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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
SIR,—Of late a great deal has been said and written on the subject of railways, and as it is a matter of such vital importance to every community to have its means of communication improved, it is not to be wondered at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—According to that resplendent bull's eye, Omega, who has partaken so much of the tree of knowledge, the railway discussion is about being brought to a close. With your kind permission I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE public in British India are beginning once more to perceive with alarm the advance of Russia across those wastes which have been supposed to constitute our impregnable barrier against her aggressions. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the termination of the half-year ending June 30th, 1854, according to the annual return prcsentedby command to both Houses of Parliament, the length of Railway over which our people travelled or goods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A return presented to both houses of parliament supplies some interesting information relative to the railway traffic of the United Kingdom. As regard England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Extraordihary General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held yesterday, at the Company's Office, Litt-street, for the purpose of considering and allirming ar disathrming the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE followiig proposal of Lieutenant Maury appears to be very judicious and shall have all the assistance we can give it in becoming adopted:— But what remedy can we provide against the liability to such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over-confidence in the apparent exhaustlessness of a well-filled purse, like overconfidence in the apparent immunity of physical and mental strength, frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the shareholders of the Hunter River Railway Company, held a week since, a resolution was affirmed dissolving the Company, and empowering the Directors to dispose of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The writer in the Sydney University Magazine, has at length found a supporter signing himself Z; who, without suggesting anything, sneers at all that others propose. If this country is to attain any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The stories being all finished, and the Wassail too, we broke up as the Cathedral bell struck twelve. I did not take leave of my travellers that night; for, it had come into my head to reappear in conjunction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In pursuance of advertisement, a special genera meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held, yesterday afternoon, in their rooms in Elizabeth-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We can acquint our readers, this morning, with a fact which will create no small astonishment, and which will give the public a new insight into the policy of Russia and the contingencies of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE barometer at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house, in Hyde Park, on Saturday night, stood at 29.54. In St. James's Park the ice was five inches in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A RESOLUTION of more than ordinary importance was passed at a meeting of the Shareholders of the Sydney Railway Company on Tuesday last, the 8th instant, of which the following is a copy:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Panama railroad is at length completed. On the 28th ultimo, the train passed over the road from Aspinwall to Panama for the first time. Its arrival in Panama caused great excitement among the native…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Many letters have appeared in the papers relative to the drays in Bridge-street being termed a nuisance. I think there is one far greater in the same street, that is the fencing put round the two houses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADDRESSING the Spectator on the subject of the Balaklava Railway, one "Miles Investigator" remarks that —The inefficiency of our military system, brought to light by the necessities of actual work, having virtually…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Select Committee on Railways appointed by the Legislative Council of Victoria, have drawn up the following report, as the result of their deliberations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I was a stranger—uncolonised—and had only gleaned a slight knowledge of the country from the latest "emigrant's Guide" when i landed in Sydney. I had a faint recollection of having met…
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