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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 15
A PUBLIC meeting of parties interested in the completion of the Darling Harbour Terminus, was held last evening at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel; residents on both sides of the harbour, of the Glebe, Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MEETING of landed proprietoers and other persons interested in the proposed tramway through Piit-street was held yesterday afternoon, in the long room of the Metropolitan Hotel, situated in that street. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All that rivalry which necessarily arises between competing Railway Companies and lines in the old countries is at present in full force among ourselves in the matter of the Pitt-street Tramway and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR.—I beg to call your your intention to a paragraph in yesterday's paper, relative to an accident that occurred on this branch, wherein it is stated that one man was immediately killed, and that three others were with him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE gigantic engineering achievement just completed in North America in connexion with the Grand Trank Railway of Canada finds a fitting memoral in the large and handsome volume before us, the production…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—When the troops left Sydney, I felt f[?]r more anxiety about their limbs and lives, in travelling, about twenty miles on the Great Southern Road, at Bargo Bush, than I did on account of all the battles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Thursday evening,a meeting of persons favourable to the formation of a company to construct and work a lineof railway from Maitland to Morpeth, was held at the Royal Hotel, West Maitland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Thursday evening, a meeting of persons favourable to the formation of a company to construot and work a line of railway from Maitland to Morpeth, was held at the Royal Hotel, West Maitlsod. The meeting had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—This evening, while taking a walk, I passed the School of Arts, and was pleased to sce so many crowding to the exhibitions and not having heard from Mr. Bell a desoription of his railway, I was induced to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the residente of Ashfield was held, pursuant to advertisement, at Drake's Terminus Inn, on Saturday evening, to consider the alterations proposed to he made in the departure of the trains after the close…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Allow me to call your attention to the great inoonvenienoo that the dltcon[?]nce of the 10.7 p.m. train will cause to residints along the line of railway. There are numbers of people coming to Sydney dally, who leave business at six o'clock, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[?] second meeting in connection with the formation of a company to conatruct and work a line of railway [?] Msitland and Morpeth was held on Friday [?] in Mr. W. Chambers's large room, Morpeth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—In again intruding on your space and favour, I would now consider what is to be the future of our railway progress. And, first, I would ask, Is the present system to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Will you please insert the folloiwng, if worth a place, as every little helps:- What is the good of us going sixty years back for exploded notions on rails, laths wheele, driving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting was held last evening, at the Kingston Hot 1, Newtown, for the purpose of taking into consideration the advisability of petitioning the Government to conticue run[?]ing the 6.50 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—The public is very much indebted to Mr. Themas Holt for his letter of the 11th instant, on tramways, and though I may not advocate them, nor be so humorous or political, I trust that my suggestions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A PRELIMINARY meeting was held on the 8th instant, at Mr. Chambers' large zoom, Morpeth, "for the purpose of considering the steps proper to be taken in forming a company to construct and work a line of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I[?] a very able letter that appeared in the Herald of Thursday last, signed "Protorious," there is a sentence respecting the Bellambi tramway, which might lead some of your readers to suppose that the cost of its construction was £4000 per mile,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pressure of moae urgent measures appears likely to prevent the consideration by the Legislature this session of the Government scheme of railway construction; in which case several months will…
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