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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
70 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4
THE Directors of the Great Western and South Western Companies, following the example of the London and North Western Company, have just issued elaborate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As gudgeons hurry to their fate, To railway bubbles some incline; Forgetting that, beneath the bait, A hook's the end of many a line!…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENTLEMEN,—When we consider the importance of rapid transit, and the advantages which must accrue by safe and speedy travelling, we ought to be at once stimulated with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE effect of the introduction of Railways into this colony will be the equalization of prices. The up-country producer will find more ready means for the disposal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN our previous issue, we brought under the notice of our readers the extensive and spirited attempts which had been entered upon in England for the promotion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GENTLEMEN,— Railways rank, unquestionably, amongst the greatest of all the great, wonderful, useful, and valuable inventions of ancient or modern times. They have, within the last few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The sum of four thousand pounds having been provided by the Legislative Council for making and repairing public roads and bridges, on which tolls are not collected, during the year 1849, his Excellency the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the Provisional Committee of the Sydney Railway Company, was held yesterday, at the Company s office, Mr. C. Cowper in the chair, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE formation of a Locomotive Steam Carriage Company for the conveyance of passengers and light goods on common roads, has been encouraged by the most conclusive assurances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →My Lord,—Having lately arrived in England from a residence of near five years in Australia, I take the liberty of offering for your Lordship's consideration a plan that has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN the Absence of P. R. intelligence, it is gratifying to us to be able to give our readers the benefit of a little, lively turn-up between two Amateurs of the fistic art on Sunday last. "The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To many of our readers we are persuaded that some account of the line of railway recently surveyed by Mr. Shields, the engineer to the Company, will be interesting, and we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Says Jack to Bill, " I'm tired quite; (As on the railway riding,) There's nothing hero that meets my sight, But main-line switch and siding;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A STRIES of robberies of the most extraordinary and extensive character were perpetrated on the up and down mails traversing the Great Western Railway, during the night of Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LATE advices received in England from British Guiana, gave an interesting account of me first trip performed, on the 29th September last, by the locomotive and carriages of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When S[?]f[?]r ultra crepidam, The Bathurst road shall alter, And Carter make the railway take The R[?]zorback, as shorter,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A VERY strange statement with regard to Mr. George Hudson appears in a report of a meeting of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, which has been held at York. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Copy of a letter from Chairman of Provisional Committee for establishment of Railway to Colonial Secretary. Sydney, 20th September, 1848…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I have the honour to enclose for your information, the copy of a letter from Mr. Prosser, containing certain proposals for a Company to form railways in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE chief cause which made the fusion of the different elements of society so imperfect, was the extreme difficulty which our ancestors found in passing from place to place. Of all…
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