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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 9
Yesterday, Monday, the 30th March, 1857, will long be recorded in the annals of the district as one whereon was opened the first leaf of a great accession to its production, its population, and its commerce. The day was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MARCH 30.—The dinner to celebrate the opening of the Railway came off this evening at the Caledonian Hotel, the original intention of giving it at the Iron Store in the neighbourhood of the Railway having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A WAY through the eternal hills, with their sides white with the pale mists from quiet valleys; as if far down restless seas were ever dashing their pure foam against the mountains' bases; with here and there the music of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday evening, a public dinner was given at the Calodonian Hotel, Newcastle, in honour of his Excellency's visit, and to commemorate the opening of the Hunter River Railway. Unfortunately, the illness of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE SELECT COMMITTEE of the Legislative Assembly, for whose consideration and report was referred on the 19th November, 1856, the "Sole Commissioner of Railways Incorporation Bill," with instructions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE actual working of the Great Northern Railway Will soon test the very contradictory opinions entertained respecting its effect on the traffic and trade of the Hunter. These Opinions, varying in Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR, —As the railway is public property, and every colonist interested in its success, I deem it my duty to bring before the managers the irregularities that have lately occurred. A few days since I sent my own…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Deputy Surveyor-general to the SurveyorGeneral. 10th June, 1856. SIR,— In attention to that part of your memorandum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting was held yesterday, in the large room of the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of memorialising the Government in reference to the present management of the Railway, or of taking any other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—On the adoption of wise regulations with regard to thesale or distribution of the unoccpied lands of the colony, and of a right policy in the formation of railways or other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT having been decided by those in authority that this line of railway should be opened to the public yesterday, the spirited and enthusiastic inhabitants of the Hunter determined that an event of so interesting a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE machinery bearing this designation, recently introduced into the colony by E. G. Clerk, Esq., of Bundarah, was inspected on board the Lady Hodgkinson, yesterday, at noon, by his Excellency Sir William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool and the surrounding districts interested in the reduction of railway rates was held at the erminus Hotel, Liverpool, yesterday, at half-past three o'clock a.m. The bad state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—You are a reasonable man at least the community give you credit for being one, and I will, therefore assume it to be the case. I too consider myself a reasonable man, but, as I do not issue some thousands of impressions every morning to establish…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN important public meeting waa held on Thursday, April 9th, at the Railway Terminus Hotel, Liverpool, for the purpose of petitioning his Excellency the Governor-General and the Executive Council, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE trials for the "Great Bullion Robberies" and the "Great Railway forgeries" have terminated, as might have been anticipated, in the conviction of the principal offenders. Leopold Redpath, the railway forger,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At ten o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes took their seats in this court, for the purpose of disposing of the cases of Redpath and Kent for the extensive forgeries upon the great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE trial of Leopold Redpath, late registrar and transfer clerk the Great Northern Railway Company, for the extensive frauds alleged to have been committed by him upon his empoyers, commenced at ten o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE mismanagement of the Southern Railway is at length being taken up as a public grievance. Unanimous, if not large or spirited, public meetings have been held, both in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENERAL Report on the Explorations and Surveys made by the Detachment of Royal Engineers under the command of Captain J. S. Hawkins, R. E., with a view to Railway Extension in the colony of New…
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