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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
189 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 10
There was an immense passenger traffic on the Great Southern Railways yesterday, the number of excursionists being estimated as greater than on any previous occasion, excepting only the day on which, about two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Excecutive Council, has been pleased, in pursuance of the Act Parliament 22 Victoria No,19 to approve of the undermentioned By-laws made by the Commissioner for Railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament 22 Victoria No.19 to approve of the under. mentioned By-laws, made by the Commissioner for Railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →STARTING from Bombale, we went across basa[?]tic high lands and lightly timbered grenite country, a distance of forty-five miles to barnes's Punt, onthe Snowy River. On the top of the range, prior to descending to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE have been favoured from the Public Works Department with a return of the passenger traffic upon the several railway lines during the Christmas week. The return shows that the opportunities afforded of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was an immense passenger traffic on the Great Southern Railway on Monday, the number of excursionists being estimated hs greater than on any previous occasion, excepting only the day an which, about two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE have been favoured from the Public Works Department with a return of the passenger traffic upon the several railway lines during the Christmas week. The return shows that the opportunities afforded of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Philadelphia Press gives the following particulars of a disaster on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad: —"As the train-which left Pittsburg at 8.35 p.m. for Harrilburg arrived near Thompsontown, it encountered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE introduction of railways has caused a change in mail conveyance by land, greater even than that Produced by Mr. Palmer's coaches. The old system, which, thirty years ago, had reached the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The most remarkable circumstance connected with our railway system is the total disregard exhibited by its promoters and the public in general to the expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →AT a meeting of the shareholders of the above company, held yesterday, the Honorable George Allen in the chair, the accounts showing the state of the company's affairs, and the following report of the directors for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE half-yearly meeting was held yesterday, in the office of the Company. The Hon. George Allen in the chair. The Secretory read the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HIS ECellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has beenpleased, inpursuance of the Act of Parliament 22 Victoria No. 19 to approve of the undermentioned By-laws, made by the Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE last of the contracts on the Southern extension, which will carry the railway into the town of Goulburn, was taken a few weeks since by Mr Faviell; the contractors to whom the te[?] was in the first instance given having falled to ful[?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE last of the contracts on the Southern extension, which will carry the railway into the town of Goulburn, was taken a few weeks since by Mr. Faviell; the contractors to whom the tender was in the first instance given having failed to fulfil the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →LIVERPOOL, was startled on Monday evening by a telegram from Rug by stating that a man had been robbed of £300 and thrown out of the carriage of the London express train between Stafford and Rugby. A body of police was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A reverend gentleman, living at Gloucester, has communicated the following extraordinary narrative to our correspondent in that city:—Travelling from London to Gloucester on Thursday by the express train which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE manufacture of the cable for the Atlantic Telegraph has now made such progress that the time of its completion may be calculated to a day; and, should all go well in the submergence of the line, th[?]re…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following reports on the "Windsor and Richmond Railway line, by the Engineer-in-Chief for Railway and the Superintendent of Permanent Way and Works, were laid on the table of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YESTERDAY some trials were made at the Waterloo Station of the South-Western Railway of Mr. Edmund Tattersall's plan of railway signals as between passengers and the guards. The apparatus, which is to a…
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