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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1846

148 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 8

The Railway Movement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1846 · page 2

A VERY respectable meeting of persons interested in railways was held at Windsor on Saturday; and although the report we have received of the proceedings is…

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Original Correspondence. Railways. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 July 1846 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—As the necessity of first principles, as well as the impression made by them being correct, and their proper application, that on which the success of every…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. the Mississippi Scheme Compared with the Railway Mania. (From the Circular to Bankers.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 July 1846 · page 3

IN this busy community, where no man has time for proper reflection on the causes and consequences of the mest interesting developments of human enterprise, it is no matter of…

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RAILWAYS. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 July 1846 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I observe in the columns of your paper of this morning a long letter from that scientific luminary, Mr. Henry Scope, attacking and tearing to pieces my poor devoted…

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The Expense of Railway Legislation

The Spectator · Saturday 25 July 1846 · page 319

A NOTABLE instance of the unnecessary expense to which Parliament puts railway companies has just occurred. By the Standing Orders of both Houses, the committees On railway bills are directed to report specially on, amongst other points,…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, July 31, 1846. Sworn to no master, of no sect am I." Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 July 1846 · page 2

As we perceive a public meeting has been called for Thursday next, to receive the Report of the Provisional Committee appointed to collect information relative to…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, August 1, 1846. Sworn to no master, of ne sect am I." Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1846 · page 2

In examining the question as to the best means of reducing the outlay in the formation of railroads, particularly with reference to subsidiary lines in England, the…

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Railways in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1846 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held yesterday, at Mr. Lyons's room, to receive the Report of the Provisional Committee, appointed at a public meeting held the 29th January, to collect…

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The Railway Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 August 1846 · page 2

WE have said so much in our leading columns on the subject of railways, that, but for its great importance to the entire community, we should be afraid to return…

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Railways

The Spectator · Saturday 8 August 1846 · page 339

A MEETING was held on Thursday, at Mr. Lyons's Rooms, to receive the Report of the Provincial Committee, appointed at a public meeting held on the 29th January, for the purpose of collecting informations respecting the expense and advantages…

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Introduction of Railways Into New South Wales

The Australian · Saturday 8 August 1846 · page 3

IN pursuauce of an advertisement to that effect, a public meeting was held on Thursday last, at three 6 clock, in Mr. Lyons Room to receive the report of the…

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RAILWAYS. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1846 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—The very able manner in which you have advocated the cause and fully demonstrated the advantages arising by the introduction of "railways"…

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THE Sydney Morning Merald. Tuesday, August 11,1846. Sworn to no master, of no sect am I.' the Railway Deputation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1846 · page 2

THE deputation (consisting of the honorable the SPEAKER of the Legislative Council, the Right Worshipful the MAYOR of Sydney, and Messrs. BARKER, JAMES…

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Railways

The Australian · Tuesday 11 August 1846 · page 3

THE following Report by Mr. Woore, was read by him at the Public Meeting held at Mr. Lyons Rooms, on Thursday last, for the purpose of collecting information relative…

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The Sydney Chronicle. Wednesday, August 12, 1846. Reflections on Dr. Nicholson's "Railway Movement" and Its Progress

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 12 August 1846 · page 2

EVERY grand innovation and change, of every species and variety, in the laws, manners, and condition of society, is identified with the name of some individual, by whose…

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Parramatta.—railway Meeting

The Australian · Thursday 13 August 1846 · page 3

A numorous and highly respectable Meeting was held at Air. Hay's long room, Parramatta, on Monday evening, H. H. Macarthur, Esq., M. C. in the Chair, for the purpose of taking…

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Bubble Railway Schemes

The Australian · Tuesday 18 August 1846 · page 4

The Courts of law continue to supply examples of the frauds per perpetrated by the projectors of bubble railway, schemes, and, of the fatuity of the dupes who were…

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Cook's River Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1846 · page 2

YESTERDAY, at noon, pursuant to advertisement, a meeting of the proprietors of land on and within three miles of and usually approached by the Cook's River Road, was held in the…

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The Railway Movement. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 August 1846 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—I am glad to see that you coincide with me in the opinion expressed in my first letter (vide Herald, 18th July,) that the formation of the Railway Company was…

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Original Correspondence. Railways in New South Wales

The Spectator · Saturday 22 August 1846 · page 362

"The public are seldom wrong in their opinions; in their sentiments never." MR. SPECTATOR,--The force of the above expression was never more exemplified than in the manner in…

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