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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
1,111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 56
A meeting of the committee to consider what steps shall be taken in view of the recent action of Parliament in rejecting the vote for city and suburban extension, was held yesterday afternoon, at the rooms of Messrs. Richardson…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A meeting of the committee interested in getting the railway extended into the city was held at Messrs. Richardson and Wrench's, Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon, the following gentlemen being present: --…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Hungerford, M.L.A., accompanied by some local readouts, interviewed the Colonial Secretary, this forenoon, and asked that the road from Newcastle to Lake Macquarie might be repaired, as it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An express train from Barcelona to Madrid was attacked and robbed by brigands on the night of the 20th May. The train was stopped near Calatayud station, about 160 miles from Barcelona, by about 40…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—The Assembly have just passed, at a single Pitting, without any discussion or debate worthy of the name, a railway loan estimate for £7,352,768, and the Loan Bill will, I presume, be sent to the Upper House to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 3nd July, 1879, from persons willing to contract for the erection of a bridge over the Railway at Mount Wilson, Great Western Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yesterday morning Mr. Wisdom, M.L.A.; Mr. Burns, M.L.A.; Mr. Jacob, M.L.A.; Mr. Johnstone, M.L.A., and Mr. H. H. Brown, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works relative to the reimposition of tolls on bridges and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning Mr. Hungerford, M.L.A., and three local residents of the neighbourhood of Charlestown, Lake Macquarie, waited on the Minister for Works, and urged that a higher classification should be given to the road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation consisting of Mersrs. R. D. Charlton and L. Ross, of Charlestown, and Messrs. M. Collin and M. Marks, of Lake Macquarie, was intorduced by Mr. Hungerford, M.L.A., to the hon. the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE supper table, surrounded by its company of fair women and well-looking men, lit up by Chinese lanterns suspended from the roof of greenery, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There has been no undertaking in Sydney so expeditiously, or apparently so faithfully carried on as the tramway works. The rails have, in the course of a few days, crept up the hill in Elizabeth-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The adjourned meeting of delegates from the Trades and Labour Council and the Eight Hours "Conference of Iron Trades was resumed in the Hyde Park Hotel, corner of Bathurst and Castlereagh streets, last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir, -- In reading the Parliamentary proceeding, as published in your issue of the 11th, I felt surprised and indignant at the conduct of those members -- particularly Messrs. M'Elhone and Roseby, they being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SI,—In your leader last week I noticed remarkable bearing on the conduct of railway As every word therein is so true, and the censures upon that class of public servants…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A GENTLEMAN from the quartz-reefs at Macetown, who visited Mr. Alves' self-acting and [?]rial tramway at the Fernhill colliery, for the purpose of making himself acquainted with its adaptability for mining…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →TENDERS are required for Re-planking Peach-free Creck Bridge, Main Western Road, Penrith, Specifications, may be seen at Court-house, Penrith, and Court-house, Parramatta. Tenders must be delivered to Clerk Petty Sessions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTENSE excitement was occasioned in this city yesterday, by the tidings that a party of 43 immigrants from the East, and bound hither, were coralled the day previous in Trahoe Pass, by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accident occurred on the Central Railway, 96 miles from Rockhampton, on Saturday. Two of the carriages got off the line at a curve, and the passengers jumped out. The guard was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—When I want a thing done, I generally find the best way is to do it myself. If all I hear be true, the Sydney people have been begging and praying of the Government to give them a railway through the city for more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Higginbotham has agreed to report on and give evidence before a select committee respecting the Rivoli Bay and Mount Gambier Railway. Insurance Co. Dividend…
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