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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
95 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 5
SIR,—I find by one of your late issues that the Railway Company's agents in England, have made arrangements with some iron masters to supply 2700 tons of railway iron for the works,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I beg to call the attention of the Commissioners of the Sydney Road Trust to the shameful state of the Liverpool road, in the district of Sydney. Three weeks since, I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An important fact has just been "realised." The River Murray, some of the sources of which, or of its tributaries, are to be found within a hundred and fifty miles of Moreton Bay, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Commissioners of the P[?]rrim[?]tts Road Trust met on Wednesday, the 9th November instant, Jumes By[?]nes, E[?]q., J.P., in the chair. The minutes of former meetings were read by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Time presses—the circumstances of the country admit no longer of delay. The tremendous changes which have come upon the colony within the last fifteen months tell most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE chief provisions of the Hunter River Railwny Act require to be known by the public. We will, therefore, succinctly state them. Our readers will recollect…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE quorum required at any General Meeting of this Company must not be less than twenty persons, and they must hold, either personally or by proxy, not less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE portion of Parramatta-street through which the Railway passes towards the goods station at Pyrmont will speedily be shut up, the temporary bridge for the accommodation of the present traffic being nearly completed, and the necessary approaches to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE is no subject connected with the interests of this colony that requires such immediate attention on the part of the Government as the present state of its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHEN an estimate is to be made of the compensation for lands taken by the Company, any augmentation of value to those lands accruing from the Railway is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A VERY numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Canterbury and the surrounding districts, took place on Tuesday evening at Mr. Miller's Hotel, for the purpose of taking into consideration the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS Bridge is from an English design materially improved hy the Colonial Architect, E. T. Blackett, Esquire The budding was commenced about the middle of 1851, and finished at a cost of leas than £2,000. A similar bridge is in process of erection at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The great importance of railway communications throughout the colony for promoting its inland traffic, and thus developing its industrial resources, is strongly felt by those who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BY a prospectus in our columns of this day, it appears that a Company is about to be established for the purpose of erecting a bridge from Sydney to Pyrmont,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—There appears in your paper of yesterday an insertion signed " Jack Blunt," which tries to rouse the public mind to the urgent necessity of railway communication, and the…
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