway extension from Narrabri to Moree, a distance of almost 63 miles, commits the country to a further experiment in the new…

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Narrabri-moree Railway

The Australian Star · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 4

The Narrabri to Moree railway line has just been opened. It is an extension to Moree of the present north-western railway from Werris Creek to…

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The Rockdale Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners were waited upon yesterday by several of the aldermen of Rockdale, who asked for the removal of a gate at the back of the railway station, and the substitution of a few trees to…

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Deputations. Proposed Tramway to Kensington Rifle Range

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

A deputation, representing the municipality of Randwick, residents of the neighborhood, and others interested in the Kensington Recreation Ground and the rifle ranges, waited on the Minister for Works yesterday…

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Narrabri to Moree Railway. Official Description of the Line

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 3

The Narrabri to Moree railway line, which has just been opened for traffic, is an extension to Moree of the present North-western Railway from Werris Creek to Narrabri. The latter line terminated at the south side…

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