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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 9
A public meeting, called by advertisement, was held at Mr. L'oyd's, Morpeth Hotel, Morpeth, on Saturday evening, to consider the best steps to be taken to obtain justice from the Government as respects the moneys due for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SiR —As you have already done the State some service in your timely expose of our rage for the importstion of English made goods that could be more obeaply manufactured in the colony, you will lay the people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE first portion of Sir M. Peto and Co.'s contract for the extension of the Great Northern Railway was opened for traffic at the beginning of this month. Trains are now running as far as Branxton, eight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Yesterday morning, in the railway train that left the Sydney Terminus at a quarte[?] past ten o'clock, I took my seat in a carriage on which was a board fixed with Campbelltown written on it. After…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I take the liberty of requesting your insertion in your valuable journal of the extraordinary delay and inconvenience we are constantly experiencing by railway mismanagement at Homebush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament 22 Victoria, No. 19, to declare and determine that the following Rates shall be collected on the Great Western Railway, in addition to the Rates published on the 30th April, 1861, and further that the By-Laws and Regulations made by the Commissioners for Railways, dated respectively the 23rd April, 1861, and 31st May, 1861, shall respectively be extended to, and be in force as regards all persons using the said Railway to South Creek, and all officers and workmen employed thereon. W. M. ARNOLD…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased in pursuance of the Act of Parliament, 22 Vict., No. 19, to approve of the following Time Table made by the Commissioner of Railways, to take effect from the 1st May next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I must call the attention of the authorities, through your widely circulated journal, to the disgraceful scenes that are allowed to take place every day on the Market Wharf, and on the approaches to the Pyrmont Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OUR Melibœus formed one of that enterprising band who so recently made their trial-trip by the Underground Railway. It was essential that some human beings, who were neither engineers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SCARCELY have the new proprietary of the Suburban Railway Company commenced their management of that line when the most terrible accident which has ever taken place on any railway in Victoria has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I AM bound for a journey due west. Particular business of a rather peremptory kind summons me to the banks of the "rocky Avon," and I consider myself under an obligation to make an appearance there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—The communication of your Morpeth correspondent, as published in the Herald of 7th instant, gives but a very imperfect account of the real state of things as they now exist in the Maitland Road Trust. His figures in amount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SCARCELY have the new proprietary of the Suburban Railway Company commenced their management of that line when the most terrible accident which has ever taken place on any railway in Victoria has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the provisional committee of the proposed railway from Newtown to Botany was held yesterday, at the rooms of Messrs Richardson and W[?]ench, Pitt-street. The members present were—T. Holt, Esq., M L A.; J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considerable excitement prevailed in the city-yesterday, owing to a most serious collision which took place at an early hour of the morning on the Melbourne (late Suburban) Line of Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ANOTHER portion of the railway extensions contracted for by Sir M. Peto and Co. has been opened for traffic since we published our last summary. Three months since, the Western line was temporarily opened as for as Rooty Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Your courtesy and fairness will, I am sure, permit me to notice a letter signed "One who has a right to complain," which appeared in your issue of the 16th instant, reflecting on the statements of your Morpeth correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DEPUTATION appointed at a meeting of the provisional directors of the Botany Railway Company on Friday last, waited yesterday morning upon the Minister for Works, for the purpose of obtaining permission from the Government for the trains of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ANOTHER Portion the railway extensions contracted for by Sir M. Poto and Co. has been opened for traffic since, the Western line was temporarily opened as far as Rooty Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY, in accordance with a previous arrangement, a deputation of the directors of the Botany railway, consisting of T. Holt, Esq., M.L.A.; J. Lucas, Esq., M.,LA.; G. Lord, Esq., M.L.A., Messrs. Josephson and…
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