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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 20
TO BOATBUILDERS.—Wanted, 3 Skiff DINGLES. —TENDERS for supply of 3 (three) 18 feet Skill Dingies, with oars, &c., complete, will be received until TUESDAY, the 10th instant, at noon, at the Roads Office…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →SIR,—The report of the Select Committee on Railways having drawn attention to the subject of internal communication, I wish to point out to your readers a few interesting facts connected with the South-western districts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE best mode of working the Great Western railway between Penrith and the Weather board is still open to inquiry. The public are much concerned in the right solution of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—On perusal of your issue of the 4th instant, I find that the redoubtable champion of the "great principles of equal laws and equal justice" has again been riding his hobby-horse in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE New York papers contain the account of a fearful accident to the regular morning train on the Mississippi Central Railroad for New Orleans. The train leaving Humboldt behind time, rapidly approached Buckner's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—A letter, signed "G. Blunt," appears in your daily, contemporary of Friday, in which the writer shows, great spleen at one of our members, Mr. W. Cummings, who, in the performance of his public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I send you the Times of the 1st March, which contains an important article showing the great saving that may be effected by the adoption of a narrow gauge, and the use of Fairlie's double-bogie engine…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sir,—Under the above heading you have a letter signed by Mr. Hamilton H. Fulton. That gentleman must have sought his facts in his imagination, for they have no real existence…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE almost continuous wet weather which has again prevailed this month has retarded the progress of the railway, and, indeed, all public works thrughout the colony. Portions, of the railway lines have been injured by settling of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →EXCURSION TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey, will be issued at and to all stations, available for distances not exceeding fifty miles, three days; over fifty miles, one week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I hope you do not intend to leave this subject in the darkness which "Common Sense" has thrown around it. I will admit that a project of such magnitude and importance to the future of these colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXCURSION TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey, will be issued at and to all stations, available for distances not exceeding fifty miles, three days; over fifty miles, one week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—What has really been recommended to be adopted for opening up the traffic of the interior, and forming feeder lines to the trunk railways, by the report of the "Select Committee on Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE above view of Yass is from a photograph, taken by Mr. J. Gow, an artist of that town, after the flood waters had subsided. The first cottage on the left, with its chimney down, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The New York papers contain the account of a fearful accident to the regular morning train on the Mississippi Central Railroad for New Orleans. The train leaving Humboldt behind time, rapidly approached Buckner's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EXCURSION TICKETS at a single fare for the double journey, will be issued at and to all stations, available for distances not exceeding fifty miles, three days; over fifty miles, one week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I have just had a journey from the Tweed, and with your kind permission will give your readers a slight sketch of the road from the north arm of the river to Mr. Campbell's station at Tunstall (Richmond…
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