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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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AN accident of a fatal character occurred yesterday, at the Sydney Railway Station. It appears that a porter named William Scott, aged 30 years, was riding on a track, and happening to slip, he fell under the wheels,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DOWN TRAINS will leave Sydney at 8.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 5 p.m. for Parramatt[?] and Campbelltown. Up TRAINS will leave Campbolltown for Sydney at 8.15 a.m. and 4.45 p.m.; from Parramatta, 9.24 a.m., 3.30 p.m., and 5.54 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE published in our last Summary, details of the contract negociated between Sir M. Peto and Co.and our Government, for the construction of about forty miles of railway,and stated that an actual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JULY 6TH.—This morning a communication was received from the Government, enclosing plans, &c., of the railway extension from Black Town to Penrith. About half-past two o'clock Mr. Rhodes, agent for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The principal portion of the railway works now in [?]gress in this colony is that undertaken by the agent for Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts, the full particulars of which we have given in former summaries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE great central tube of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, 330 feet long, was successfully fixed on the 26th [?] March. From commencement until completion it only occupied eight weeks. The scaffolding was built on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in the daily papers of Tuesday. —"The Wate loo Bridge mystery, which so long ago died a natural death, has been reinstated in plaistow amid the greatest excitement; but, although the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE seventh half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday at Lloyd's Chambers, when the following report was adopted:— Seventh Half-yearly Report by the Directors of the Pyrmont…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Friday last, the tolls' and dues of this bridge were sold by public auction, by Mr. George Guest, by order of the directors, at the office of the Company, at North Richmond. There were a goodly number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The scene opens with a view of the great Natural Bridge of Virginia. There are three or four lads standing in the channel below, looking up with awe to that vast arch of unhawn rocks, which the Almighty bridged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The seventh half-yearly meeting of this Company was held on Friday, July 29th, at Lloyd's Chambers, when the following report was adopted:— Seventh Half-yearly Report by the Directors of the Pyrmont…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE construction of railways in this colony by the agents of Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts is being carried on with the energy and admirable system; which have characterised the operations of these…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A CORRESPONDENT who has recently travelled along this line of road, supplies the following information respecting its present condition, and the state of the crops on either side of it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE district to the eastward of Burrowa, in common with most of the table land lying at the western base of the great dividing range extending from the Murray to the northern extremity of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I trust the great importance of [?] letter to you on railway management and mismanage ment, will need little or no apology for its introduction to the public through the columns of your vastly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The history of telegraphic communication is as interesting as it is instructive. It shows with very great clearness how intimate is the connection between scientific discovery and social welfare, and proves incontestibly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE management of our railways is one of the questions that will be brought before the new Assembly early in the ensuing session—several members being pledged to take active measures towards obtaining a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—For the general benefit, and upon public grounds, I enclose an extract from the Home News, of December 19th, 1856 (page 834) which pray publish, together with this letter. Journalists owe it to society to give this paragraph publicity. Insertion in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A MEETING was held at the Australian Arms Hotel, on Friday evening last, to consider a petition to the Legislative Assembly on the mismanagement of the Great Southern Line of Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I find it reported in the Herald of 24th instant, that a meeting had been held here a few days previously, with the view of inducing Government to sanction the alteration of their site for the…
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