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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
233 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 12
WE are indebted, says the Western Post of Wednesday, to a gentleman who arrived in Mudgee yesterday from Coonamble for the following particulars of a meeting held at Coonamble for the above object, a full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Now Hnvon (Ct.,) Morning Journal and Courier publishes the following in the form of a lotter. The writer says:—Since I last addressed you, I have passed through one of the most [?]errible and heart-rending…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are indebted to a gentleman who arrived in Mudgee yesterday from Coonamble for the following particulars of a meeting held at Coonamble for the above object, a full report of which was sent to us by the mail lost on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The last two or three days' rain we have had, has made this piece of road quite impassable. "Ben Bol[?] represented the matter in a very clear light before to you. There is no possibility for anything on wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before we publish our next monthly Summary the extension from Menangle to Picton will be finished and opened for traffic, and with that the last of Sir M. Peto and Co.'s contracts in this colony will be terminated. The line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE alterations in the trains and in the passenger and goods rates on the Great Southern and Western Railways, which we recently stated were to be brought into operation on the opening of the line to Picton on the 1st of next month,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I am sorry to have to trouble you any more on this all important subject—the making of an app[?]ach to the South Creek Railway station. You have had a good many varied opinions on the matter. Mr. Page,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Before we publish our next monthly Summary the extension from Menangle to Pieton will be finished and opened for traffic, and with that the last of Sir M. Peto and Co.'s contracts in this colony will be terminated. The line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A NUMBER of gentlemen, amongst whom were the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, the Assistant Engineer, the Commissioner for Roads, the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Captain Mann, Mr. J. Russell, the Rev. W. B…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—About two years since I was induced to purchase, and at considerable outlay to improve, a property at Burwood, the cost of transit by railway to and from Sydney being carefully considered, and mainly determining the investment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Monday the official inspection of this line took place, and yesterday his Excellency Sir John Young and Lady Young, accompanied by Lord John Tayleur and Lady John Tayleur, Mr. Turville, the Hon. Chas…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A NUMBER of gentlemen, amongst whom were the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, the Assistant Engineer, the Commissioner for Roads, the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Captain Mann, Mr. J. Russell, the Rev. W. B…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An express train on the Great Northern Railway, travelling at the ordinary speed of 40 miles An hour, was literally dashed to pieces on Saturday evening, and yet, wonderful to relate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action by James Thompson and Euphem[?] his wife, to recover damages for injuries said to have been sustained by the latter through the negligence of the employes on the Southern Railway, namely, by the train…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,âAS it has hither to been customary to celebrate the opening of our railway extension by some kind of public rejoicing, it must have been a source of regret and disappointment to many that no such demonstration should have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Pray allow me, through your columan, to oring[?] before the notice of the railway anthorities the great necessity of having an entrance made at the north, east end of the platform at the Newtown station, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR—More than two months ago, the owners of lands required for the above extension, received from the commi sioner forms of application for compensation for said lands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →L. No person will be allowed to lake his seat in or upon any of the railway carriages, or travel upon the railway, without having first paid his fare, and every passenger on paying his fare will be furnished with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. FORSTER moved—"That thers be laid upon the table of this House—1.Copy of advertisement in the Government Gazette. calling for tenders for eighteen locomotive engines for the public railways 2. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1. No person will be allowed to take his seat in or upon any of the railway carriages, or travel upon the railway, without having first paid his fare, and every passenger on paying his fare will be furnished with a…
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