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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
262 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 14
SIR,—Perhaps you will give publicity to a few remarks respecting a letter signed "Justitia," and dated from the Richmond River on the 29th of May last, which appeared in your issue of the Sydney Mail of June 5th, headed "The Postal Arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DEPULATION from the H.R.N.S. Navigation Company waited upon the Minsiter for Works (the Hon. John Satherand) at his office, on the 9th instant, for the purpose of arranging a settlement of dispute between the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir, — As a citizen or sydney, as well as in the capacity of one of the representatives of the wastern division of our noble city, I regretted exceedingly that the City Corporation should have dealt in so summary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your Summary for England, under the head of "Roads and Bridges," you state, "from Mount Victoria the road to Bowenfels is in good order." I am of course ignorant of the source from [?] you derived your…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To the Editor of the Nautical Magazine.—Sir,—You may have remarked how many collisions have occurred from a misuse of the rule about the port helm—how many disasters of this kind have been owing to a vessel altering her course which would have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOME of our readers are interested in this railway. Recently the lollowing remarks were made by Vicechancellor Stuart: He "deprecated the removal of the case from Chancery, and said that the Court was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Thames Tunnel—a pilgrimage to which has been made by most country cousins who have visited London—is at last to be converted into a practical undertaking. Thanks to the East London Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I have recently seen at a station, about forty miles from town, a truck-load of fodder, respecting which I was assured that it had been loaded by the grower, to be conveyed by rail to the purchaser,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Monday evening, 19th instant, in accordance with previous announcement, a crowded and influential meeting of the residents of the town and district of Wagga Wagga, was held at the Court-House, "to urge upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—It is well for "A Frequent Traveller on the Western Road," from One Treo Hill to Bathurst, that he ia not a traveller on the Mudgee Road, which road, from Shaw's Inn at the Marangaroo to Maddox Inn, is, and has been for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Certain of my good friends, the Aldermen of the city, appear to have misapprehended my meaning, at their meeting on Monday last, when I stated in your paper of that date, that they seemed to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Under this heading I notice your correspondent has called attention to an evil existing in railway management which doubtless requires attention, and as there is another matter that should be considered, I would ask if you will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was heldyesterday, in the office of the company, the Hon. George Allen, M.L.C., presiding as chairman. The 27th half-yearly report was read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following statement, which has been forwarded to us by a correspondent, strange as it is, may be relied upon as being strictly true. The gentleman who was the subject of the after-mentioned outrage is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Monday evening, lath instant, in accordance with previous announcement, a crowded and influential meeting of the residents of toe town and district of Wagga Wagga, was held at the Court-House, "to urge upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ON Saturday afternoon last, 24th July, one of the largest and most enthusiastic meetings that has been seen in Gundagai for many day assembled in the court-house, to consider the question of the speedy extension of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the celebration of the extension of the Northern Railway in South Australia his Excellency said—Mr. Chairman, ladies und gentlemen—I have great pleasure in fulfilling the desire of the Chairman that I should offer to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday afternoon, 24th ultimo, one of the largest and most enthusiastic meetings that has been seen in Gundagai for many a day assembled in the Court-house, to consider the question of the speedy extension of the Great Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I have little doubt but that you have read with surprise the account of the interview between the Minister for Public Works and some of the city aldermen on Friday last, wherein it appears that our benign Government has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →He is all our fancy painted him, but he is also something more. We had no idea, so to speak, of the size of the mad. There is enough of him to make a half a dozen average Western…
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