The Condition of Rome. the Road to Rome
You quit it by train, and flash down the valley of the Arno, through tunnels, over aqueducts and viaducts which make you think the Yankee has conquered the land…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1867
228 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 12
Great Blasting Explosion on the Western Railway
THOSE who are accustomed to travel over that portion of this colony lying between Penrith and Bithurist need not be informed of the great engineering difficuties to be encountered in the construction of a line of railway through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Railway Financing. (From the London Daily Telegraph.)
IF the world should ever be favoured with a book on the [?]osities of railway finance, the doings of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company will form not the least interesting…
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A conflagration of a very serious character, and which might have been attended with low of life, broke out in the 4.20 train from Edinburgh on Friday night week, between Cupar and…
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THOSE who are accustomed to travel over that portion of this colony lying between Penrith and Bathurst need not be informed of the great engineering difficulties to be encountered in the conjunction of a line of railway through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bishop's Bridge Poison Case
Mary Nichels was again brought before the bench at West Maitlan, on Thursday, on the charge of poisoning a cask of water at Bishop's Bridge. Mr. Muilen appeared for the prosecution, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bishop's Bridge Poison Case. (From Saturday's Maitland Mercury.)
MARY NICHOLS was again brought before the Bench at West Maitland, on Thursday, on the charge of peuomng a cask of water at Bishop's Bridge. Mr. Mullen appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Brenan for the defence…
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MARY NICHOLS was again brought before the Bench at West Maitland, on 10th instant, on the charge of poisoning a cask of water at Bishop's Bridge. Mr. Mullen appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Brenan for the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Female Home and Registry Office, Darlinghurst Road
This is an institution of the same character, and having the same avowed objects as the one last noticed—the reception of single females of good character while out of employment, and the procuring of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Western Railway. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—On taking up the Sydney Morning Herald of the 7th instant, I read with much surprise the account there given of the "Great blasting explosion" on the Western railway line new in progress. I ken, Sir, a wee bit o' that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Fares and Railway Management. to the Editor of the Empire
Sir,—I was up the country a few miles when the general impression was that the fares on the railway would be reduced; but, hearing and seeing nothing to that effect, I conclude it will take another twelve…
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This is an institution of the same character, and having the same avowed objects as the one last noticed—the reception of single females of good character while ont of employment, and the procuring of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident on the Western Railway. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—In your issue of the 15th instant, a paragraph, appears headed "Dreadful Accident," and as it appears to the father of the unfortunate youth that the particulars are not fully given, he has requested me to furnish the following as…
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THE extension of the Southern line is progressing rapidly. The rails are now [?] as far as Mittagong, in the vicinity of the Fitzroy Iron Mines, and the line will be open thus far in the course of next month. The Minister for…
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THE extension of the Southern line is progressing rapidly. The rails are now laid as far as Mittagong, in the vicinity of the Fitzroy Iran Mines, and the line will be open thus far in the course of next month. The Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway From Echuca to Deniliquin. (Abridyed from the Postoral Times, January 26.)
DEPUTATION TO THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. ON Thursday morning, 24th, a deputation waited upon the Attorney-General, at Robert's Hotel, to obtain from him the views of the Government upon the subject of a railway…
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In reply to a deputation which waited upon the Premier at Doniliquin, "to obtain from him the views of the Government upon the subject of a railway from Ecucha to Deniliquin," Mr. Martin is reported by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway From Echuca to Deniliquin. Deputation to the Attorney General
ON Thursday morning, 24th, a deputation waited upon the Attorney-General, at Roberts's Hotel, to obtain from him the views of the Government upon the subject of a railway from Echuca to Deniliquin. Mr. Isaacs, Solicitor-General,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rule of the Road at Sea
THE following letter from a "Flag Officer" appears in the Times of November 27:- Sir,—The nights have become very long and collisions afloat are likely to became more numerous. Perhaps a few lines in the…
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MR. EVAN HOPEINS, C.E., writes to the Times on 10th November as follows:- Sir,—I beg leave to make a few observations on Mr. Clay's letter inserted in the Times of to-day with…
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