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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
28 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
GENTLEMEN,—Although at all times I have a decided aversion to making complaints against any individuals whatever, I cannot in justice to the public pass over the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR--It would appear from a statement in the newspapers of the day, that his Excellency the Governor intends making a tour of the Southern Districts in the course of this month and perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 166 →With feelings of lively satisfaction we at length announce the completion of this stupendous work, and the practicability of the road for drays. Whilst we write, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR.EDITOR—Notwithstanding the pressure of the times the worthy settlers of Illawarra have commenced road making. Two miles of the public road leading from Wollongong to Bulli, being a part of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DEAR SIR—Knowing the deep interest yourself and the colonists of Western Australia take in the recent short cruize of H. M. S. Beagle, this brief account of it may be acceptable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For several months past a portion of the Birminham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway has been the scene of continual experiments, performed with the view to ascertain the practicability…
Continued on Trove, page 187 →THE following memorial to the Governor, praying for the erection of a bridge over the cataract at Broughton's Pass into East Barge, so as to avoid the dreadful Ra[?]orbuck, was presented to his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our readers are aware, that previous to his Excellency's departure for Moreton Bay, a memorial, numerously signed by the influential settlers in the southern district,…
Continued on Trove, page 204 →Perhaps there is no public road in the colony in a worse state of repair, than the whole line of the Southern Road, from Sydney to Goulburn. In many places the highway is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. EDITOR—Be kind enough to enquire if any gentleman, as reported, in the neighbourhood of Campbelltown has obtained any men, or other compensation from the government for keeping the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have had it in contemplation for some time to employ my first leisure in addressing you on a subject highly important and interesting at the present moment. Whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR--Having noticed in your last paper the "Memorial" relative to the New South Road with the "Reply" thereto, I am tempted to send you a few lines on this fruitful subject, as it is evident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Referring to my communication in your Numbers for the 10th instant, I beg to intrude again upon your columns with a few observations in elucidation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR, I bpg to remark, that if free labour was employed for the future on the public road of this colony, it would not only give employment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Lives Lost and nearly twenty Persons dreadfully injured An accident, attended with more deplorable consequences than any we have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENTLEMEN, — Perhaps you will be kind enough to ascertain for your readers, what becomes of the £1800 per annum which is drawn from the turnpike on the Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"SIR—I am in receipt of yours of this evening, by your friend Mr. Holden, requiring some explanation of my "positive contradiction" of your statement, that I had pledged myself to support Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN,—Perceiving, by your paper, that for some time you have taken an interest in the new line of road, via Appin, to Lupton's. I am now happy to inform you, His…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →His excellency the Governor having, with the advice of the executive council, deemed it expedient to open and make a parish road from Bathurst to Queen Charlotte's Vale, and also a parish road from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENTLEMEN,—A correspondent in one of the Sydney Journals, some months since, complained bitterly of certain alleged grievances the Maneroo gentry had to encounter,…
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