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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
262 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 14
THE following is our report of the banquet given on Thursday evening, in celebration of the opening of the railway through from Sydney to Goulburn, and a brief notice of which appeared in yesterday's issue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Great Southern Railway to Goulburn has been opened by His Excellency the Earl of Belmore to-day. It is an event which augurs well for the rapid growth, and great prosperity of this city, and the southern districts, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An additional length of the Great Northern Railway, that, from Sir[?] to Musclebrook, has been opened by his Excellently the Earl of Belmore, and on 19th instant the merchants mariners, and miners of the South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly after 6 o'clock about 250 guests assembled in the large room of the Railway goods department to a banquet provided for the occasion. Frederick Horn, Esq, the Mayor of Goulburn, took the chair Among the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I understand that a revised railway time-table is to be issued on the 1st of June. With your permission, I take the opportunity of drawing attention to what 1 consider a monstrous injustice to the country inhabitants in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday forenoon the members of the Goulburn Railway Progress Committee waited upon his Excellency the Governor and presented him with an address of congratulation on the extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE iron lattice girder bridge across the Hunter, at West Maitland, is now nearly finished. The approaches only have to be made, and [?] is expected that the structure will be ready for opening early in July. the bridge connects…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE railway merchandise traffic of London is one of its most recent and most gigantic growths. Only thirty years have' elapsed since the London and Birmingham line was op[?]ned, and now eighty thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE approaching completion of a continuous line of Railway from New York to San Francisco—which it is thought will be effected by the autumn of this year —is naturally suggesting the question how far the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To work the enormous railway traffic in town and country a great army of men is employed. The most numerous corps of workmen are the labourers employed in relaying and repairing the "permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HOWEVER much we may blame the railway companies for suddenly raising their tariff, it ought not to be forgotten that in doing so they have the authority of the very same Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—A few months ago I read in the Scotsman newspaper an account of the performance of a new road traction steamer, dragging heavy loads over a country well-known to me; impressed with the idea that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE can be no doubt that the idea on which Parliament originally set out, of allowing private individuals to project, construct, and retain as their absolute property the national…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The iron lattice girder bridge across the Hunter, at West Maitland, is now nearly finished. The approaches only have to be made, and it is expected that the structure will be ready for owning early in July. The bridge connects…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A DEPUTATION—consisting of Mr. T. S. Mort, the Rev. Dr. Lang, and Mr. George Hart—waited upon the Minister for Works, Mr. John Sutherland, yesterday, with a view of bringing under his notice, and through him under the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A GRAND banquet was given on Thursday evening, the 27th May, in celebration of the opening of the railway through from Sydney te Goulburn, a brief notice of which appeared in the last issue of this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following extracts are from an article on "English Railway," published in the Quarterly Rec[?] THE railway merchandise traffic of London is one of its most recent and most gigantie growlas. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DURING the past month two events of importance have occurred in connection with our railways. The Great Northern line has been completed and opened to Muswellbrook, and the Southern to Goulburn. The residents of both towns have held high holi…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SIR,—There are several schemes for extending the railway into the city before the public at the present time, all of which would be of great benefit. With your ki[?]d permission, I would lay another scheme before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—As I have been called on rather unexpectedly to take a some what prominent part in the movement just initiated by a large and influential body of the citizens of Sydney, at the instance of Mr. George…
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