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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
182 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 10
SIR,—The public will not feel much interest in learning that I was recently subjected to a brutal attack in a rnilway carriage, but I think it will be for the general weal that I should slate the cireumstances under which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. LUCAS to move,—That, in the opnion of this House, it is absolutely necessary to the present and future welfare of this bolony, that cheap and expeditious transit should be provided to open up, develop, and draw to this city, the vast agrioultural,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE passengers on the mail train which left Boston on Tuesday night for this city, were called upon to witness one of the most appalling horrors of railroad travel ever recorded in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Since the tramway was laid down in Pitt-street, not a week has passed but some portion of the street where the rails are laid has been undergoing repairs. I believe I am within the mark when I say…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A RETURN of the earnings, working expenses, and not earnings, with capital invested, and rate of interest, on all lines combined and open for traffic on 31st December, 1864, shews the following:—Miles open, 142; number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at a wintlow. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deepblue sky, where the stors were floating, like white lillies, on the surface of a clear, and lake. Then he east them on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—On looking over the columns of the Herald of Monday, the 1st instant, I find avery severe letter written by Mr. A. Cubitt, of Bridge-street, which 1 consider as a faint attempt of his to injure a respectable Association, such as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a sermon delivered at the Wesleyan Church, Glebe Road, by the Rev. Richard Sellors, the preacher selected the following text from the 5th chapter of the General Epistle of St. James, the 17th and 18th verses: "Elias…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The passengers on the mail train which left Boston on Tuesday night, for this city, were called upon to witness one of the most appalling horrors of railroad travel ever recorded in this…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →ThE Rev. J. E. Vetch, B.A., held service in this church. The 107th Psslm was read, and the text was taken from the 79th Psalm, verses 8 and 9—" O remember not against us former iniquities; let thy tender mercies speedily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company took place at the Black Horse Inn, Richmond, on Wednesday last, Mr. James Ascough in the chair. The directors submitted a report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT would be absurd not to acknowledge that the question of imparting mobility to large bodies of troops, especially in the case of considerable distances, is one which has always commended itself to the best…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company took place at the Black Horse Inn, Richmond, on Wednesday last, Mr. James Ascough in the chair. The directors submitted a report showing—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE contracts for the extension of the three trunk railways into the interior are being satisfactorily Protected with. The first of the lines that will be opened for traffic is that from Picton to Mittagong, on the Southern extension, a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As is usually the case, a very large number of pleasure-seekers took advantage of yesterday's holiday to make excursions per rail to various places along the line. The trains were crowded with passengers during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alderman WOODS moved, and Alderman MURPHY seconded—That the report of the water committee, received ont he 15th instant, recommending that a water main be laid along the Pyrmont Bridge Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Finding that an end has been put to all traffic on the road surveyed by Mr. Surveyor Rowland, marked through Cowra, and proclaimed some years since, it is the duty of the public to take some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Surely there never was a community who submit to taxation so quietly as the New South Wolchmen. Tea, sugar, grog, package, and ad valorem, in addition to municipal rates and toll-bars…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another loop has been added to the great network of communication which has of late been spreading over and under London. On Tuesday that portion of the pneumatic railway extending…
Continued on Trove, page 75 →SIR,âA very good letter under the above heading appeared in your issue of Saturday, 3rd instant, which I believe thousands in this city would endorse, as some of the tollbar keepers are more like bushrangers, in their impudent,…
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