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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
538 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 27
SIR,—The writer of a letter, under the above heading, which appealed in your issue of Monday last and who assumed the nom de plume of "Waverley," is evidently a friend "to the ground and liege man to the Trust." He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The committee of the Illawarra railway intimated their wish that I should take part in the deputation which waited on the Minister yesterday, but by an accident, the written appointment for the time of assembling tailed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The debate on the lean estimates was commenced in the Legislative Assembly last night. The sum of £2,909,000 was proposed for railways, the first item under this head being the sum of £7[?]0,000 for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Considerable discussion has taken place in Parliament and in the Press during the past month in reference to the progress of the railways; and in the Legislative Assembly, a week ago Mr. Lackey, the Minister for Works, read the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AIR--"The King of the Cannibal Islands." So Dibbs and Nelson are undone; The Illawarra rail will come; We'll never rest till we can run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was late in the day when Clemant returned to the farm, in company with Mr. Redbridge. The barrister and the convalescent had spent much of their time at Atherby Court; there had been more…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →SIR,—In reading through the correspondents on the subject of the present floeded state of the South Heal Road, near its junction with Park Road, it appears that one important feature of the case is omitted, namely, that the action of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Thursday morning a shocking accident occurred at the Macquarie Plains railway station, which gave rise to various rumours in town that a fatal accident had really occurred at that place. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. ROBERTSON seems to think that the Government has done a strong thing in calling the contractors for the railway works together, and telling them that no further extensions of time will be granted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 720 →THE Echuca correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writes on the 24th May:—This railway, which is to connect, the two colmies of Victoria and New South Wales, is now so near completion that a brief history of its construction, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—In railwayy traveling the last thing calculated upon is any serious danger existing to the travelling public on the railway platforms, but rather that, when once there, comparative safety is ensured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—May 1 beg a small space to state that my [?] was not against the Hlawa[?] railroad, but it that was the duty of the State to complete the main trunk lines so as to con[?] the colonies, now only [?] by sea (except the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I have no doubt it must have been amusing to read my remarks on Dr. Lang's lecture. It always is amusing to see misstatements and fallacies shown up, and probably further amusement will have been created by Mr. Biggar's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following are extracts from the report of the Committee appointed by the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and the Trinity House, to consider the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (Rule of the Road at Sea and of the [?]dments…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nothing, says the Yass Courier, could more prove the popularity and good management of Mr. George Mackay, who has had charge of the railway contract of Messrs. Williams and and Blunt on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The official opening of the line, says the Pastoral Times, is fixed for Tuesday, 4th July. Governor Sir Hercules Robinson lias been invited to open the line, and Governor Sir George Bowen, of Victoria, is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now that Mr. PARKS has discharged himself of a considerable quantity of the virus that has been accumulating within him for several months, we hope he feels himself more at his case. We can assure him that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Much discussion has taken place between engineers on the subject of the mode to be best adopted for the erection of suitable wharf accommodation at the Circular Quay, but I trust it will not be thought presump[?]ous, if one who is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I scarcely think my friend Mr. Parkes has done me [?] in the following remarks in his speech on the Illa[?] Railway in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday "These agifaters had done what ought to be a living…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For some time past the residents of George's Plains, the Vale, and other places through which the first portion of the railway line from Bathurst to Orange has been formed, have been in the habit of riding to…
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