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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
233 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 12
THE surveyors on the Southern line of railroad having completed their work as far as Marulan, it is to be presumed that before long tenders will be called for for the completion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1, No person will be allowed to take his seat in or upon any of the railway carrriage, or, travel upon the railway, without baring first, paid his fare, and every paseeqger on paying his fare will be fornished with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I, No person will be allowed to take his feat in or upon any of the railway carriages, or travel opon the railway, without having first paid the fare, end every passenger on paying his fare will be furnished with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I should like to know the reason which determines our railway authorities for arbitrarily using the above terms in their official intimations of the despatch of trains. From Sydney to Penrith they speak of such trains as "down trains," and from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—"A Subscriber" of yours, resident at St Mary's, South Creek, wishes to know on what grounds our railway officials call the trains from Sydney to Penrith "down trains," and those from Penrith to Sydney "up trains,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—In answer to your correspondent on this subject. I would simply observe that it is the invariable custom for ages past to consider the capital of any country the highest quarter, and we therefore always say "going up to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—A correspondent asks, not very wisely, why the trains, going to Bathurst, being on up-hill journey, are called "Down "—and why, therefore, I 'presume, trains should not in future be called either "Up" or "Down"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1. No person will be allowed to take his seat in upon any of the railway carriages, or travel upon the railway, willout having first paid his fare, and every passenger on paying his fare will be fnrnirbed will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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 funished with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1. No person will be allowed to take his [?]eat in or upon any of the railway carriages, or travel upon the railway, without having first paid his fare, and e[?]ery passenger on paying his fare will be furniehed with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—It is said that facts are stubborn things, and it is a fact that the alteration which took place some two months ago in the rates charged for the conveyance of goods and passengers on the Great Western Railway has not effected the object contemplated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway companies are sometimes [?] led unjustly, and called to account for offences they have no power to prevent. But one of their special shortcomings has just been almost tragioally illustrated on the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →L 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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1. No person will be sllowed 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 furnshed with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I, No person will be allowed to take his [?] in or upon any of the railway carriages, or travel upon the railway, without having firat pald his fare, and every passenger on paying his fare will be furnished with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter enclosing Captain Ward's report, which I suppose was intended to close the correspondence, but I can hardly, in fairness to myself, allow it to do so, although I…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →POLITICAL abuses generally commence on a small scale. Like Virgil's "Rumour," they are at first timid and diminutive, but, gradually spread upward, and stalk giant-like over a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter enclosing Captain Ward's report, which I suppose was intended to close the correspondence, but I can hardly, in fairness to myself allow is to do so,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—You are doubtless aware that the coin issued at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint containe, as a portion of is alloy, a considerable proportion of River; and that the coin made at the English M nt is almost…
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