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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
528 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 27
SIR,—The intention of South Australia to run a line of rail from Adelaide to Port Darwin being part of the Government policy for the next meeting of the Assembly in Adelaide, and as such scheme will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A NUMBER of gentlemen connected with the metropolis and other parts of the country assembled by invitation, previous to the departure of last mail, at the South Camp, Aldershot, with the permission of the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Post-office for which we petitioned the Postmaster-General to have established here is to be opened at Burrawang station. The very thing that the petitioners sought to avoid, for being principally free selectors, and all upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Post-office for which we petitioned the Postmaster-General to have established here is to be opened at Burrawang station. The very thing that the peritioners sought to svoid, for being principally free seletors, and all upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Friday, December 20, his Lordship Bishop Quinn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, proceeded to the Convent School of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Vale Road, for the Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—As a large portion of the [?]ople are i[?]erested in the enclosed communication, perhapsyou wouldkindly insert it in the Herald. I remain, Sir, your obe[?]ent servat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Some few days since we wrote you respecting the state of the road hence to Kelso. This, with the pertinent questions asked by our district members, has caused a letter state of things, as attention is now being paid to this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE following is the reply from the Department of Public Works to Mr. Buchanan's representations as to the apparent absence of labourers from the contracts on the Mudgee Road:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Times, of January 4th, states that the Sultan has authorised a loan of £25,000,000 for an extension of railway communication to Diarbekir…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. Pope, Sandys, T. B. Rolin, H.T. Penfold, Wynne, and Captain Fox, waited upon the Hon. John Sutherland, Minister for Works, yesterday morning, to ask for greater accommodation for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Public attention being again directed to the question of Suburban railway accommodation, I wish to suggest that in order to popularise the suburban portions of the line, and to utilise it to the utmost extent, it is requisite that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All the tools and horses are taken out of the pits, and there is at present no knowing where the strike will end. Matters are looking very serious indeed; the masters have determined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have just been reading a letter on the above subject which appears in to-day's Herald, signed "Geo. W." As an old railway traveller, I beg most decidedly do differ from your correspondent,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A remarkable accident occurred on the Carlisle and Silloth Railway on October 11. The 1.25 train from Carlisle had got beyond Abbey, when the guard's van, at the rear, was thrown broadside off the line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →a remarkable accident occurred on the Carlisle and Silloth Railway on October 11. The 1.25 train from Carlisle had got beyond Abbey, when the guard's van, at the rear, was thrown broadside off the line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—After a long period of torpidity I perceive that the inhabitants of Ashfield and Burwood have awakened to the inadequacy of the accommodation offorded them by the railway authorities; they have, however, modestly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The London Times of January 4th states that the Sultan has authorised a loan of £25,000,000 for an extension of railway communication to Diarbekir…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →The Bathurst team won by 40 runs. It rained hard all day. The Goulburn cricketers are now being entertained at supper. Part of a cornice, weighing about 4 cwt, fell…
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