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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
538 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 27
To write the history of the English railway system, would be a task worthy of high literary aspiration. The change which has been effected within the last forty years in the greater part of England is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of The Herald, recently undertook to pay half or more of the expenses of a train from New York to San Francisco, which should take through Lawrence Barrett and a…
Continued on Trove, page 115 →Manufacturer of French and English Confectionery, Cocoa, Chocolate, and Chocolate Cream, and every description of Boiled Goods by new machinery. Speciality of Pastilles and Jujubes, Citron, Lemon…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of The Herald, recently undertook to pay half or more of the expenses of a train from New York to San Francisco, which should take through Lawrence Barrett and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—Whether right or wrong, a general opinion seems to have gamed ground in country districts that the authority of Parliament to sanction any specific railway route is more likely to be obtained by "lobbying" and "log rolling,"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE estimated loss resulting from the non-payment of interest due to foreign bondholders within a year is calculated at not less than £84,000,000 sterling. If this be so, and there is no reason to believe that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE opening of the new line of railway from Moama to Deniliquin, on the 4th July, 1876, marks an important period in the history of Australia. First, because it is the first connection made between the two colonies of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 104 →THE railway from Deniliquin to Moama was formally opened on Tuesday, 4th July. The weather was fine, and the whole affair passed off with great success. Special trains left Melbourne on the preceding day with hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WE are glad to notice the arrival in Brisbane, by the last Torres Straits mail, of Mr. G. H. Royee, one of the partners of the Fairlis Engine Company, London, who has come out to arrange for a trial of the well…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →SIR,—Premit me through the columns of your paper to again direct public attention to the dangerous state of the road from Sutton Forest to the main southern road towards Berrima, two of the culverts on which have fallen in, and the remainder will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE trains could not run yesterday, and the passengers and mails for Dalby were sent on by a trolly, and it will be so worked until the line is again open. The engine of the 1 p.m. up train yesterday tried to got to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are glad to notice the arrival in Brisbane, by the last Torres Straits mail, of Mr. G. H. Royce, one of the partners of the Fairlie Engine Company, London, who has come out to arrange for a trial of the well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Amid the clamour and contradictions which are going on, not alone in the North, South, and West, but also in our very midst, respecting the extension of our railways inland, peahaps a suggestion from one who knows…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—Having been prevented by an accident from being present in the Assembly when the discussion took place upon the advisability of taking the railway from Orange to Wellington via Ironbarks, instead of Molong, I will kindly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following minute paper for the Commissioner of Railways has been prepared by the Engineer-in-Chief:— "Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Engineer's Office, Sydney, July 21, 1876…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Duggan lost three head. Mr. R. Ellem had about 1000 bushels of maize in his barn; the water was in about two feet; but since the flood the barn has burst. The water having gone, the [?] will only suffer slightly. He was fortunate in saving all his…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE Mann River Bridge, that new and much-needed structure, was proceeding satisfactoryi[?]y, and would have been completed by the end of the year, but now we have only to look for another bridge, which must be at least another five…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. LACKEY said, in answer to Mr. Driver for Mr. Lloyd, that the average quantity of coal consumed by each engine per trip, between Newcastle and Murruland, was per passenger engine, 36 cwt.; and for goods engine, 55…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Although the largest annual railway passenger receipts are from Parramatta, but little attention is paid to the convenience of its passengers by the proper authorities for the 8.20 a.m. train from here now calls a[?] Ashfield…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It is nor my intention to criticize the whole of Mr. J. E. Kelly s long letter in to-day's Herald in reference to the railway to the Darling River, but as that gentlemen had therein accused me of making…
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