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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 12
On Saturday last we received information from the Cape River Diggings, that a Chinese storekeeper, on his way to this port, had been stuck-up and robbed of a sum of about £360 in gold and notes, besides two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very serious burglary, or rather a series of bur glari[?]s, took place in Sydney between Saturday afternoon and yesterday morning, the offices of the Australian Paper Company, of the American Consul, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday evening last a meeting was held at the Court-house, Parramatta, for the purpose of petitioning the Government to remove the railway workshops from Redfern to the Parramatta Junction. The Mayor of Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following are extracts from Mr. Engineer Higinbotham's report. laid upon the table of the House of Assembly, Victoria:— Engineer-in-Chief's Office, Railway Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE difficulties prosented to the engineer in constructing a line of railway a[?]s the rocky mountain range lying between Emu Plains and the low country in the neighbourhood of Bath[?]st, w[?]h two of three exceptions,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An undertaking of considerable magnitudeâ in connection with the works on the Great Western Railway, after having been for a considerable time in contemplation, was successfully completed on Wednesday, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very serious burglary, or rather a series of burglaries, took place in Sydney between Saturday afternoon aud Monday morning, the offices of the Australian Paper Company, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE difficulties presented to the engineer in constructing a line of railway across the rocky mountain range lying between Emu Plains and the low country in the neighbourhood of Bathurst, were, with two or three exceptions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Tuesday evening last a meeting was held at the Courthouse, Parramatta, for the purpose of petitioning the Government to remove the railway workshops from Redfern to the Parramatta Junction. The Mayor of Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,âAgreeing with your correspondent signing himself " Traveller," as to the positive necessity for a new and more commodious railway station for Sydney, I am not altogether of opinion that the line to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The report from a recent number of "Engineerin," which you refer to in your leading article of the 21st instant, cannot but be gratitying to myself. An English engineer, of European reputation like Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,âWill you kindly give insertion to the following:â To the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, &c., the Memorial of the undersigned railway travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday the goods train which left Penrith at 5.25 p.m ran into that which left at 5.10 p.m., about a quarter of a mile beyond Bull's Camp. Three or four trucks were thrown off the line, and driver…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SirâAt length a remedy for the complaints loud, deep, and general is finding vent in the newspapers in the shape of letters advocating the erection of a passenger station with the necessary appliances, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Train, in his correspondence to the New York World, written from the Marshalsea, Dublin, has commenced a sketch of his life. The following graphic passages constitute the first…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SIR,—The facts of the case—patent to all—and the many suggestions in your paper, sufficiently demonstrate that the present arrangements for passengers, goods, and workshops at the Redfern Station are insufficient, and must be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IT is with much regret that we have to record the particulars of another collision on one of the Government railways, unattended, fortunately, with lose of life, although resulting in serious injuries to one man, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE fatal accident which occurred a few months ago at the Newtown station might have been expected to have led to such increased care in the management of the railway lines, that a similar occurrence would not have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT our present juncture in railway matters, it may be useful for the colonists to turn their attention to Mr. Raphael Brandon's idea, of a cheap and uniform Railway Fare, to any part in one direction, whether it be one or three hundred miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OF late our railways have not, unfortunately, been characterised by that exemption from accident which distinguished them in the earlier period of their history. Not so very long ago there was the collision at Newtown, which…
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