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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
538 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 27
SIR,—A notice has appeared in your columns several times lately on this subject, signed by the Commissioner for Radways, stating tnat smoking carriages are attached to all suburban trains, and intmating that smoking is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ON Tuesday, April 4, the extension of the Great Western Railway, from Kelso to Bathurst, was opened, for public traffic by his Excellency the Governor. Although the present extension is less than two miles in extent, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 466 →THE event of the week has been the opening of the Great Western Railway to Bathurst. The Bathurst people were determined to "demonstrate;" Parliament adjourned until, the next day…
Continued on Trove, page 464 →THE celebration of the opening of the railway to Bathurst this day was a great success in every respect Tho preparations were on a liberal and most extensive scale. For several weeks past a strong committee…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →On Thursday evening a lad named Thomas King residing in Wallsend. ran behind the passenger train as it was leaving for Newcastle, and held on to the buffers; by some moans the book of the carriage, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking of the opening of the railway to Bathurst the Dubbo Dispatch says:—"The history of the agitation for the construction of the railway to Bathurst is pregnant with lessons for the guidance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday night last a diabolical attempt was made to run the night train from Brathurst downward off the rails. We give particulars as they are to hand:—One of the men connected with the Kelso…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir Hercules Robinson is not either the slave of precedent or constitutional etiquette. He takes no pains to conceal that the opinions of Her Majesty's representatives are not always in accord with those of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We learn that notwithstanding the distinct promises of the Minister for Public Works and of the Postmaster-General that the railway to Yass station would be opened on the earliest day that this could be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXCURSION TICKETS, at a SINGLE FARE for the double journey, will be issued at all Stations for Sydney, on the 15thh of April, and on the 17th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd April, available to return for distances of 15…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EXCURSION TICKETS, at a SINGLE FARE for the double journey, will be issued at all Stations for Sydney, on the 15th of April, and on the 17th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd April, avaiable to return for distances of 15…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Visitor Form The Country. A Gentleman who cen recollect the grass growing over the public building…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE opening of the Great Western Railway to Bathurst, of which we gave an account in our last issue, was an event of considerable importance to the Western districts…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →They were all carly risers at the villa that morning—each had something on his or her mind that stood in the way of repose after the sun had risen. Lady Coedstown and her maid had not descended…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →TO Gunning 165 miles by rail. At Bean's Inn, close to the station, you can have tin excellent luncheon or dinner, but the sleeping accommodation is limited. There are other and largher inns in the town, but a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday, Apnl 4, the extension of the Great Western Railway, from K[?]lso to Bathurst, was opened for public traffic by his Excellency the Governor Although the present ext[?]nsion is less than two miles in extent, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE following notice has been extensively circulated about Sydney in large placard bills. We heavily endorse the sentiments contained therein, and desire to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A red letter day for the city o Bathurst, was when his Excellency Sir Hercules .Robinson' in a few pithy sentences, declared the opening up of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AMONG the subjects which have of late years engaged the attention of the authorities and inhabitants of most great cities, the necessity for increased facilities in street traffic has taken a very…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The passenger traffic on the various lines of railway today has been considerable. Foremost among the many pleasant railway excursions to the country for a change of air and scene was the cheap excursion under…
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