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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1851

53 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 3

THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, December 5, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Debate on Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 December 1851 · page 2

THE attention of many of the most intelligent of our colonists has been earnestly directed to the Railway Question during a period extending over nearly six years;…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, December 5, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Debate on Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 December 1851 · page 4

THE attention of many of the most intelligent of our colonists has been earnestly directed to the Railway Question during a period extending over nearly six years;…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, December 6, 1851. The Rail Road Debate

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 6 December 1851 · page 2

IT may perhaps be in the recollection of some of our readers who are blest with good memories, that on one of the most inclement days that need be desired in…

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Colonial Railways

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 December 1851 · page 8

FOR many years the great question of speed in travelling has occupied the attention of the world. The celebrated "Nimrod," boasted of a coach which could change horses in a minute, and reach…

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Local Intelligence. Charles Cowper on Railways

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 6 December 1851 · page 2

We've spent some twenty thousand pounds In raising two or three small mounds; No good has sprung from what's expended; But bush—least said is soonest mended…

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Railways—a Contrast Between America and Australia

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 December 1851 · page 8

It has been sometimes remarked by persons well able to form an opinion on the subject, that the inhabitants of Australia bear a strong resemblance to the Americans…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, December 13, 1851. Mr Cowper and his Railway Resolutions. NO. 11

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 13 December 1851 · page 2

AFTER all the noisy proclamations put forth from time to time in favour of the intended Railway by designing men and headstrong theorists, it is now evident,…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Wedneesday, December 17, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am 1." Mr. Wentworth and Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 December 1851 · page 2

WITH Mr. WENTWORTH'S letter on the subject of Colonial Railways, published in our paper of Friday last, so far as it concerned Mr. COWPER personally, we…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, December 17, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am 1." Mr. Wentworth and Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 December 1851 · page 4

WITH Mr. WENTWORTH'S letter on the subject of Colonial Railways, published in our paper of Friday last, so far as it concerned Mr. COWPER personally, we…

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Legislative Council. Wedesday, December 17Th. Publice Roads

Empire · Friday 19 December 1851 · page 4

The COLONIAL SECRETARY moved, "That [?] recommendation contained in the report from he Select Committee on the leading thoroughares of the colony, be now adopted." The…

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The Road to a Woman's Heart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 December 1851 · page 4

As we approached the inn at Amherst, (U.S.,) the Clockmaker grew uneasy. "It's pretty well on in the evening, I guess," said he," and Marm Pugwash is as onsartain…

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English Extracts. Railway Excursions in England. (From the Times, August 18.)

Empire · Friday 26 December 1851 · page 3

This morning the railways of the kingdom will disgorge, as usuul, their countless swarms of excursionists at every terminus where novelty or amusement is to…

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Railways.—progress and Effects. (From the Economist, August 30.)

Empire · Monday 29 December 1851 · page 3

The Americans, it is said, surpass us in constructing railways. They have done more in that way than we have, and notwithstanding some magnificent schemes…

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