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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
528 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 27
SIR,—It appears to have been officially stated in Parliament last Thursday, on the strength of a seven mile survey out of 50 miles, "that De Salis' (or Gundaroo line) had been found to be 5 miles longer and very expensive"—for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following is the report of the Engineer-in-Choef to the Commissioner for Railways, with respect to the extension of the Great Southern line of Railway from Goulburn to Yass:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Some one has been calling public attention to the suburban railway, and there is one point which deserves more than ordinary consideration, namely—the necessity of a station nearer to our chief places of business than the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting was held on Monday, to receive the report of the Railway Extension Permanent Committee and to consider the action taken by the Government with reference to the extension of the railway past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC meeting was held on Monday, to receive the report of the Railway Extension Permanent Committee, and to consider the action taken by the Government with reference to the extension of the railway past Yass. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following is the report of the Engineer in Chief to the Commissioner for Railways with respect to the extension of the Great Southern Line of Railway from Goulburn to Yass:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,âIn explanation of the report of the Engineer-in-Chief quoted, by you (and you have been more fortunate in obtaining it than I have) respecting the difficulties of bringing the railway extension nearer to Yass than three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN this month's number we give an engraving from a photograph kindly taken by Mr. Gr. L. Asher, town clerk of Port Chalmers, of the new pier in connection with Bowen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—At the risk of slightly marring the effect of the graphic picture of the "Road Side Scene," and of possibly weakening the force of the charitable comments upon the conduct of the "Levites," will you…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. LEOPOLD FANE DE SALIS sometime member of the Assembly for Queanbeyan, as the reporters have not forgottene, is a gentleman of very verswatile genius…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARLIAMENT has sanctioned the plans, sections, and book of reference for the extension of the Great Southern Railway from Goulburn to Yass, an additional length of 54 miles. Money has been voted for the extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The subject of die lithograph which occupies the lower part of the picture is a wild glen in Queensland, the view being near Toowoomba. From the level of the railway the country rises in successive acclivities, which form, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 625 →A PUBLIC meeting was held on Monday, to receive the report of the Railway Extension Permanent Committee and to consider the action taken by the Government with reference to the extension of the railway past…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Railway literature of this colony has now attained to the most prodigious dimensions; and we question if anybody, not excepting even the whole [?] dealers in butter, could form any adequate conception…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In reference to your article in this day's Herald, headed "The Railway Department," I beg to say that much of that article, which is taken from the papers laid upon the table of the House by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BEREAUCRATIC investigations always give complete satisfaction—to the Bureaucrats. It is their chief purpose, their raison d'elre, as it were. If a public department…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I am very glad to see that at last Sydney is likely to adopt what has already been done with such marked success in all the great cities of Europe and America with regard to street railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Subjoined iS the Minister's memo, on Traffic Manager's minute, No. 13, 72/1878, containing a list of charges against Mr. Hanly :— I have decided Mr. Hanly's case on the Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A sickening discovery was made on the Thames embankment on Friday morning, 11th April. Whilstone of the collectors at 'Waterloo-bridge was watching the great fire raging at the floor-cloth factory of Messrs…
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