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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 9
It will be of great interest to our readers to know that a further step has been taken towards the opening of the Hunter River Railway. Five of the second-class carriages, with two of the first-class, and a break and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Why cannot you mind your own business, and leave the Railway Commissioners to manage the Tailway I am very well content with the fares as they are. I don't travel by the rail, and I do not want to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRST CLASS—The morals prescribed for this class are the same on all days of the week. An act which is moral on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, is moral…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Post experience has proved the utter inadequacy of the common macadamised road to meet the daily increasing demand for transport of every kind; and it is therefore obvious that, as the means of water carriage are in this colony so very limited,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—If the question of railways were now mooted for the first time, there can be no doubt that, with the experience which they now have, many persons who advocated the construction of the present heavy and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Owing to the late frauds, railway management is undergoing another period of ventilation. It is singular how every now and then a discussion of this matter revives, and " the public in general " offers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I am glad to see you have at length drawn attention to the exorbitance of the fares charged on the Sydney Railway. It was anticipated that on the completion of the line we should have speed combined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following third progress report, with reference to railway extension, was brought up and laid upon the table of the House of Assembly, on Friday last:—…
Continued on Trove, page 67 →THE debate on the Railway Loans Bill was extremely useful. It is it at least clearly admitted that in the Company's sense, railways will not pay. For this only we have contended…
Continued on Trove, page 68 →SIR,—If the public generally, and especially those interested in the Railway, will have public meetings at the stations, and in Sydney, at the Royal Hotel, with a view to petition the Legislature on the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following third progress report, with reference to railway extension, was brought up and laid upon the table of the House of Assembly, on Friday last:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In common, I believe, with the public generally, I am glad to perceive that the present system of railway management is the subject of your discussion; I propose to point to a few errors, which have appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Select Committee of the Legislative Ass[?] for whose consideration and report was referred[?] 19th November, 1856, the "Sole Commissio[?] Railways Incorporation Bill," with instructions[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Your coreespondent, "A Well-wisher of Railways," complains of the present hours as being inconvenient. Now, in my humble opinion, whatever other errors we may have to the charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,âAt the earnest request of all the inhabitants of this neighbourhood to bring under the notice of the publicâmore particularly the Governmentâthe state of the road in this neighbourhood, I now take the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hearing a report about town that the site for the Termlans at West Maitland had been definitely fixed, we have made enquiries and have reason to believe that the report is corrcet. The site so named is on the race course, between the locality of the grand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I take the liberty of addressing you, as, I believe it is the duty of every individual who has, the good of the country at heart, to endeavour to point out the most economical mode of expending the public money,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SOME months ago, reference was made in our coloumns to the formation of a bridge across the Macquarie River, at that point where the new road crosses from the town of Bathurst to Tambaroora and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AMONGST the various sums voted by the Assembly to secure the introduction of certain classes of immigrants under Mr. Childers' scheme, there was one of £16,000 for railway labourers, or, as they are popularly called,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IT having been decided by those in authority that this line of railway should be opened to the public yesterday, the sprited and enthusiastic inhabitants of the Hunter determined that an event of so interesting a…
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