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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A MEETING of the inhabitants of Ashfield, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the desirableness of extending the railway into Sydney, was held at the Council Chambers, Liverpool Road, on Monday evening. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AS our readers have been, apprised, by telegram, a stroug agitation is setting in in South Australia for a railway from Port Adelaide to the Murray, and it appears that a deputation appointed at a public meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE understand that the number of tenders for the extension of the Great Southern railway from Goulburn to Yass, sent in to the Commissioner for Railways at the Department of Public Works, was five. The board met…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Commissioner of Railways announces that the rates for the conveyance of grain, flour, and potatoes from all stations to Melbourne shall be increased on and after this day. We entertain grave doubts as to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Government finally decided upon the tenders for the above yesterday. Messrs. Williams and Blunt have proved to be the successful tenderers, and at their prices the contract will be carried out at the rate of L3590 per mile. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE questions of railway construction and management have formed very fruitful thornes of discussion in this colony as elsewhere during the last quarter of a century; and, so far as it has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In connection with the present agitation for the extension of the railway into the heart of the city, I and the projected improvement of the Circulai Quay, I beg leave to submit a scheme which I think worthy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Commissioner of Railways announces that the rates for the conveyance of grain, flour, and potatces from all stations to Meblourne shall be increased on and after this day. We entertain grave doubts as to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The tenders for tho extension of the Southern Railway from Goulburn to Yass were opened on Tuesday. Five of the tenders were sent in by men fully competent to perform the work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a time when there is such a demand for increased wharfage accommodation in the harbour, particularly in the vicinity of Sydney Cove, at the head of which in the Circular Quay, it ia interesting to observe what is being…
Continued on Trove, page 72 →PERSPECTIVE VIEW AND ELEVATIONS OF THE CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SHIPPING ACCOMMODATION AT NEW YORK CITY…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A MEETING of the inhabitants of Ashfield, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the desirableness of extending the railway into Sydney, was held at the Council Chambers, Liverpool Road, on Monday evening. There…
Continued on Trove, page 82 →Arrangements are being made for the construction of a line of railway from Tien Tsin to Pekin…
Continued on Trove, page 73 →THE Government finally decided upon the tender for the above on Thursday. Messrs. Williams and Blint have proved to be the successful tenderers, and at their prices the contract will be carried out at the rate of L3500 per mile. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The tenders for the extension of the railway from Goulburn to Yass were made at a schedule of prices. The total amounts were found to be as under—calculated at the Engineer-inChief's estimate of quantities:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Might I make use of a portion of your columns to call the attention of the authorities to a grievance to which passengers on the Western line are at present subjected. I refer to the inhumanity—for it can be called little else—of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Those who are advocating the extension of the railway further into the city must have been highly gratified with the impetus given to their idea by the drawings and articles in the last Sydney Mail,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE railway system of England is a monument of the enterprise and wealth—if not of the credulity and extravagance—of British capitalists; but expensive and comparatively disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river is bank high. It has risen seven feet since yesterday, and still rising…
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