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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 9
Mr. PLUNKETT presented a petition from John Dingwall, who had before petitioned to the House in opposition to the Mount Pleasant Tramroad Bill, setting forth that he was aggrieved at not having been heard in support of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In last Saturday's Empire it is reported'that, in the Assembly, on the previous evening, Mr. Arnold, in reply to Mr. Dangar's questions on the above subject, stated that in consequence of a petition having been received,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accidenf, by which about a dozen persons were injured, occurred yesterday (25th) on the Williamstown branch of the Victorian railways, and the consequences might very easily have been of a much more serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—I would seem that the leasing of the Govornment railways—tenders for which are advertised to be sent in on the 2nd of December—is engrossing a great deal of attention in m[?]yed circles, and the occasion, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. STEWART moved—"1. That a select committee be appointed, with power to send for persons and papers, to inquire into and report upon the petition of Mr. J. Harris and others, relative to the railway through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Fye! Fye! on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and all foul ways!"—TAMING OF THE SHREW. "What touches us ourselves, shall be last served!"— JULIUS C[?]R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I am at loss to account for the connection which some wiseacres pretend to see between the bridge in perspective at Dunmore, over the river Paterson, and the bridge to be constructed at West Maitland, over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—A few of our neighhours on the Paterson have recentiy been seized with nervous slarm at the innovating ides of the constrnction of a bridge over that river at Dunmore, and have assiduously communicated their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the most disastrous railway accidents that have ever occurred in Scotland, took place on the 13th of October, near Win[?]burgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The accident was caused by a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The letter signed " A Resident," which was published in your paper of Monday, respecting the intendad bridge at Dunmore, is a desperate attempt on the part of the writer, for reasons best known to himself, to throw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON the 21st of August, the first railway train, drawn by locomotive engines, crossed the chain of the Cantabrian Pyrenees, over the northern division of the Tudela and Bilbao Railway, from the seaport of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A DISASTROUS railway accident occurred near Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, on Monday night, the 13th October. The following particulars of this fearful occurrence are taken from the Scotsman:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I have observed that it was last night stated in the House of Assembly, that "it took four men, and a considerable time, to open the swing-bridge in Darling Harbour." I beg to observe that two men only, are appointed to this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some large contracts have lately been taken for railway works for the extension of the trunk lines into the interior of the colony In addition to the portions of Sir M. Peto and Co.'s works not yet finished, contracts are in hand for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the most disastrous railway accidents that have over occurred in Scotland took place on the 13th October near Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The accident was caused by a collision between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT Philadelphia, recently, Mr. George Francie Train addressed a meeting in the following amusing terms[?] [?] "I shall now proceed to show how we have been [?] deluded in regard to England. I have discovered it to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One of the most disastrous railway accidents that have ever occurred in Scotland took place on the 13th of October, near Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DISASTROUS railway accident occurred near Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, on Monday night, the 13th October. The following patrticulars of this fearful occurrence are taken from the Scotman:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON the 21st of August, the first rail way train, drawn by locomotive engines, crossed the chain of the Cantabrian Pyrenees, over the northern division of the Tudela and Bilbao Railway, from the seaport of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. TRAIN, as our readers are aware, not long since returned to America. On his arrival he was feted, on various occasions, in return for which he has delivered addresses, evidently for…
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