Extension of Railways
AMONGST the few really good and useful motions made in the Council during the Sessions, the following introduced by Mr. Holroyd, on Tuesday, must unquestionably be recorded as one of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1855
175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 9
The World of Sydney: Or, Pure Gold and Gewgaw Glitter. Pen and Ink Sketches Sketch the Third. Fast Coaches and Slow Coaches. -- a Sketch on the Road
"Going to the Races, Sir?" "You have hit, Johnny." "Thought so: seldom make a mistake; jump up, here's the box seat for you, Sir."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Regulatons of Railways
The following is a copy of the Bill for the regulation of railways, which is to be read a, third time this afternoon. A BILL TO MAKE FURTHUR PROVISION FOR THE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, November 17, 1855. Railways
THE result of the first experiment in the introduction of Railways into this colony, must be in the highest degree gratifying to all who have been in any way instrumental…
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YESTERDAY morning ushered in a day fraught with an event of greater importance to the quiet town of Liverpool and its inhabitants than has at any period heretofore dawned upon them; not indeed of restricted or…
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The town of Liverpool presented yesterday a scene of unusual animation, consequent on the interest excited by the ceremony of turning the first sod of the Liverpool railway, an extension of the present Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extension of the Railway to Liverpool
Tuesday morning ushered in a day fraught with an event of greater importance to the quiet town of Liverpool and its inhabitants than has at any period heretofore dawned upon them ; not indeed of restricted or local importance only, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Braidwood and Clyde Road and Clyde River. To the Editor of the Sydney Horning Herala
BEING up in that part of the country about three weeks ago, I paid a visit to the road to see what progress had been made during the last twelve months, under the superintendence of Messrs. Grieves and Webber. As…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Empire. Monday, December 3, 1855. the Railway Votes in Council
THE ultimate decision of the Council respecting the railway salaries proposed by Government and the vote of —600,000, carried in so suspicious a shape by Mr. HOLROYD, was, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension and Commercial Reaction. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—As one interested in the immediate extension of railways in this colony (and which of us is not [?]), will your indulgence permit me to express an opinion, through the Herald, on the rejection by the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Liverpool Railway. To the Editor of the Empire
SIR—In this day's Empire Mr. Barker, in his place in the Legislative Council, is stated to have said, in reference to the contract for the Liverpool Railway Works, that "It was not till the 12th November that the letter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Panama Railway
FROM the Times of 8th September, we learn that the long-delayed and anxiously looked for report of the chief engineer of this great undertaking had been received. It is prefaced by a communication from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Dividends.—an Enquiry Into the Causes of Their Fluctuations. (From the Bankers' Circular.)
THE declining rates to which the divi[?] ends upon railway securities have fallen upon some of the principal lines of the kingdom have rendered the subject one of considerable interest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Projected Swing Bridge
THE Act passed during the last session of the Legislative Council for incorporating the Pyrmont Bridge Company is now the law of the land; and as its operation is likely to exercise an immense influence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Bubble and Its Cost. (From the Times, September 1[?].)
THESE was an engraving to be seen about the shop windows a few years ago, of no peculiar merit in the execution, but which often arrested the attention of the passer-by from its subject,…
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