(Railway) Trains of Thought
A TENDER PASSION--a stoker's attachment to his profession. ABOVE HIS STATION--a station-master whose residence is higher than the line. A CLOSE SHAVE--" Crossing the Line " when a train is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1871
352 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 18
Railway Time-table for June
IN the railway time-table for June, published in yesterday's Gazette, the following alterations of the present table have been made:— SYDNEY AND INTERMEDIATE STATIONS TO…
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At about 10.20 on Monday night, February 6, as an extra freight train of twenty-four cars, loaded with petroleum, was approaching New Hamburg Station, which is eight miles below Poughkeepsie, and was…
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SIR,—As the sudden apparition and passing in the Lower House of the above bill, and its probable speedy consideration by the Upper Home, leave no time to those most interested for the formal method of stating their objection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Trip to the Southward—manaro, Molonglo, and the New Road
WE soon began to recognise a system, although natural, in the country through which we passed, after passing the plains about Micalago; alternate wooded hills and plains; and on the latter, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wellington. — the New Bridge Over the Mac. Quarie
THIS bridgeis built with iron-bark timber only, and is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →On the Road from Araluen to Goulburn. [From a Correspondent.]
FEW persons unaccustomed to travelling can form the slightest possible idea of what one has to pass through in some parts of the colony, particularly at the present season of the year, and as this trip may be of interest…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, June 3. 1871. The Expenditure on Minor Roads
THE concession made by the Government to Mr. Lucas's proposition, for renewing the vote for the minor roads, which they had proposed to omit from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Few Remarks on the Railways of New South Wales. No. III
IN the present communication it is proposed to show by what means the revenue from the railways may be increased without taxing the general public, and also how great a saving might…
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The following is the report made to the Government of Victoria on the construction, equipment, and general management of railways in Europe and America by Mr. W. Elsdon, C.E., engineer to the Melbourne and Hobson's…
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The London Times Versailles correspondent writes:—At none of the encounters between the Prussians and the French around Paris did I see more severe lighting than on Friday evening at the Courbovoic end of the Bridge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road From Araluen to Goulburn
FEW persons unaccustomed to travelling can form the slightest possible idea of what one has to pass through in some parts of the colony, particularly at the present season of the year, and as this trip may be of interest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road From Araluen to Goulburn. [From a Correspondent.]
FEW persons unaccustomed to travelling can form the slightest possible idea of what one has to pass through in some parts of the colony, particularly at the present season of the year, and as this trip may be of interest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →European News. the Guillotine Destroyed on the Streets of Paris. Particulars of the Storming of the Bridge of Neuilly. Sickening Sights Resulting From Bursting Shells
WE continue our extracts from English and American papers, received by the Nebraska. The P. and O. Mail Will arrive this afternoon, but much of the news contained in the journals she will bring is anticipated by the extracts…
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The London Times Versailles correspondent writes:—At none of the encounters between the Prussians and the French around Paris did I see more severe fighting than on Friday evening at the Courbevoie end of the Bridge of…
Continued on Trove, page 458 →The Roads—From Goulburn to Braidwood. [From a Correspondent.]
AFTER the late rainy weather we have had all over the colony for some weeks past, glad I was again to start on my journey, having been kept in the city for some eight days, owing to the detention of the coach on this…
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AFTER the late rainy weather we have had all over the colony for some weeks past, glad I was again to start on my journey, having been kept in the city for some eight days, owing to the detention of the coach on this…
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THE Railway Estimates have been under consideration in the Assembly; and there has been a good deal of discussion connected with the voting of supplies. The observations of hon. members, however, chiefly had reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Queen of the Trames. (From the Brisbane Courier.)
MR. D. M'Naught, late of this city, who is at present on a visit to England, and who was on board the Queen of the Thames when she was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope, describes, in a letter to his friends some of the principal incidents connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Time-table. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—This being a matter in which many are interested, would you kindly give publicity to a few remarks expressive of the necessity that exists for the alteration of a table so very much unsuited to the wants of the public using the…
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