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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
233 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 12
SIR,—We have had our attention called to the paragraph in yuor issue of yesterday, respecting No. 3 Contract Great Southern Railway, and as we know your correspondent, we are not surprised at the production yuo have printed; but we are convinced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—May I beg of you to expose the injustice of the railway officials in returning the sum of £1 3s. 3d., on a claim being made by the hon. the Treasurer—a claim entertained, as it has been, only from the position he held—a claim…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,âI am, unfortunately, a storekeeper, residing on one of the contracts of the Southern railway. The contracts have, or rather part of them, for some time been let to men of small means. I presume it is thought in the House that the cheapest tender must…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINCE July last [?] contracts have been taken for railway extention. Tenders were received a month ago for a further length of nearly seventeen miles of the Southern line, which will carry the railway within about twenty-three…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SIR,—In choosing a railway line, the general opinion is in favour of its benefiting as great a number, of people as possible, and, where practicable, that it should pass through, or very near to, [?]ed townships, especially where it must affect the condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR— Your correspondent's letter in last Thursday's Empire, signed " Elector," assumed to show that the Southern line of railway was less necessary for extension than the North and West. Allow me to answer this, by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No little degree of excitement was caused in Mai land, yesterday morning by rumours tortured into every shape relative to a number of highway robberies which has early that morning been committed within a short…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No little degree of excitement was caused in Maitland, yesterday morning, by rumours tortured into every shape relative to a number of highway robberies, which early that morning had been committed within a short distance of town. Residents of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rov. and Dear Sir— You are hereby respectfully invited to attend a meeting to be held int the committee room of the Hall of Tempearnce, Pitt-street, on Wednsday, the 23rd instant, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of arranging the services for united…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In your leader of yesterday you state that Mr. Gideon Lang estimates the cost of Riverine railways at about £2000 a mile, which you suppose to be rather under the necessary sum, as the material for the permanent way…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No little degree of excitement was caused in Maitland, yesterday morning, by rumours tortured into every shape relative to a number of highway robberies, which early that morning had been committed within a short distance of town. Residents of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SINCE July last no contracts have been taken for railway extension. Tenders were received a month ago for a further length of nearly seventeen miles of the Southern line, which will carrs the railway within about twenty-three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Sunday last, 20th instant, two men, one armed with a double-barrel gun, the other with two pocket pistole, made their appearance between Doughboy Hollow and the Willow. Tree Iun, and commenced operations by…
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