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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 9
SIR—The first number of the Sydney University Magazine, containing an article on railways, was put into my hands last week, with the remark that it was unfortunate that no person had replied to it; if the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Of the two isthmuses, Suez and Panama, which have hitherto been the obstacles to a great maritime circulation, the first will shortly be cut by a canal; the negotiations are at least actively prosecuted to this and;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It will doubtless appear prosumptuous in me to undertake to illustrate a subject so foreign to my acknowledged habits of speculation and action as that of internal communication. I admit that, as regards its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OF the two [?] Su[?] and Panama, which have hitherto been the obstacles to a great ma[?]time clrculation, the first will shortly be cut by a can[?]; the negoclations are at least setively prosecuted to this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following resume of the operations of the Railway and description of the country are taken from a report addressed to Messrs. Peto and Brassey by their chief engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following resume of the operations of the Railway and description of the country are taken from a report addressed to Messrs. Peto and Brassey by their chief engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →IF not exactly the formal opening, the actual opening of this great national institution took place on Saturday last. Through the kindness and liberality of Mr. Randle, the contractor for the work, a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting was held last night at the Court-house, Parramatta, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning his Excellency the Governor-General on the subject of extending the railway into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whereas by an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales, made and passed in the thirteenth year of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, " An Act to Incorporate a Company to be called the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The prominence given by you to the notice of the proceedings on the railway on Saturday last, renders a few words of explanation necessary. The Directors had no intention of having any public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As most of our renders nro probably aware, the works of the Sydney and Parramatta Railway are so far advanced towards completion, that although the line is not yet in a condition to open for public traffic, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As most of our readers are probably aware, the works of the Sydney and Parramania Railway are so far advanced towards completion, that although the line is not yet in a condition to open for public traffic. the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We have in reality lived to witness the running of the "iron horse," on a railway of our own, and find ourselves, much to our surprise, considerably on the sunny side of 70 years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although not publicly opened, the accomplishment of a railway to Parramatta was decided on Saturday last, The train, with upwards of 60 passengers, went there and came back in perfect…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Whereas by an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales, made and passed in the thirteenth year of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, "An Act to incorporate a Company to be called the Sydney Railway Company,"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Chippendale the joy bells Were ringing loud and clear; Mixed with the hum of voices Of men from far and near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The works connected with the new railway uniting Port Adelaide with the metropolis of the province are satisfactorily progressing, and some expectation exists that the lino will be opened for trallic by the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following sketch of the road on the Derby Day (from the Daily News) of May 24, will be found amusing:—"Yesterday morning the London public cared little about the storming of Sebastopol, or the Vienna…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE works connected with the new railway uniting Port Adelaide with the metropolis of the province are satisfactorily progressing, and some expectation exists that the line will be opened for traffic by the…
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