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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
102 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 6
THERE has just been issued a parliamentary paper, relative to the construction and repairs of the roads and bridges of the colony, being return to an order by the Legislative Assembly, on the motton of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SOME of the London journals, apparently alarmed lest the easy condition of the London money market should tempt the colonies into projecting ill-considered undertakings and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Perhaps some of your readers can inform the workmen of the railway at Parramatta why the work is stopped, and why some forty or fifty workmen, mostly men with families, have been told by the foreman of the works to attend daily, thereby hindering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It was said years ago that the Railway Company, and afterwards the Government, were working by plans and instructions which were neither acknowledged nor paid for. The plans were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A NUMEROUS attendance of capitalists took place on the 7 th of January at the London and Westminster Bank to witness the opening of tenders sent in according to notice for the first issue of £1,000,000 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the present time, when circumstances have brought the name of Samuel Morton Peto prominently before the public, some particulars of his antecedents may not be unacceptable. The following sketch of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 1859.—Mr. Gabrielli, a gentleman whose name is familiar to Australian readers, returns by this steamer to the colony, having completed the arrangements of which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new road that is now in course of construction by this company is progressing very rapidly, and bids fair to be one of the finest specimens of road making in or near Sydney. From, the George-street Markets to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE are gratified in being able to report a steady advance in both passenger and goods traffic on the Northern and Southern lines, in the face of diminished rates, showing an increasing appreciation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I have observed during the past week, that several men have been employed, with the view, I presume, of effeeting certain improvements ot the strcets in the neighbourhood of the Flagsta[?]. with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Lost Ch[?] a gentle hint to the Railway Commissioners through your paper, was the means of obtaining the boon of late trams during the holiday time. Allow me to ask them again to enjoy the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir— "Open up the lands," say our politicians, "and all will bo well." Good; open them up, never so widely; bat all will not be well, and nothing very much belter than now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY, a commencement was made with the works for the railway extension contracted for on behalf of Sir Morton Peto and Co., by their agent, Mr. Rhodes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE are happy to learn that the railways are commenced, and that they will be carried on with uninterrupted rapidity. The arrangements of the contractors will not be suspended for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the date from last Summary the Government of this colony were negociating with Mr. Rhodes, the agent of Sir Morton Peto and Co., for the construction of railways. About a week after the Malta left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—As the extension of the railways is, according to your last number, again in progress, several of the working classes will doubtless prefer an employment so fixed and permanent. In this expectation I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—The residents of Petersham are vey much annoyed at the inconvenienc they are about to be put too again by change of Station Masters'so often, and also with the persons that get the appointment; for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—My attention has just been called to a paragraph which appeared in the Sydney Era of the 21st instant, copied from the Melbourne Examiner of the 24th April, in which it is stated that it is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—My attention has just been called to a paragraph which appeared in the Sydney Era of the 21st instant, copied from the Melbourne Examiner of the 24th April, in which it is stated that it is the intention…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. PAYTEN proposed and Mr. Davies seconded, that Mr Stewart take the chair. Carried unanimously. The chairman called upon Mr. Kennedy to address the meeting. That gentleman exhorted the doctors to be cautious in…
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