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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
528 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 27
As our readers have been apprised by telegraph, the Government of Victoria took especial pains to mark the important event of opening the North Eastern Railway to Wodonga by laying a special train and issuing a…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A CONSIDERABLE number of cases were tried at the late session of the Central Criminal Court at Darlinghurst, but none were of much interest or public importance except that known as "the Orange Road Murder case," which,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I noticed by a telegram in this morning's Herald that the route for the Illawarra railway, crossing George's River near its junction with the Woronora, had been favourably spoken of. Will you allow me through your…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE Execrative Council met yesterday, and the case Muggridge, on the Orange-road, was considered. It was decided that the law should take its course. Jarvis was left for execution, but the date of the execution is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Chicago papers of August l8th contain particulars of the recent catastrophe on the Chicago and Alton Railroad. One account states:— Another of those railroad horrors which periodically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The returns of the poll taken to-day give, so far as received, Cooper a majority of 150. Mr. Rotton beat him at Kelso, but at Sofala and Wattle Flat Cooper was ahead. His election…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Mr. Stephens and I having just returned from a careful inspection of the approaches to Illawarra, and having also taken a correct section of all the elevations and depressions along the whole length of the Bottle Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual list of railway accidents issued by the Board of Trade is a remarkable document. It may well be thought not very pleasant to the manager of a great railway to see the year's casualties on his line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a meeting held last night at the Canadian, it was resolved that Mr. J. G. O'Connor should be requested to assist Mr. Buchanan in laying the memorial adopted before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I should have replied to Mr. Manning's letter of the 2nd instant before, but was waiting to get further information. I have just seem a genglemen who has driven the whele distance in a spring-cart, and not had to alight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →YESTERDAY afternoon, pursuant to advertisement, the meeting of the committee appointed in connection with tho movement in favour of "metropolitan railway extension" took place in Messrs. Richardson and Wrench[?]s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN accordance with advertisement, the members of the Railway Sub-committee met on last Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the Court-house, Yass, to receive a further report from Mr. G[?]undy, There were present—The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM the tone of the debate in the Assembly, we concluded that the Government will score an easy victory upon the motion for the second reading of the Transcontinental Railway Bill,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. R. MANUEL, C.E., M.E., adn M.S., read an interesting paper on "The Transcontinental, Overland, Postal, European, and General Raiwlay." at the Town Hall Exchange…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MANY cautious and far-seeing men were of opinion, that even if the bill for making a transcontinental railway from Adelaide to Port Darwin should be passed into law by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I see by the parliamentary report in the Herald this morning, the Hon. Minister for Works read a letter from Mr. De Salis in reply to certain questions put by the hon, member for Canterbury, Mr. Lucas, respecting the Lake George Road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—It is an admitted fact that water carriage is alwaya cheaper then land carriage, and this is especially the case in or through thinly populated districts. Just now there is a cry for an Illawarra Railway, and there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Mr. Affleck questions my report to Mr. Sutherland on the genuiness of a petition signed by 639 people, praying that the old road along Lake George might be repaired. The inhabitants at each terminus of an important…
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