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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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THE subject of railway extension has been repeatedly brought under the notico of the Legislative Assembly during the month, by the motions of honorable members, but little or no discussion took place, the resolutions for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thero was a good attendance of buyers yesterday at the Railway Produce Auction Depot. The following prices were realised by Ellis and Co:—Milch cows L2 5s to L10 each, calves 8s 6d to Ll 7s 6d each, sheep 7s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ACCIDENT ON THE LITHGOW VALLEY ZIGZAG.—About a quarter to 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, a telegram was received by Mr. Moody, traffic manager at his residence in Botany Road. It intimated that a railway accident had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This line to heaven by Christ was made; With heavenly truth the rails are laid; From earth to heaven the line extends, To life eternal, where it ends.--John xvii. 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oh what a ileal we hear and read About railways and railway speed, Of lines which are or may be made, And selling shares is quite a trade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident occurred on Saturday night "by the running of the ongino of the 5 p.m. train from Sydney into a hank on the Lithgow Zigzag, on the Great "Western Railway, by which the fireman, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AFTER a long period of national prosperity, it is hard to persuade anyone that caution and consideration are necessary to prevent a decisive re-action in the hitherto successful course of events. A period of constant social and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after the 1st March next, the Great Western Railway will be OPEN for the conveyance of passengers and goods to Boweafols and Wallerawang…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A singularly romantic affair was brought to a felicitious termination in this city on Saturday. A brief interview with the happy husband developed the following circumstances:—Some eight years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co. invited a large number of the most influential citizens of Sydney to an elegant entertainment to-day, in commemoration of the opening of their new locomotive carriage manufactory, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The opening of this new factory, which the Messrs. Russell have built since the acceptance of their large contract for the supply of rolling stock, about twelve months since, took place yesterday, and was celebrated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE factory for the manufacture of railway carriages, formally opened by Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co. yesterday, marks an important advance in the progress of colonial industries, and it is an event calculated to result in great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TENDERS will be received till the 24th March, 1870, for the works required for the first fifty-six (56) miles of the NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Full particulars can be obtained on and after MONDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The opening of this new factory, which the Messrs. Russell have built since the acceptance of their large contract for the supply of rolling stock, about twelve months since, took place yesterday, and was celebrated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The year 1815 witnessed a suspension of hostilities between the two social and political systems which had been struggling for supremacy. Despotism had been for many centuries in almost exclusive possession of political…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Your calculations as to what stock lose by droving will scarcely stand investigation. If the cost and lose by droving on 130 miles amount to £1 6s, 11d., viz. 2½d, per mile per bullock, supposing beef to be worth 20s. per 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With reference to the Time-Table issued for on and after the 1st March instant, NOTICE is hereby given, that No. 9, mail down-train leaving Sydney at 5 p.m., will not proceed beyond Bowenfels until 1st April next, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE had, on Saturday afternoon, an opportunity of inspecting a very ingenious and neatly constructed model of a floating bridge, which was exhibited in a paddock near the Victoria Bridge, East Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. LLOYD, as a formal motion, moved that there be laid upon the table of this House a return showing —1. The maximum load tho engines in use can draw, in average weather, on the Great Northern Railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Our railways appear to have got into a chronic state of delightful mismanagement—each succeeding change making the matter worse. One of the latest changes, and that to which I now…
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