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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
175 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
A meeting of persons willing to assist in getting up a suitable demonstration on the occasion of the opening of the railway to West Maitland was held at the Northumberland Hotel, on Thursday evening, at half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY STATION.—DOWN TRAINS. Dist. STATIONS. Pass Mail Passenger Mail Miles Leave— a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. [?]0 Sydney................ 6·50 10·0 2·0 4·35 5·45…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE most interesting day's travel I ever spent in my life was one that I passed upon the Great Western Hallway last Ohristmas, on my way from Exeter to London. It was too cold for anybody to travel in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It will be remembered that at a public meeting held at the town Hall a week or two ago, a committee was appointed to take steps to originate somke general movement for the extension of Railways in the colony. At a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—Many months since two petitions were sent down to the Legislative Assembly, asking an extension of railway communication to this important district. By them it wa[?] clearly shown that the expense of such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—I perceive in your issue of to-day, that a child has been lost on the South Head-road; now J imagine if anything, will, that this will tend to, call the attention of the authorities to this dangerous passage. Perceiving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Meeting of the inhabitants of the North Shore, was held yesterday afternoon, at St. Leonard's Hotel to take into consideration the bad state of the roads in the distriet. There were twenty persons present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FULL and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Pyrmont took place at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel, last evening, for the purpose of directing the attention of the proper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A PUBLIC meeting was held last evening, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for the purpose of urging on the Government the necessity, at an early day, of extending railway communication in this colony. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOME indistinet, rumours having reached me shortly after sending you my last report, to the effect that the Mayor and several of the aldermen had been smothered in one of the yawning gulfs with which the South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting was held at the Prince of Wales Theatre, on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of urging on the Government the necessity, at an early day, of extending railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOTWITHSTANDING all the talk there used to be a short time ago about the desirableness of inducing great English contractors to undertake public works in these colonies, and great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR—As Railroad extension embraces a large share of public attention, may I request the favour of your inserting in your widely circulated journal the following remarks: In the first place I must express my opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—Permit me, through the columns of the Herald, to draw the attention of the "Lane Cove Road Trust" —if such abody be still in existence—to the dilapidated condition of the Lane Cove Road, particularly from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—as railways are now occupying a large share of public attention, the following extract from the pen of Macaulay (vide History of England, vol. 1, chap. 3), setting forth in the graphic style so characteristic of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE public has already been made aware of the principal circumstances relative to the accident on the Great Southern Railway between Homebush and Parramatta. Alarming as was the first intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday morning, the down train left the Parramatta station for Sydney at about 13 minutes to 9 o'clock and proceeded onwards at what might be termed good speed. The passengers were rather sparse for Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I have been given to understand that after I had left the public meeting at the Prince of Wales Theatre yesterday evening, a statement which I had made in the course of my observations, in moving the first resolution…
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