Railways in British North America
IN our former article on this subject, we noticed the evidence of Mr. PERLEY, of New Brunswick; we now turn to that of Mr. J. B. UNIACKE, a native of Nova…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1848
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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, March 11, 1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Policy of the State with Reference to Railways
THE precedents furnished by British North America, according to the Evidence before the Committee of the House of Lords, for the granting of State assistance in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Boundary, Old South Head Road. (From a Correspondent.)
ON a comparison of the statement in the Herald of the 7th instant, respecting the repairs in this locality, with that made by one of the Committee, no misrepresentation will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Roads. To the Editors of the Sydney Chronicle
Your Committee are also or opinion, that considerable improvement might be made between Mount Victoria and Has san a Walls, by leaving the road a' the foot of the Mountain,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Robbery with Violence on the Parramatta Road. Inquest on Fulham
THE inquest on Fulham who died in the Benevolent Asylum on Sunday night from injuries received when he was robbed on the Parramatta Road on the 12th ultimo, was resumed,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wooden Railways. Despatch From the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, to His Excellency Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. No. 202. Downing-street, 31st July, 1847
SIR,—I transmit to you herewith a series of reports relating to the project of constructing a Railway from Halifax to Quebec. At page fifty-nine of the enclosed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, March 24, 1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Wooden Railways
UNDER this head we have the pleasure of publishing in to-day's Herald a despatch from the Right Hon. the SECRETARY for the Colonies to His Excellency Sir CHARLES…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Chronicle. Tuesday, March 28, 1848. Magna Est Veritas Et Prevalebit. Railways
IT is the intention of Mr. Cowper to move to-day, for the appointment of a select committee, on the subject of Railways; and there can be no doubt that such a…
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"CHARITY begins at home; and whe local improvements are under consideration, it is seldom that the ideas of the considerers are centrifugal. The State of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous Extracts. Sam Slick on Railways
WHEN we resumed our conversation, the Clockmaker said "I guess we are the greatest nation on the face of the airth, and the most enlightened too."…
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SIR,—In the article upon roads, which appeared in your number of Friday last a slight error occurs, which perhaps you will permit me to correct…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threateed Assassination of A. W. C. Hamilton, Esq. --Meeting at Plum Bridge
A meeting of the parishioners of Upper Badoney was held on Tuesday last, at two o'clock, in Mr. Andrew M'Farland's of Plumbridge, for the purpose of expressing their abborence of the threat which…
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The adjourned inquest upon the body of Mr. John Henrick, who was killed by the upsetting of Alexander's coach on the last day of the Homebush races, was concluded on Monday last. A great number of witnessess were examined, and it appeared to…
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THE Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 28th of March, 1848, "to take into consideration the practicability and expediency of introducing Railways into this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, June 14, 1848. Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Report From the Select Committee on Railways
WE had on Monday the pleasure of laying before our readers the Report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 28th March last, "to…
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THE report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed on the 28th March last, to take into consideration the practicability and expediency of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Sydney Morning Herald. Saturday, June 17, 1848. Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Debate on Railways
WE congratulate the Legislative Council, the constituencies, the whole colony, on the issue of the debate of Thursday evening on Mr. COWPER'S resolutions…
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SIR,—The following extract from a letter I have just received ia well worth the attention of the public:- "The accounts from Paris this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Abstract of the Evidence of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of 1848, on the Subject of Railways
THIS was the first committee of the Council appointed on this subject, which having been taken up considerably out of doors, a good deal of the evidence taken had been elicited in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abstract of the Evidence of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of 1848, on the Subject of Railways. (Continued.)
THE only scientific evidence given on tins enquiry was tint of Mr Shields, the Sur veyor to the Corporation of the city of Sydney, and who had some knowledge of railway…
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