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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 47
Sir,—The letter of Dr. Ryley on the above subject, in your issue of to-day, contains a picture of railway comfort which is really quite too good for this slow-plodding colony. A little time since, after many promises, gas was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An appalling calamity happened on the South Pacific Coast Railroad on Sunday afternoon, May 23, by which sixteen persons were killed and forty others badly wounded or slightly bruised. It is the second great railroad disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 67 →NEVER in the history of Australia has a more awful catalogue of crime, or a more desperate light, been chronicled than that which, took place last week, and which ended in the almost total…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The very great trouble and inconvenience to persons applying for tickets at the Redfern station on public holidays and Saturdays, might be considerably lessend if the Department would have two ticket-stalls erected at the end…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—James Collins, a railway porter at the Newcastle station, whilst shunting some trucks just after noon to-day, incautiously went between the buffers instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COPELAND NORTH, Friday.—The opening ceremony of the Barrington bridge was a great success. The bridge was opened yesterday by Henry Copeland, Esq., M.L.A. A large number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Petersham (Mr. M. M'Makon) Mr. Piggott, Mr. Pile Mr. Barnett Mr. Jaques, and Mr. Graham waited upon the Minister for Works, to represent the state of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I was much pleaded with your just and muchneeded remarks on the present method of issuing railway tickets. It would be difficult to conceive a procedure more inconvenient to railway passengers, especially to ladies, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Petersham, with Messrs. Pigott, Pile, Graham, and several other gentlemen, had an interview with the Hon. Minister for Works, respecting the station buildings at Petersham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—It has been pointid out by previous writers how inconvenient is the modus of selling railway tickets, at one place and at one time only. Truly, a slower department than that of our railways does not exist in the world. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Those interested in the extension of the Great Northern Railway beyond Tamworth will be glad to learn that the work of constructing that section of the line which is between Tamworth and Uralla is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More light in railway carriage, particularly at this season of the year, says a late English paper, when it is impossible to go a journey of any length before darkness steals on, is a thing greatly to be desired…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THE difficult question as to the practicability of conveying dead meat in a fresh and wholesome condition for long distances has for some considerable time engaged public attention, and any solution of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—The details relating to time of starting, issue of tickets, &c., at a metropolitan railway station have at all times formed a difficult and troublesome subject to arrange satisfactory for all classes of the travelling public. This…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some important alteration (says the Melbourne AGE) have been made in the rates charged by the railway Department for the carriage of woll from he Western District and from New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In answer to my just complaint about railway tickets a correspondent has wrapped himself up in the lion-skin of a " Viator." For my benefit, and that of the general public, he begins to discuss the difficulty of starting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation introduced by Mr. H. Clarke, M.L.A., and consisting of the Mayor of Randwick (Mr. John See), Aldermen Bradley and Pearce, and Mr. J. Davies, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works, yesterday, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, composed of the Mayor of Randwick (Mr. Sec), Aldermen Bradley, Pearce, and J. Davies, M.L.A., and introduced by Mr. Clarke. M.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Wednesday last, 15th instant, the bridge over the Barrington River, between Gloucester and Copeland, was opened for public traffic by Mr. Copeland, M.L.A. A large number of people were present Mr. Ernest Sharps, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 172 →Yesterday the Minister for Public Works was interviewed by Mr. S. C. Brown, M.L.A., the Mayor of Newtown (A. Wildman), and others, asking for the croction of a high level foot-bridge or an…
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