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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 15
SIR,—As one who takes an interest in the delightful suburb of St. Leonards, perhaps you will permit me to call public attention to the almost utter neglect pervading the township. With the exception of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following circular has been published by Mr. Fitzgibbon, of New Zealand: Description of Improved Railroad, suitable for the colonies, and for the branch lines, or feeders to main trunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LARGE and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Mudgee waa held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday night, for the purpose of "taking into consideration what further steps it will be necessary to adopt to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir As Railway matter have justly attracted the attention of our legislators, I wonder they do not endeavour to cause the practice of the Directors of the Leading Railways in England and Ireland to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—As railway matters have justly attracted the attention of our legislators, I wonder they do not endeavour to cause the practice of the directors of the leading railways in England to be adopted and adhered to here—namely, that,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ONE of the largest meetings even held in Mudgee took place in the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening last. In addition to the large numbers who obtained admittance into the hall, every available space outside, near the doors and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In the letter in your paper of this date, under the above head, the writer seems not to be aware that the inhabitants of St Leonards have availed themselves of the Municipalities Act. East St. Leonards was proclaimed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sin,—As one who takes in interest in the delightful suburd of St. Leonards, perhaps you will permit me to call public attention to the almost utter neglect pervading the township. With the exception of the main road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repeal of a limitation in [?]. 84 of 22 Vic. No. 19. 1. The eighty-fourth section of this Act twenty-second Victoria number nineteen so far as the power of the Commis[?]ioner of Railways and of persons authorised by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE extension of the Great Southern Railway from Cs[?]pbell[?]ow[?] to Pie[?] beaing one of the heaviest [?] [?] works [?]ar undertaken in the [?]olony, a few parti[?]lars relativ[?] to its progrea[?], and the country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BELLAMBI is one of the most beautiful portions of the Illawarra district, and is fast becoming the seat of mining and shipping industry, as well as or agricultural and rural pursuits. This delightful locality, previous to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—May I request sufficient space in your columns to offer a few remarks on the proposal to extend railways through the three main divisions of the colony. I shall not enter into any argument as to whether" railways or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ONE May morning, something more than sevent[?] years since, the folk "i' Sowerby Brigge" were commen[?] with that perfect freedom from bashfulness which charac[?] the ladies and gentlemen who labour industriously and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your report of the proceedings of the Assembly on the above Bill on Friday last, I find it stated by Mr. Piddington that not one-eighth of the capital of the Company had been paid up. Now, although in the House the honorable member for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Perhaps you will be so good as to permit me to offer a remark or two on this bill which, thanks to the unrelenting and not very fair hostility with which it has been met by a few members, has become enveloped in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—This morning, a little earlier than the time "when journeymen go to their shops," a trial was being made of the Pitt-street tramway with a new ga[?]dy omnibus, "Train's patent." In what the patent consists I am…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 25th October last "to inquire into and report upon the allegations contained in the petition of the inhabitants of Maitland and its vicinity, presented to this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A frightful accident happened at York, on the 27th of September. A lattice girder bridge, in process of construction across the Ouse, fell in with a crash. At the time of its fall no less…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Pitt-street tramway having been finished for more than a month, we expected to be able to report in this Summary its being opened for traffic. The delay has been principally caused by the arrangements that had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE tramway along Pitt-street was permanently opened for tiaflic yesterday. According to the an[?] nouncement, one of the cars, drawn by four horses, was taken along the line soon after six o'clock…
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