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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
189 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 10
SIR,—As I travel by railway occasionally and always find myself subjected to the nuisance above alluded to, I hope you will, through the medium of your widely circulated columns, allow me space to make a few remarks on what is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →About three months ago we recorded the first whistle of the [?]inolive in Queensland, and it'is now our pleasing duty to desorlbs the formal inanguration of a portion of the railway line by the running up for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Which is the way to the Railway Station? On business we're bent, or recreation, And every minute's procrastination, Is a loss beyond all calculation,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR,—You would great oblige me and many fellow railway travellers by granting a few lines in your valuable journal with reterence the trregularity, as to time, with which the Tramway Cas are started from the Circular Quay, and the consequent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Several numcrously signed petitions haveo been sent to you front the residents of this district, and from the proprietors of the land through which the back road passes, showing the necessity for the road (to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following Bill to amend the laws rotating to roads other than main roads was introduced yesterday by the Hon. Secretary for Lands and read a first time:— Whereas it is expedient to make better provision for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following Bill to amend the laws relating to roads other than main roads was introduced on Wednesday by the Hon. Secretary for Lands and read a first time:—Whereas it is expedient to make better provision for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEVERAL, of the contracts for formation on the Southern and Western extensions being finished of approaching completion, tenders on now invited by the Government for laying the permanent way on portions of those lines. The length to be tendered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A frightful accident has occurred on the railway line between Colombo and Ragamme. Itappears that a train of six trucks started front Colombo at about half-past five on Saturday evening, carrying four of the engineers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In the advertisement as to rates ot fare, &c., on the line of Railways on the Queen's Birthday, I notice that return tickets at single fores for the double journey, are issuable at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 23rd May, and are only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GENTLEMEN,—Having reference to the above, the "Roads Bill," as you are well aware by the old and yet existing Act 4th William IV, No. 11, it is required by XVIII. section, "That in every instance where, under the provisions of this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PORT OF SANTOS.—Called by my duties the other day to this small but active seaport, I was fortunate in having the opportunity of seeing the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Let him who wants to find it join a Volunteer Fire Company. He will soon find that he is, in honour, bound to go to blazes. Ubi honor, ibi decus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SEVERAL of the contracts for formation on the Southern and Western extensions being finished or approaching completion, tenders are now invited by the Government for laying the permanent way on portions of those lines. The length to be tendered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Permit me, through the medium of your journal, to call attention to the serious inconvenience and loss to which parties situated like myself are upon the point of being subjected by the alteration of the time of departure…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The House went into committee for the further consideration of this bill. Clause 4, "Map of new road to be kept for inspection in Surveyor-General's office, and preliminary notice to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—There appeared in the Empire, of the 17th, a letter signed, "John Mayfield," addressed to the Surveyor-General, and evidently wrote with the intention to mislead that gentleman. But, I trust…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The question as to whe her the early development of trotting horses will have a tendency to impair their endurance in point of time, is one of great interest and importance. Theoretically, some years ago, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FORMED AT DENILIQUIN FOR PROMOTING RAILWAY EXTENSION FROM THE MURRAY TO THE DARLING RIVER. The committee of the proposed Murray and Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I take the liberty of calling the attention of the individuals composing the trust of the above, to a subject of importance. The writer of a paragraph in an issue of your contemporary this week, descants on…
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