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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
215 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 11
LAST week will be long remembered in the city as remarkable for the occurrence of unusual and sensational incidents. The community had scarcely recovered from the excitement caused by the bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN inquest was, yesterday, held before Dr. Youl, the city corener, at the Sir Charles Hotham Hotel, Finders street, on the body of James March, a contractor, who was shot on Saturday morning, near the Roads and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE very severe and disastrous floods with which the colony has been visited during the past month have seriously interrupted the carrying out of the railway contracts; and we have consequently little to report…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Perceiving in your issue of Friday last, a paragraph headed "Rood to Newtown Rail way Station," I think [?] duty to state the facts of the case. When the municipality became incorporated, an i[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PEOPLE in England, who don't know what they are talking about, keep saying that we ought to extend through the country our system of travel by rail. It seems they are determined not to understand that, through a very large portion of the interior, our only means of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—My attention has just been directed to a letter bearing the signature of the Clerk of the Newtown Municipal Cenn[?], and written with a view to rebut certain statements contained in a paragraph of the 24th ultime respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Mr. Helroyd, the present Minister for Public Works, having by his energy and intelligence established a new article of traffic on the Great Southern Railway, vin, that of UNPRESSED HAY, it is of the last importance, both to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Long before the beginning of this memorable year of our Lord, it was clearly understood that plans and specific[?] of most of the work to be done on the main roads were forwarded to the heads of the department by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—A letter with the above [?]eading having this morning appeared in the Herald, I deem it my duty, as far as I am pereonally concerned, to reply to it, or, in other words, to verify the truth of the statement there made. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE have been favoured from the Public Works department with the following comparative statement of the traffic receipts on the Great Southern and Western Railways, during the five months ending the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—On a former occasion I directed attention to the disgraceful condition of Station-street, and pointed out vario[?]s conflicting statements made by members of the Municipal Coun[?]l in excuse for the negle[?]t of an [?]b[?]ious duty. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This was a writ of injury to assess the compensation to be awarded to the claimant in respect of premises in Moor Lane, which have been taken by the company, in accordance with the provisions of their Line of Deviation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MANY writers have contended that the Funds are a benefit and blessing to the country. What praise then, is too great for Railways which directly stimulate the commerce of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action by William Piesley, George Dempsey, and James Davidson, formerly trading as carcase butchers under the style of the "Great Southern Railway Meat Company," against the Commissioner for Railways, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have been favoured from the Public Works department with the following comparative statement of the traffic receipts on the Great Southern and Western Railways, during the five months ending the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Just now, when your paper is inundated by appeals (praiseworthy in the extreme) to a considerate public for substantial aid on behalf of the sufferers by late floods, I must crave indulgence and ask your helping hand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 declare and determine that the following Rates shall be collected on the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TENDERS were invited last week for the continuation of the Great Northern Railway from Liddell to Muswellbrook, a length of fifteen miles sixteen chains. At Liddell the line is close to the main road; at a distance of about four miles it crosses the road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TENDERS were invited last week for continuation of the Great Northern Railway form Liddell to Muswellbrook, a length of fifteen miles sixteen chains. At Liddell the line is close to the main road; at a distance of about four miles it crosses the road,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,—In the Mail of the 2nd instant, appears an article from the Forbes correspondent of the Herald in which mention is made of the bridge over the Lachlan; and as the contractors for that very necessary…
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