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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 20
SIR,—Adverting to a paragraph in your issue of last Sturday, alluding to a deputation to the Ministor for Works, by Mr. Murray and Mr. Maher, of Five Dock, on the subject of bad roads, and non-acting road trustees, &c., I say, to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1. This railway will extend from Melbourne to Belvoir, on the river Murray, a distance of 186 miles, and is to be a single line with passing places; but sufficient land for a double line will be secured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following correspondence and report of the English engineesrs consulted by direction of the late Victorian Government, on the subject of the rails, &c., and rolling stock for the North Eastern Railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE constant succession of floods and wet weather which have prevailed since the end of February has very much retarded the operations of the Roads Department. Up to the passing of the Estimales in the beginning of May,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT not generally known that the piece of land eastward of the Sydney University, extending to the Nowtown [?], and containing about twenty-five, acres, has been set art for the purpose of public recreation and enjoyment…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THERE is very little intelligence to communicate by this mail with reference to railway and other public works. Extensions have long been projected, and trial surveys for extensions beyond the present termini were completed some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE fact of a dozen lines of various lengths, up to three miles, being in practical everyday use as an ordinary means of transport, is, perhaps, the most satisfactory evidence that could be afforded that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE is exhibiting on the Brighton Downs at the present time a wire tramway five miles in length, in perfect working order. It illustrates the immense advantages of this singularly cheap and effective…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE constant succession of floods and wet weather which have prevailed since the end of February has very much retarded the operations of the Roads Department. Up to the pairing of the Estimates in the beginning of May,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A DEPUTATION consisting of H. Moses and A. Dight, Esqrs., M.L.A., and Messrs. Bowman and Bedwell, had an interview with the Secretary for Works, on the instant, for the purpose of presenting a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FEW words on the condition of this so-called road, and suggestions for its amelioration will afford interest to those of your readers who may have the misfortune to travel on it. To saythat the road is, in many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WE understand that the revision of the goods rates, made by the Commissioner for Railways (the Hon. J. Sutherland), has been submitted to the Executive Council for approval and adoption by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING was held at Greville's Commercial Rooms, on Friday afternoon, to express disapprobation at the course sought to be adopted by the Government in running the number of daily trains to the suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter to the editor of the Times on the subject of tramway will be read with interest:— "Sir,—Since I last wrote you I have received a few lines from a shareholder in the Metropolitan Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THERE is very little intelligence to communicate by this mail with reference to railway and other public works. Extensions have long been projected, and trial surveys for extension beyond the present termini were completed some…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A FEW words on the condition of this so-called road, and suggestions for its amelioration will afford interest to those of your readers who may have the misfortune to travel on it. To say that the road is, in many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MEETING was held at Greville's Commercial Rooms, on Friday afternoon, to express disapprobation at the course sought to be adopted by the Government in running the number of daily trains to the suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Perceiving from your Saturday's issue it is the intention of the Government to cease running some of the suburban trains for the sake of economy, I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject, to point…
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