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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
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 ton Railway Extension in the Colony of New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—We have lately seen the roads in our vicinity in a woeful state of dilapidation, presenting a series of sloughs, wherein many an omnibus has been bogged, and the miserable horses drawing thom unable to pull…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ONE of the largest meetings ever hold for any purpose at Burwood was held at Mr. Neich's house, Parramatta Road, on Tuesday, 21st instant, to consider the state of the Parramatta Road…
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →OUR contemporary, the Bathurst Free Press, commenting on the disgraceful state of the roads in the Western district, says:—The day was, when the Blue Mountains operated as a protective duty to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The scale of charges authorised by the Railway Commissioners is certainly not likely to be satisfactory to the public ot large, as the reduction in most instances will be beneficial only to a particular class of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under date 27th of December, the Special Correspondent of the Times, writing from Philadelphia, says:— The journey from New York to Washington is an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FEW things seem to be more clearly established than the fact that one line of communication between two places of great commercial or productive activity does not necessarily injure another line of communication…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of parsons interested in repairing the Glebo-road was held last evening, at the University Hotel The attendance was not very large, but a considerab[?] amount of money was subscribed on the spot. GEORGE…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON this subject, fraught with so much interest to the western Districts, the Bathurst Free Press of Saturday makes the following observations: — If ever the interests of these districts required a zealous guardianship and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GOULBURN is a pleasant town enough, as country towns go. It is healthily situated. Its inhabitants are social and hospitable. It is destined, no doubt, to great things in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Permit me suauggest to the Railway Commissioners, before the publication of the next month's "Guide," that (I think I may speak for the public generally) an alteration of the afternoon and evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The effects of the heavy rains of the last ten days0 upon the roads of the district having awakened in some minds a degree of solicitude as to the condition of the railway, a few rough notes of the general appearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I notice with much regret that there is great want of punctuality in the time of arrival and departure of the trains. I am at a loss how to account for the up-trains arriving frequentlylater than their proper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE is a body ostensibly responsible for the streets of the city, and the public can form some distinct expectation that, within a given period, we shall have our Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I am glad to see that you have in a Leader, in this morning's Empire, taken up the question of the state or the Suburban Roads, and called particular attention to the state of the Old South Head road, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have much pleasure in giving publicity to the following correspondence:- "Sydney, 22nd May, 1857. "DEAR SIR—When at Maitland I found considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE whole of the Eastern Coast of Australia, from Wilson's Promontory on the South, to Cape York on the North, is available country. Roughly estimated, the distance from south to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the electors of the South Riding was held last evening, at Mr. Goldfinch's Inn, Botany-road, at 7 o'clock. The large room of the inn was crowded. Mr. Richard Driver was unanimously called to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AMONGST the distinguished diplomatists recently assembled at Gunnersbury Park to celebrate the marriage of the daughter of the Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD, we looked in…
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