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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1848

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Mr. Woore's Report on the Proposed Railways in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1848 · page 2

AT length something tangible has been accomplished on the subject of Railways; and Mr. WOORE has laid before the public a Report which fully establishes the…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, January 27, 1848. 'Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Railway Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1848 · page 2

WE beg to remind the inhabitants, that the Public Meeting called by the Committee of Survey for the purpose of receiving their Report on the subject of…

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Railway Survey Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1848 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held yesterday afternoon, at the rooms of Mr. Samuel Lyons, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the select committee appointed on the 6th August last,…

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Railway Survey

The Australian · Friday 28 January 1848 · page 3

A Public Meeting was held yesterday in Mr. Lyons' Rooms, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed by the public meeting held on the 6th August…

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Original Correspondence. the Railway Meeting, To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1848 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In your report of the proceedings at the Railway Meeting held yesterday, I observe an error which I deem it my duty to correct…

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Railways in New South Wales

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1848 · page 2

A public meeting was held, pursuant to announcement in Mr. S. Lyons' Rooms, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed in August last, to procure a…

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Original Correspondence. Railways. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1848 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—Had the meeting of yesterday, which I did not attend because I did not wish to disturb it, confined itself to the formation of a local company, I should have left it to the…

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Our Railway Preliminaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1848 · page 2

THE first stage in the operations preliminary to the introduction of railways into New South Wales, may now be said to have been completed. The two…

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Railways. Money. Labour. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1848 · page 2

Gentlemen,—I crave a reference in what I am about to discuss, to your publication of Monday, 31st January, as containing curious matter for consideration. The first piece of matter…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, February 3, 1848. 'Sworn to no Matter, of no Sect am I.' Railway Scruples

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1848 · page 2

IN a business so highly and so universally important to the inhabitants as that which aims at the introduction of railways into the colony, it might be supposed that all…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, February 4, 1848. 'Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' the Duty of the State with Reference to Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 February 1848 · page 2

THAT it is the duty of the Government to promote the formation of Railways in this colony, does not admit of a doubt. The uniform practice throughout the…

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RAILWAYS. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1848 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—No one can possibly be a greater advocate for the introduction of railway communication into this colony than myself. The only difference which appears to me to exist…

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Bathurst. the Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1848 · page 2

ON Friday, the 4th, a meeting was held at Mrs. Black's Inn, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the roads between Bathurst and Sydney; in consequence of the…

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News From the Interior. (From our Correspondents.) the Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1848 · page 3

A MEETING was held at Mrs. Black's Inn, on Wednesday, 1st March, and which had been called by public notice, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee,…

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City Boundary, Old South Head Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1848 · page 2

THE following correspondence, as connected with the subject of repairs in this thoroughfare, has been handed to us for insertion in our columns. It appears that the duty therein…

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New North Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1848 · page 2

BY a notice published in the Governmen Gazette of the 11th of last month, it appears that ferries have been established on the new line of road from Sydney to Maitland by way…

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"Paddington Road." To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1848 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I rejoice to see that some public spirited individual has taken up our cause, and is endeavouring to point out the injustice of the expenditure of Government money in our…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, March 8, 1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Railways in British North America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1848 · page 2

SINCE writing the article which appeared in the Herald of the 4th ult., on 'The Duty of the State with Reference to Railways', our attention has been directed…

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The New North Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1848 · page 2

ARAPEILES (not "Aripiles") is the name of the two bold rocky heights upon which the British rested at Salamanca, though the borderers of Estremadura may pronounce the word…

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Old South Head Road. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1848 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—The facts relating to the repairs of the old South Head Road having been misrepresented in your publication of the 7th instant, I beg to enclose you a copy of the…

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