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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
148 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 8
THE ceremony of raising the first sod of [?] important railway was performed on Thursday. Sir Robert Peel, according to previous [?] ment, officiating on the occasion. The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It must be admitted by every one aware of the circumstances, that the number of publichouses in Windsor is vastly too extensive for its population; about the number above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HAVING taken into consideration the railroads announced, or in progress of formation, for the West Indies and British North American Provinces, we now proceed to examine those…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the course of Saturday night, and up to a late hour on Sunday evening, no less than ten express down trains left Paddington, and three up express trains arrived at that station,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME few weeks ago, we published the copy of a letter from the UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE for the Colonial Department, stating, in reply to certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following report of a portion of a discussion occurring at a late meeting of the Railway Committee has been furnished by our reporter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have much pleasure in referring to the first public Report on Railways in this colony, which will be found in another column. This Report has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"HAVE you got any Spitzbergen and Patagonia ?" " I am sorry to say that I have." Why so ?--they are at two premium." " But I bought at three-and-a-half."…
Continued on Trove, page 175 →WE have not entered into the personal controversies which have been raging for some weeks between the Times and what it calls the Stag Journals. But we must say of both it and its competitors, that we have perused what has been written,…
Continued on Trove, page 172 →THE proceedings of deliberative bodies are proverbially slow. Even railway committees seem to partake more of the lethargic spirit of the old French diligence, than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC MEETING, called by advertisement, was held yesterday afternoon, in Mr. Lyons's room, when a numerous and highly respectable attendance of gentlemen was present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN.—At a public meeting yesterday, Mr. Lyons asked whether the Colonial Legislature could grant a Bill of incorporation without a plan of the railway to be mode—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT may be convenient to give a brief recapitulation of what has been done, thus far, in the railway movement. On the 29th of January last, a public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC MEETING, pursuant to advertisement, was held on Wednesday last, at Mr. Lyons's room. The importance of the subject attracted, as might naturally be expected, a numerous and highly respectable assemblage of gentlemen…
Continued on Trove, page 189 →A PUBLIC meeting was convened for last Wednesday. and was held in Mr. Lyons's large room, composed of persons disposed to cooperate in the formation of the projected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday last, a public meeting was held in Mr. S. Lyons's room, of persons "disposed to cooperate in the formation of the projected railway from Sydney to Goulburn and Windsor."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN.—It is sufficiently plain that railways have already superseded canals in all districts that are not pointed out by nature as particularly favourable for the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—In the letter headed'as above, in this day's paper, by some extraordinary accident in the hurry of writing, in the second paragraph I find I have written £234 for —2340…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the article of Satutday, giving a brief recapitulation of the proceedings on the Railway question, we arrived at the last step which thus far has been taken—the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN order to check misrepresentation, and to prevent misunderstanding, we recently devoted two articles to tracing the " Railway movement" in this colony, from…
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