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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 47
Sir,—Before the Government started the above, I was under the impression that it was their foremost wish to meet the convenience of passengers arriving by the trains, and, to do so, precedence would the given to the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrible accident occurred on the night of the 3rd February, when a special train crashed into an ordinary one near Clichy, killing 22 persons and severely injuring 60 others. Diendonne, the engineer of the train, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A novel method of transportation, especially applicable to mining, was exhibited yesterday at Mort and Co.'s engineering works, Balmain. The appliance, which may be described as a wire elevated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For some time past there have been numerous complaints of goods having been stolen from tho trains on the Southern Railway while in transit. The difficulty of securing the thieves appeared at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Barton, Moxham and Co., the well-known American imported, have lately received from the United States the agency of an elevated tramway for mining purposes, which was on Tuesday practically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In these days of so-called railway reform, allow me, through the columns of your valuable journal, to draw the attention of the railway authorities to the want of attention on the part of many of the porters and officials to travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In justice to North Shore, will you please allow me to point out an error in fact which was stated by Mr. Lackey when replying to Mr. Burns in reference to that district being left out in the Tramway scheme?…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation comprised of the Hons. Joseph. Docker and Joan Stewart, M.L.C.'s, and Alderman Hordern and Hardie, waited on the Minister for Public Works, yesterday, to ask that the tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Lackey, yesterday, received a deputation introduced by Mr. M'Culloch, consisting of Messrs. Haigh (Mayor of Liverpool), Senior, Murton, Lane, Pearce, Marsden, Holland, and Moore, who attended to advocate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hezlet, M.L.A., introduced to the Secretary for Works yesterday a deputation consisting of Mr. Taylor (mayor of Paddington), Mr. Hellmrich, (council clerk), the Hon. John Sutherland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation, consisting of Mr. Haigh, Mayor of Liverpool; Messrs. J. B. Murton, W. Lane, J. Marsden, E. Holland, and C. Thorn, were introduced to the Secretary for Public Works by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THERE is little need to explain the remarkably powerful picture in which our artist has so boldly and mercilessly satirized one of the greatest vices of the age—the love of betting. The idea of suddenly becoming rich at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A deputation introduced by Mr. Coonan, M.L.A.—Messrs. R. Green (mayor of Bourke), W. H. Daniel (town clerk), C. Cowper (sheriff), Hinton, Fetherstonhaugh, Readford, A. Becker, and H. L. Beyers, M.L.A.—waited on the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 542 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. Fitzpatritk, S. H. Terry, Thompson, Murphy, Barbour, Lucas, Beyers, Leary, and Hurley (H.), Ms.L.A., and Messrs. T. Colls, R. W. Pearson, and H. Dodds, waited on the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 542 →The Hon. J. Docker, M.L.C., introduced to the Secretary for Public Works, yesterday morning, a deputation consisting of the Hon. J. Stewart, Alderman Hordern and Alderman Hardie, for life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Your correspondent "Resident" appears to be unaware of the fact that there is such a plane as Blue's Point. If tramways are ever constructed for the North Shore I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning Mr. Lackey was waited on by Messrs. Docker, Hordern, Hardie, and Stewart, for the purpose of urging the Government to construct the tramway to Darlinghurst along Victoria-street, instead of Darlinghurst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Coonan, Mr. Beyers, M.P's., and Messrs. R. Green (Mayor of Bourke), W. H. Daniell, Charles Camper, A. Becker, Featherstonhaugh, and Readford, interviewed the Minister for Public Works on…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Mr. Lackey also received a deputation comprised of Mr. E. Flood, M.L.C., Mr. Calvert, Mr. Beaumont, and others, who asked the Government to extend the proposed tramway system to Botany…
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