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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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THE following reports on the Windsor and Richmond Railway line, by the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways and the Superintendent of Permanent Way and Works, were laid on the table of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I perceive by one of those silly advertisements which ever and anon emanate from, the Railway office, that excursion tickets for peoplo to' witness the cricket match will be issued on Thursday and Friday next,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following reports on the Windsor and Richmond Railways line, by the Engineer in Chief for Railways and the Superintendent of Parliament Way and Works were laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,âMr. Whitton has been known for years to be Mr. Weaver's professional enemy, and his late report on the Windsor railway bears evidence of a rancorous feeling such as no gentleman should bear towards a fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN the Engineer, of 4th November, 1864, there is an ably-written leading article upon "Railways in China," in which, alter referring to the plans of Sir Macdonald Stephenson (the originator of the Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HITHERTO we have had cause for thankfulness that the construction of our railway has been so wonderfully free from those fatal accidents which have marked such undertakings elsewhere. Of sickness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURING the past month a commencement has been made with the works on Contract No. 7 on the Great Southern extension, which will complete the railway to Goulburn. It was proposed by some of the residents in Goulburn that the first turf should be [?] near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—I began to doubt whether there was any one ni Sydney honest enough to take up that vindictive, and cowardly report of Mr. Whitton's on the above line, and defend the foul charges brought against an absent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The bridge at Penrith, and the viaduct over Knapsack Gully, the two heaviest works on the Western line of railway, are proceeding rapidly—the latter being nearly completed. This viaduct, although by no means…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A frightful accident has occurred on the railway line between Colombo and Ragamme. It appears that a train of six trueks started from Colombo about half-past five on Saturday evening, carrying four of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—We have been told by the Government officials that the above named railway is in a most dangerous state, that the ballast is only sand instead of metal; and last, and not the least, are the two viaducts—the ono over the South Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DURING the past month a commencement has been made with the works on Contract No. 7 on the Great Southern extension, which will complete the railway to Goulburn. It was proposed by some of the residents in Goulburn that the first turf should be cut near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HITHERTO we have had cause for thankfulness that the construction of our railway has been so wonderfully free from those fatal accidents which have marked such undertakings elsewhere. Of sickness…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—As a resident in the district of Windsor, I am very anxious for anything which will tend to develop the resources of our industry and facilitate, its speedy transit to the best market. Our communication by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The accompayning notice, which has been received from the Coneu-General for the Netherlands, respecting a new beacon placed in the immediate neighbourhood of the roof called Monickendam. In the roads to the port of Batavia, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HIS Excellency the Governor at the Banquet at Goal burn given on the occasion of his visit to the capital of the southern districts on Thursday last, in the course of…
Continued on Trove, page 148 →SIR,—Having read your remarks on the reports of the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways (Mr. Whitton), and Mr. Trotter, C. E., relative to the state of the works on this line, I quite agree with you that an explanatory report from Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EVER since the first establishment of railways in England the practice of smoking tobacco, both as regards the c[?]ages and the platforms or stations, has been, as a general rule, distinctly prohibited. Few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—In your contemporary of the 8th instant, appears a letter from Mr. W. Weaver, chief engineer for the above line; he has there fully explained and rebutted. but in far too mild a tone, the false report of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Notice to Country Subscribers and Agents. The Proprietors, in justice to themselves, are called upon to state, that every copy of the "News" ordered to be sent direct from their office last month, was duly posted, and they cannot account for the repeated…
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