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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
262 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 14
SYDNEY OR METROPOLITAN ROADS.— Length in miles, and proposed expenditure: Upper South Head Road, 7 mile, £175; Lower South Head Road, 5, £125; Point Piper Road, 1, £25; Glenmore Road, 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation comprising Mr. Morrice, M.L.A.. and Messrs. Whitehead and H. S. Badgery (of the firm of Badgery Brothers) waited upon the Hon. J, Sutherland, Minister for Works, yesterday morning, in order to lay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE amount per mile proposed to be expended on each class of roads is as under:â1st class, £[?]0 per mile; 2nd class, £25 per mile; 3rd class, £15 per mile; 4th class, £10 per mile; 5th class, £7 per mile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE amount per mile proposed to be expended on each class of roads is as under:—1st class, £50 per mile; 2nd date, £26 per mile; 3rd class, £15 per mile; 4th class, £10 per mile; 5th class, £7 per mile…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Next to the general influence of the seasons there is no circumstance more advantageous to men in a civilised state than the perfection of the means of inland communication."—Committee of the House of Commons, 1819…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE half-yearly meeting of the above company was held yesterday; the Hon. George Allen, Esq., M.L.C., presiding as chairman. The twently-sixth half-yearly report was read, as follows,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday morning, December 13, a goods train, partially laden with piraffin-oil, left London-bridge for Brighton. On arriving at East Grinstead the two guards became sensible that one of the barrels had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,âThe schedule called for by Mr. Lucas for cost of building bridges up the country, paid for with borrowed money, amounts of £201,901 2s. 5d. This is how the money goes. The interst accruing will, in all probability,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I would respectfully suggest through your valuable columns, the advisability of the Government taking a hint from the example set them by our neighbours' the Victorians, with reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I am sure the people of Goulburn are deeply obliged to the Rev. Dr. Lang for his able advocacy of the question that the railway workshops shall be in the vicinity of the Terminus, rather than to be placed three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERHAPS the most important item of intelligence that we have to chronicle this month in connection with the extension of railways in the colony is the fact that steps are being taken to take trial surveys from Bathurst to Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The progress of public works continues to be satisfactory. Although we do not present any record of the state of the roads and bridges of the colony for this month, we are placed in the position to state that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Train is on the track once more, The Debtors' Prison no longer holds the irrepressible American who gave so much trouble to his friends and his foes, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I was much surprised to, find in the discussion the other night, as to the necessity of the appointment of a Commissioner of Railways," to see the House, and even the Government, treat the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE actual length of now line rendered available to-day is 46 miles; for, although the distance from Toowoomba to Allora is 53 miles, the first seven are on the old line—the Warwick extension branching off from the Dalby one at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In consequence of some remarks made by the Minister of Works in the Assembly last week, some misapprehension appears to prevail as to the capacity of colonial workshops to turn out wheels for railway carriages. Mr. Sutherland stated that wheels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Your issue of this morning contains a paragraph in reference to my contract on the Western Railway: Certain statements are made therein, to the following effect, and apparently to the damage of my character as a contractor. First,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I observe in your issue of yesterday a statement, copied from the Southern Argus, to the effect that' "Mr. Faviell's engine" was at work on Sabbath last, bringing in railway materials, and that "a large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE actual length of new line rendered available to day is 46 miles; for, although the distance from Toowoomba to Allora is 53 miles, the first seven are on the old line—the Warwick extension Crunching off from the Dalby one at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1st Tramp: OH, I'VE BIN" TO MELBOURNE ON THE BLIND LAY--BUT IT WARNT O' MUCH ACCOUNT; WHAT YOU'VE BIN ARTER, BLLL? 2nd Tramp: I HAVE BIN A DOING THE SICK WIFE AND EIGHT CHILDREN AT BATHURST, BUT THEY SMELT MY LITTLE GAME, AND…
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