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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 15
ON Monday evening last a very large and highly influential meeting was held at the court-house, Bathurst, and by adjournment in the open air, at the front of the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of adopting immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Monday evening last, a very large and highly influential meeting was held at the Court-house, Bathurst, and by adjournment in the open air, at the front of the Royal Hotel, for the purposo of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The encouragement to the "outsiders" alluded to in the able article in your issue of this day, encourages me to pursue my disquisition. The Minister of Works, your honoured self, and, parvis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT has been our lot to become exceedingly f[?]miliar with Death in almost every form—in his quieter and more seductive, in his harsher and moro repulsive moods—as he has arrested life in bed, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting for the purpose of considering the desirability of applying to the Government for the substitution of a steam locomotive railway for a tramway between Blacktown and Windsor, called by advertisement, was held on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MY DEAR MR. COMMISSIONER,—In my last letter I promised, when I had further grievances, I would again address you through the Herald; and I do this the more cheerfully through this channel because I understand that you pretend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Fitz Roy Hotel, Windsor, on Monday evening, to urge upon the Government the desirability of constructing a locomotive, instead of a horse tramway, to that and the neighbouring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Northern Road, which for some years past has been comparatively free from the presence of bushrangers—so free, in fact, that the Government have allowed the mails to be carried without the protection of a guard—has at last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the present time, when an unusual degree of internal attaches to the question of internal communication. it is grati[?]ying to be able to record the efforts which are making to adapt the facilities and materials poculiar to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Observing that a reward of £100 is offered by the Secretary for Public Works for the discovery of the party who recently damaged the above bridge, 1 have been induced to enquire where the said bridge is, and I find that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Northern Road, which for some years past has been comparatively free from the persence of bushrangers.— so free, in fact that, the Government have allowed the mails to be carried without the protection of a guard— has at last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →YESTERDAY, at noon, a numerous deputation from the committee appointed with a view to forwarding the construction of two bridges and a load connecting the north side of the Parramatta River with Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In the late debates on the Railway question, some stress has been laid on a comparison of the French, and English railways and their dividends; and as it appears to me that very little is known as to the real…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE condition of Rail way Property shows an evident improvement. It is still, indeed, far from being as productive as it ought to be, and as it might have been i these great undertakings had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I am glad to see that our Government have arrived at a correct conclusion, and struck out in the right track at last; and more, let us hope they will have the courage to stick to their programme—throw all their strength on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—With reference to Mr. Arnold's speech in the As-sembly on the 3[?]th ultimo, in which be, through ignorance, or with the intention of misleading the Assembly, misrepresented facts and figures, and disguised or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I am not a Member of Parliament, so I am debarred the luxury of giving vent in the Assembly to my ideas on this much-debated topic; but as you have indulged me on former occasions with space to put forward a plan, in which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—In Mr. Arnold's excellent speech on Mr. Rotton's motion, I observe the following passages:- "Until the Government could make up their mind to plunge into the barren country that lay between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIS morning, as the 3.30 train left the station, a number of horses were on the railroad line, which galloped along until they come to the first culvert, where they stopped en masse, and before the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AMERICAN railways, for the most part, might be considered rude, when compared with our highly-finished and costly lines, but they are suited to the means of a young country, and are…
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