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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
228 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 12
SIR,—In your issue of this date it will be seen that te[?] have been invited by the Government for an extension of the above railway to Solitary Creek, a length of six miles and six chains, called No. 6 length…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Im resolution in favour of a guarantee of the Canada Railway Loan has been carried in the House of Commons on a division by 247 to 67. This is a case, however, in which the largeness of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"WHERE'S the Brook!" and the windows to the nine [?], "Where, indeed!" replied the Bridge, looking down contemptously on the threadlike stream beneath its massy arch. "Why, it's quite dried up!" said the Willows…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"WHERE'S the Brook !" said the Willows to the little Bridge. "Where, indeed !" replied the Bridge, looking down contemptously on the threadlike stream beneath its many arch. "Why, it's quite dried up !" said the Willows…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The wh[?]le length of No 5 contract is 18 miles 76 chains, an[?] the length of the Main Range incline is 15 miles 69 chain[?], i[?] which distance there is a rise of 1195 feet, with an average gradient of 1 in 70. On the incline, only 3 miles 48 chains are straight,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—A leading article in your issue of tho 30th May, ok the 3 feet 6 in gauge railways of this colony, contains som[?] inaccuracies and fallacies, which perhaps you will permit [?] to correct, as the questions involved ore of the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN the early spring-time My long watch began; Through the daisied meadows Merry children ran;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WITH an easier money market the construction of railways is being proceeded with more rapidly than they were during the late depression of trade and the high price of money. Tenders have been invited during the past month…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Penrith it was reported that the Denison Bridge, near Bathurst, had been carried away bodily one mile down the river. This bridge consisted of three 90 feet spans, with two 65 feat side…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I do myself the honour of addressing the following remarks to you, regarding the tubular bridge erected over the Nepean River, at Penrith, and the viaducts loading thereto, in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A FLOOD such as no man recollects has visited our Plains, which now present to the eye a vast sheet of water, dotted here and there with patches of verdure, houses more or less submerged or surrounded wiih water, and the tops of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FLOOD such us no man recollects has visited our Plains, which now present to the eye a vast sheet of water, dotted here and there with patches of verdure, houses more or leas submerged or surrounded with water, and the tope of a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE traffic cn the Great Northern line has not been resumed as early as anticipated, the damage done by the late floods being of a more serious nature than at first imagined. On Wednesday last, when the back-water began to clear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very large and in fluential meeting has been held at Kapunda to consider the desirableness of constructing a tramway from the railway terminus at that township to the North-West Bend of the Murray. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—It appears to be freely admitted on all sides that the present state of the colony requires all the care and wisdom of the Administration, in order to reatore it to a satisfactory and prosperous position, and that much remains to be done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—It is to be hoped that the Western people will observa the answer given to Mr. Cummings last night, with regard to the completion of the line to Bathurst, and thereby estimate the probability of such a consummation unless they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Commissioner for Railways, incorporated by the Act passed in the twenty-second year of her Majesty, intituled, "An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Construction by the Government of Railways in the Colony of New South Wales and for…
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—Some comments appeared in the Herald to the effect that if proper means had been used the Denison Bridge might have been saved; and as some confirmation to those statements I send you an extract from a letter written by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE floods which prevailed throughout the greater portion of the colony during the latter portion of last month seriously interfered with our railway traffic, and at some points the lines were slightly damaged. The formation works in…
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