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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
209 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 11
SIR,—Knowing the worth of journalism to keep alive passing events, I take this opportunt'y to offer a few remarks on the late disastrous affair of the bridge at Penrith. On the 18th, I saw the remains of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT appears from Colonel Freeling's report, that our neighbours in Victoria are close aboard of our Kiandra diggings, the distance from Beechworth to the classic ground of Lobb's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I see by the papers a meeting has been held respecting the formation of raads to Kiandra, I think if the amount of money could be known that will be paid for carriage of goods within the next six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Perhaps you will allow me to make a few remarks on the above subject, as it is one which is of no little importance to the public at large, seeing by the columns of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY, pursuant to advertisement, a public meeting was held at the Town Hall, to consider the expedience of memorialising the Government with respect to the projected road to Kiandra…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Without wishing in any way to interfere in the dispute going on between the Commissioners for Railroads and the accredited agent of Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Retts, I would ask the public, through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In anticipation of the large amount of traffic which, is likely noon to be created on the southern road through the concentration of a large population on the Kiandra diggings, the agent for Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DURING the late investigation upon railway constrution before the committee of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Rhodes was examined respecting a letter which he had received by the last mail from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The residents of the Northern districts must be highly amused to witness how very warmly our Sydney capitalists and merchants can advocate a large expenditure of the public funds, when their own interests are at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN,—Rouse yourselves! New South Wales is on the eve of becoming as she should be, the chief of the Australian colonies. The Snowy River, with its region of 400 square miles of auriferous country,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE SELECT COMMITTEE of the Legislative Assembly, for whose consideration and report was referred, on the 29th September, 1859, the "Pitt-street Tramway Bill," end to whom were also referred, on the 18th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM a Parliamentary Paper recently laid upon the table of the Assembly, we take tba following reports from Mr. Surveyor Rowland to the Surveyor-General, on the subject of opening up a road from the county of Argyle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, for whose consideration and report was referred, on the 29th September, 1859, the " Pitt-atreet Tramway Bill," and to whom were also referred,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following correspondence has been handed to us for publication:— "Sydney, 8th June, 1960. "SIR—In reply to your favour requesting me to submit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the date of our last monthly Summary the Legislative Assembly were conducting an investigation into the matters in dispute between Mr. Rhodes, the agent for Sir M. Peto and Co., and the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following correspondence has been placed o[?] hands for publication. Sydney, 8th June, 18[?]. SIR,—In reply to your favor, requestiong me to submit an [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE SELECT COMMITTEE of the legislative Assembly, appoited on the 9th Deoemher, 1859, " to inquire into and report on the condition of the Bathurst line of road, from the west bank of the Nepean river, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Walker, M.P. for Windsor, and Mr. Piddington, M.P., for the Hawkesbury, yesterday waited upon Mr. Robertson, the Premier, with the following petition, signed by three of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Walker, M.L.A. for Windsor, and Mr. Piddington, M.L.A. for the Hawkesbury, waited upon Mr. Robertson, the Premier and Secretary for Lands, yesterday, with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—It was with a feeling of more than ordinary interest that I commenced the perusal of the late debate on railway extension, brought on by a motion of Mr. Cummings, but I cannot refrain from expressing the exceeding disappointment I experienced at…
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