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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
189 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 10
[?] Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 31st March last "to inquire into, and report upon, the petition of J. Harris and others," "with power to send for persons and papers," and to whom, on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR. —In answerto the very just o[?] quiry about the opening of the long wished-for road which will connect the north side of the Parramatta River with the city tia Glebo Island and Balmain, I beg to inform your correspondent that we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE formal opening of the "Southern and. Western Railway," yesterday, commenced a new car in the history of the colony, and one the advent of which has been looked forward to with much anxicty for some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Few persons have any adequate idea of the remarkable character of the extensions and widenings now in progress in connexion with the Metropolitan Railway and we believe that the whole experience of modern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[?] FROM THE QUEENSLAND TIMES OF AUGUST 1.) Yesterday, the day appointed for the performance of this pleasing ceremony, was ushered in with glorious sunshine, a clear sky, and light refreshing bre[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE formal opening of the "Southern and Western Railway," yesterday, commenced a new era in the history of the colony, and one the advent of which has been looked forward to with much anxiety for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following memorandum for his Excellency Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G., Governor of Queensland, &c., in reference to the three-feet six-inch gauge of railway, has been presented to both Houses of Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is expected that Miss Constance Kent will be tried at Salisbury on Friday, the 21st of July. Mr. Rodway, the solicitor at Trowbridge who is acting for the defence of Miss Kent, writes to vindicate the Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accident of the most frightful character has taken place at Redual, a station on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. A large excursion train, consisting of 32. carriages, and drawn by two powerful engines,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have already published full reports of the opering of the Queensland railway, a few days ago, Below will be found some further information on the subject of the construction of those lines:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is expected that Miss Constance Kent will be tried at Salisbury on Friday, the 21st of July. Mr. Rodway, the solicitor at Trowbridge who is acting for the defence of Miss Kent, writes to vindicate the Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OF the fourteen contracts for formation that huve been taken for the, extension of the three trunk railways, the greater number are either coimpleted or on the point of completion, and the romainder give promise of being, finished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquest wns held yesterday forenoon, before Dr. R. C. Knaggh, coroner for the district, on the body of John Urban Vigors, one of the guards on the Great Northern Railway. The first witness called was,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE mails and small parcels will in a short time traverse the metropolis in every direction by means of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, and close in its wake we have the proposal to apply the system to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held yesterday forenoon, before Dr. R.C. Knaggs, coroner for the district, on the body of John Urban Vigors, one of the guards on the Great Northern Railway. The first witness called was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is expected that Miss Constance Kent will be tried at Salisbury on Friday the 21st of July. Mr Rodway, the solicitor at Trowbridge who is acting for the defence of Miss Kent, writes to vindicate the Rev Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN inquest was held on Saturday forenoon, before Dr. R. C. Knaggs, coroner for the district, on the body of John Urban Vigors, one of the guards on the Great Northern Railway. The first witness called was,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BY an appalling coincidence an accident has happened on the South-Eastern Railway not less fearful than that at Rednal, and arising from precisely the same cause. The tidal train from Dover yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—The present managers of the railway are making it not only unpopular, but a source of the most vexatious annoyance to the public who use it. There seems to be a mad infatuation with regard to the incessant alterations made,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LAST night a meeting of the inhabitants of Burwood, Ashfield, and the surrounding districts, was held at Neitch's Hotel, Parramatta Road, "to take into consideration the recent changes made in the time-table, and to protest…
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