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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1842

28 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Jervis Bay Road

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 3 August 1842 · page 375

The following account of the state of forwardness of this important undertaking is given in the Herald of yesterday, from the pen of a correspondent, signing himself…

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Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1842 · page 3

THE Times publishes in its City Article some statistics, furnished by a correspondent, which illustrate the progress of railways throughout the world—…

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Locking in on Railways. to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 October 1842 · page 4

SIR,—Since the letter upon railroads, which you were good enough to insert in your paper, I have had some conversation with two gentlemen officially connected…

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Valuable Testimony. Extract of a Letter from Dr. MOSELEY, of London, [?]o a Patient, at Sutton Bridge, Dated 9, Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury Square, January 8, 1842

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 9 November 1842 · page 2

As you appear to be a warm friend of teetotalism, I will name a fact that may be of use. For six years I have suffered much from a bad cough, and copious expectorations. Last winter Dr. John…

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The Richmond Road. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 November 1842 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Perceiving a paragraph in a late number of the Australasian Chronicle, containing a notice of the intention of the inhabitants of the Richmond Road to…

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Original Correspondence. the Rail-road and Locomtive Conveyance. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1842 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Having before me the "The Coal Viewer and Engine Builders' Practical Companion[?]" by John Curr, printed at Shef[?] in 1797; it appears that in the year 1776…

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Country News. Road From Broulee to Ballaba

The Australian · Wednesday 14 December 1842 · page 2

The practicability of the line of road from Broulee to Ballaba, discovered by Mr. Nicholson, having been submitted to the test of successful experiment, by drays laden with…

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City Council. Saturday, December 24th, 1842. The minutes of the previous Mooting were road by the Town Clerk. Security for the Clerk of the Hay Market

The Australian · Monday 26 December 1842 · page 2

The Right Worshipful the Mayor said, that before going into the regular business of the day, there were one or two subjects that required their attention, the first of…

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