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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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TO-DAY the opening of the railway to Gunnedah is appointed to take place, but the weather has been so unpropitions that the ceremony will be deprived of the eclat which the presence of Ministers and others…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In view of the increased traffic, consequent on the opening of the Exhibition, a new time-table, embodying the following alterations, has been issued by the Railway Deparrment:— The passenger train now leaving Sydney at 9.45 a.m. will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to correct Mr. Lucas's assertion, in your issue of to-day, "that the object of the three P[?] of Canterbury was not the extension of the railway into Sydney, but the destruction of his political…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We learn that a new railway time-table is about to be issued, to come into operation on the 15th instant. It is intended to provide for the better accommodation of the through traffic during the time the Exhibition is open. We…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The severe weather of the past two days has had the effect of washing away a portion of the railway embankment near the culvert at Duck Creek, about midway between Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This morning a deputation, consisting of the Hon. J. S. Parnell,M.P., Mr. G. R. Dibbs, Mr. Thomas Shepherd, Mr. H. Allen, Mr. G. A. Bell, Mr. R. Gale, and, Mr. Aitcheson, representing inhabitants of St…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FRIGHTFUL accident oconrred this morning at the Redfern liailway Station, by which Mr. Slorrcll, of thcearpot department oilleBSrs. Farpior and Com-pany's warchonse, lost his life. It appears that as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In consequence of the increase in the passenger traffic which is anticipated during the Exhibition period, the Commissioner for Railway (Mr. C. A. Goodchap) has prepared a revised time table,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ceremony in connection with the formal opening of the railway line from Breeza to Gunnedah, connecting the latter place with Werris Creek and the Great Northern Railway, took place…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. W. Trickett, Mayor of Woollahra; Mr. Macpherson, Mayor of Waverley; Mr. Taylor; Mayor of Paddington; Mr. Alderman Butcher, (Woollahra), and Mr. Symonds, council clerk of Woollahra…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Yes ! Reynolds had run his race—an “event” not set down in the programme of the Yarram[?]ra Punt meeting. Granted that at the start he may have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I have lately travelled us far as Hornsby, and for miles along the road the eve is gladdened by the sight of the many beautiful orangeries, for which Lane Cove is so justly famed. But how, in the name of all that is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN order to appreciate the gist of the alteration which the Minister of Works has made in the rules regulating the rates for school children travelling along the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir,—I see by your issue of the 11th instant, that the Government intend charging 2d. by the tram-cars from Redfern Station to Hunter-street, each way, which will be 4d. per day for season ticket-holders who may avail…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In this, my second letter, I will show the public the railway extension, by voting against which the three P.'s of Canterbury say I broke a pledge. Mr. Lackey, on moving the second reading of the City…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In another column in this issue, Mr. W. A. Brodribb, with a motive which, is praiseworthy, directs attention to the advantages which the extension of a railway line will secure for this colony in…
Continued on Trove, page 414 →Sir,—I have lately published two letters in the Sydney Morning Herald on the above subject. In my first letter, under date the 22nd ultimo, I stated that a line drawn from Albury north to the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 415 →We learn that a new railway time-table is about to be issued, to come into operation on the 15th instant. It is intended to provide for the better accommodation of the through traffic during the time the Exhibition is open. We…
Continued on Trove, page 423 →The first section of the north-western branch of the Great Northern Railway was opened for traffic on the 11th instant, about three weeks in advance of the contract date. The line, which leaves the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 428 →The opening of the railway to Gunnedah is an event of much interest and importance. In the matter of railway extension, there was long an impression—and not altogether…
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