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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 15
SIR,—At this time, when questions as to railways. the best lines, and the best methods of contruction, occupy the public mind, perhaps I, though a nonprofessional, may be allowed a space in your paper…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →FIFTY millions of money or so are bespoken this year for new railway lines, branches, extensions, and other supplements to the existing system; so that the aggregate of railway capital already about as large as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Allow me to call attention, through your columns, to a matter that is felt to be a great hard ship by a large number of the trading community. Tenmasters arrive in town by train in the morning for and with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,âThe great importance of the question as to the mode of internal communication best suited to the present requirements AND [?] of this colony, will, I trust, of itself, be a sufficient reason for my requesting space in your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOUR main divisions constitute the magnificent range of British territory north of the American Union. On the west, between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific, lies our youngest colony, British Columbia,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Relying on your willingness to give publicity to injuries and inconveniences received, no matter to whom they may attach, I venture to call your attention to this most shameless piece of stupidity, exhibited by the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That your committee have examined the solicitor for the bill and other witnesses, and that the preamble, as verbally amended, having been proved to the satisfaction of your committee, they considered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Believing your journal is ever ready to redress grievences, may I request you to insert the following:- It will be remembered by those, who noted the passing of the railway estimates for 1860, that the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some people, figuratively speaking, always fall upon their feet—others fall exactly where they are most likely to hurt themselves; and I regret to say that I am among the latter, and I always do hurt myself…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I am glad to observe that the Maitland and Morpeth Railway is beginning to excite that attention in Sydney which the interest our port has in its construction deserves. In fact, could it have been called the "Great Northern and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As, the termination within three weeks of the existence of the Legislative Council will bring the session of Parliament to a close, it is now almost certain that even if the railway scheme of the Government should be brought…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A PUBLIC meeting was hel[?] at old school-house, Lane Cove, on Saturday evening, the 27th instant, to elect trustees for the expenditure of the money granted for the Lane Cove Road. Considering the inclemency of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Through the medium of your paper, I beg to call the attention of the Government to the following facts concerning the proposed main line of road from Orange to Wellington, via Molong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have for some time been attentively noticing the many proposals and projects brought forward by both amateurs and professionals, for giving us that greatest of all desiderata (for the colony),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE heavy and almost incessant rain that has fallen during the last two days must, with the experience of previous floods, have prepared the public to expect another stoppage of railway communication. This obstruction has been so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT an early hour yesterday morning, a favourable change took place in the weather, after two days of almost incessant rain of unusual violence. Soon after daybreak, a gang of men, about seventy in number,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—As your correspondent "A. E," has challenged me personally in his letter of to-day "to materially gainsay his calculation" of the cost of horse railways, I think it would be wrong to allow gross errors in an estimate, based…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Old School-house, Lane Cove, on Wednesday, 1st May, at 7 o'clock, p.m., for the purpose of electing trustees for the expenditure of the money voted for the Lane Cove Road…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR, —Permit me, through the medium of your jenrnal, to correct a misstatement which appears in your issue of 30th ultimo, headed " The Weather and the Railways."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The line between Liverpool and Campbelltown, which has suffered such repeated injury from the floods, is again considerably damaged. On Monday, the carly mail train managed to come up, but shortly afterwards the…
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