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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The Report of the Commissioner for Railways, for the rear 1878, waslaid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last week. It is a long and exhaustive document, containing full information as to the working of every branch, of…
Continued on Trove, page 787 →Sir,--Referring to the correspondence which lately appeared in your contemporary, the "Sydney Morning Herald," signed respectively "H.," and "Wm. A. Brodribb," upon the subject of railway extension to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Mr. Russell Barton sees fit to quarrel with the short note of mine that you were good enough to insert in your issue of 16th instant. I acknowledge only one inaccuracy therein, viz., in spealting of an 1872 flood. The year 1872…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A painful accident occurred on Saturday evening on tho tramway line. Shortly after the 5.5 p.m. tram left the Rodfern station, and when opposite Mr. Fosberry's residence, near Christ Church, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In my reply to "Pro Bono Publico," I took the stand of an advocate charged with a defence rather than that of an honest man seeking to bring truth to the surface. But now that "Pro Bono Publico" and his anonymous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—The action of the Government in purchasing the land known as Chisholm's, near Sydney, for the sum of £100,000, as a site for the new railway workshops, requires the closest scrutiny, which should not be delayed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →From what the Governor was made to say at the opening of Parliament, the question of railway extension generally will, it may be presumed, be taken into consideration early during the present session; and the question as to the best…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In a few,weeks there will be running upon the tramway at Leeds, and also at the Liverpool Docks, a steam locomotive of the class which has done much good service m Paris and also in the West Indies. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Central Police Court yesterday, G. Sutherland, 15, was charged with having, on Saturday afternoon, got into a tramway carriage while the carriage was in motion. Mr. Gannon, for defendant, pleaded cause to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I noticed this morning there is a letter in the Herald signed "A Dweller in the Mountains," complaining of the railway fares. I think that there ought to be no reason for grumbling from country people. There has lately been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"What was it built for? What was the object of its skilful projectors, the city directors Is it for ornament, or is it for use!"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GRAFTON, Wednesday.—A railway deputation, accompanied by Mr. Marcollini, the explorer, left to-day for Sydney with the object of urging the construction of a railway from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Until yesterday it was some time since Mr.Lucas had appeared in your columns in opposition to the extension of the railway from Redfern into the city, as desired by the whole of the inhabitants of the metropolitan area,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?] Mr. Murphy, M.P., Mr. Wright, formerly member for Queanbeyan, and other residents of Queanbeyan, interviewed the Minister for Works to-day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Government appear to be in earnest about providing transit accommodation from the city to the suburbs. Yesterday, Mr. Lackey gave notice that on the 27th November he will move for leave to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hon. John Sutherland, M.P., this morning introduced to the Minister for Worts a deputation of gentlemen interested in the welfare of the Clarence and New England districts, among whom were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, composed of Mr. Webb, M.L.A., Mr. Combes, M.L.A., Mr. J. Davies, M.L.A., Mr. Jas. Cock, Mr. Pascoe, Mr. Beattie, Mr. Rice, and; Mr. Strong, waited on the Minister for Works this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] STORY. [?] DETERMINED to keep in close [?] without lighting a fire for at least forty-sight [?] alter my recape. I felt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PURSUANT to a requisition sent by Mr. Wall, the Mayor of Randwick, to the mayors of the several boroughs round the City, a public meeting was held yesterday afternoon, at the Sydney Exchange, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting was held at the Exchange, at 4 p.m., yesterday, to consider the extension of steam tramways through the city and suburbs. Amongst those present were—Mr. John Macpherson, Mayor of Waverley; Mr. W. Tunks,…
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