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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
396 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 20
SIR,—I know that your columns are usually open to all matters of public interest, and am sure that you will readily acknowledge that the state of the roads is a subject of vital importance to the commercial interest of the colony. Having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Whilst quite willing to concede to the Mudgee Road the proud pre-eminence of being the worst in the colony, I feel, at the same time, bound, in honour to state, that the road to Trunkey, from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Since your were kind enough to give publicity to my last letter on railways, it induces me to offer another, for the purpose of showing the great advantages to be derived from such a work, and the case…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →SIR,—It appears that in spite of all the money expended our loads are only available in fine weather; whenever wet comes they are impassable. The cause of all this is the want of a qood foundation—you see, heavy ballast and good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS great engineering work is the design of J. Witton, Esq., Chief Engineer for Railways, and is being carried out under the supervision of W. B. Wade, Esq., district engineer for the G[?]eat…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A DEPUTATION of persons interested in the wood traffic by railway, and in brickmaking, was introduced to Mr. Sutherland, on 26th ultimo, by Messrs. Hill and Lackey, M.L.A.'s, to bring under his notice certain inconveniences…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,-- As I believe that many of your readers feel that the Hon. Commissioner for Railways has made a mistake in putting on an extra train to Parramatta on Sundays, it may not be amiss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the Assembly on Thursday, August 25, Mr. NEALE asked the Secretary for Public Works, pursuant to notice:—1. What is the cost per train mile for running goods trains from Bowenfels to Sydney? 2. What would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An accident of a sad and fatal character occurred on the Great Northern Railway on June 21. It appeals that an up goods train from Doncaster passed through Newark at its appointed time without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARLINGTON-STREET, Piccadilly, was, last Thursday, June 30th, the scene of a great and over to be remembered gathering. In a pavilion in the rear of the building, No. 18—"please to remomber the number," as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN accident of a sad and fatal character occurred on the Great Northern Railway on June 21. It appears that an up goods train from Doncaster passed through Newark at its appointed time without…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →About one o'clock on Sunday morning a terrible accident happened to the midnight mail, from Scotland to the South. After the train had proceeded 400 yards from Carlisle station a North-Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABOUT one o'clock on Sunday morning a terrible accident Happened to the midnight mail, from Scotland to the South. After the train had proceeded 400 yards from Carlisle station a North-Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE performances of this novel machine have attracted so much attention during the Exhibition, that some description of its construction and capabilities cannot fail to be interesting to our country readers, who have…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →George Francis thus eccentrically comments on the late attempted invasion. His views is amusingly characteristic of the man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. G. A. Bartleet, who has recently returned from England, has been in communication with Mr. M. Beale, the agent of the patentee of the wire tramways (Mr. Hodgson, G.E.), and has placed in our hands some…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →About one o'clock on Sunday morning a terrible accident happened to the midnight mail, from Scotland to the South. After the train had proceeded 400 yards from Carlisle station a North-Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THE country of India, from its vast extent and mountainous character, is not likely to be very much intersected by roads…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A return to an order of the Legislative Assembly, called for on the motion of Mr. Wobb, shows that the amount of money raised by loan for the supply of railway rollingstock up to the 31st December last is £394,115 18s. 2d.;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHAT is the true reason that we nowhere see the steam engine used to any great extent for common road traffic; There is probably no problem in the whole range of practical mechanics, and there is…
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