Road V. Railway
The Tipper Hunter Courier says:— A paragraph in the Herald states that notwith-standing the advantages which carriers have enjoyed in the way of first-class roads, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1871
352 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 18
Criminal Court, This Day Second Court. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Hargrave) Mr. W. J. Foser prosecuting for the Crown. Manslaughter-The Penrith Railway Accident
Margaret Callaghan, on bail, was charged, with having on the 29th day of August, at Penrith, killed William James Hunt Prisoner pleaded not guilty, and was defended by…
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A PAPER recently read before the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society describes the construction of light rail ways—that is, short branch lines to act as feeders to, not suckers from, the main lines. A short line of…
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A PAPER recently read before the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society describes the construction of light railways—that is, short branch lines to act as [?]ders to, not suckers from, the main lines. A short line of…
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A PAPER recently read before the Civil and Mechanical Engineers' Society describes the construction of light railways—that is, short branch lines to act as feederg to, not suckers from. the main lines. A short line of…
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SIR,—As the House is just met, and doubtless money will be asked for the further extension of our railways, would it not be wise before such is voted, to first inquire how far the present lines have answered, and what share of the…
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WE present our readers with a view of the new Sydney Railway Station, whieh is about to be erected on the site of the present mean and delapidated structure. Mr. Horn, of Goulburn, is the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Railways' Localism Localized. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—As the railway extension appears to be one question promised for consideration this session of Parliament, it has struck me that the proposals made in the New Zealand Parliament assembled at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supreme Court, This Day Banco Court. Sitting for Trail of Causes. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Faucett, and a jury of four.) Innes and Wife V. Commissioner for Railways
Mr. Darley and [Mr. Butler, instructed by Messrs. Holdsworth and Brown, appeared for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General and Mr. M. H. Stephen, instructed by the Crown Solicitor (Mr…
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ON the 28th of this month Mr. Macleay is to move a most important motion in the Assembly, and one which, if carried, will prove we hope a preliminary step to further…
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On Wednesday morning a most lamented accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, near Garstang Station, and situate about ten miles from Lancaster, whereby four labourers were killed,…
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THIS bill having panned the second reading, went through. the ordeal ef dissection or analysis in committee on Wednesday evening, without any material amendment, and may therefore be said to have…
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A mournful occurrence ia reported from Yoxford, Saffolk. The wife of the gatekeeper at a, level crossing on the Great Eastern Railway was attending to the gate in the temporary absence of her…
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A few evenings since, when the train from Manchester to Liverpool reached Kirby station, a man named Wanless, having the appearance of a commercial traveller, and a woman, name unknown, who…
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THE revenue from the railways continues to improve notwithstanding the competition by road, which in some quarters is considered to be so r[?]inous. The earnings of all the lines for the month of October, 1870, was £26,234…
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THIS bill having passed the second reading, went through the ordeal of dissection or analysis in committee on Wednesday evening, without any material amendment, and may therefore be said to have…
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A mournful occurrence is reported from [?]oxford, Suffolk. The wife of the gatekeeper at a levelcrossing on the Great Eastern Railway was attending to the gate in the temporary absence of her…
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THE accompanying engraving is a view of the exterior of the large building erected by Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co., as a manufactory of railway rolling stock, an account of the formal opening of which, with an…
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SIR,—Within one hundred miles no less than thirty horse drays, carrying some 600 bales of wool, have passed me on their way to Sydney. Between Shelley's Flat and Goulburn I crossed three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton and Armidale Road. (Abridged from the Clarence Examiner.)
A PUBLIC meeting was held at Grafton for the purpose of foreing on the attention of the Government the necessity for the improvement of the road between Grafton and Armidale…
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