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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 47
Bill and Bridget Stubbs live in Gothon now, and this is how they got there. We are accustomed to state, with or without thought, that our southern hemisphere contains none among its…
Continued on Trove, page 536 →Sir,-- I [?] space in your coi[?]mes to bring under the notice of the public an act of [?] on the part of a public officer which demand [?] into by the anthor[?] The facts are as foll[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Would yon kindly insert a sugge[?]tion to the powers that be, in connection with our tram [?] see that tickets are being issued at two [?] and four pence each for various routes; and as the city…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, September 13.—The Waterloo railway station, on the London and Brighton railway line, has been the scene of a disastrous collision between two trains…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →About a quarter past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, as one of the large American-built cars was approaching King-street towards Hunter-street the swning on the top was noticed to be burning. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST evening a well-attended meeting was held at the Council Chambers Randwick for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of the extension at the tramway from its present terminus to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following proposed route for the extension of the tramway from Randwick to Coogee, was put forward by Mr. S. H. Pearse, last evening. It is from the present terminus at the racecourse, up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held last night, in the Councilchambers, Randwick, for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of 'bus communication between the tram terminus and Coogee, and the desirableness of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Mr. W. J. Trickett is to be thanked for suggesting, through your medium, to the Engineer of the J. Tram Department, that part of the Waverley line be laid between the dwarf wall with iron railing and the Barrack wall; only a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Kandwick, in compliance with a requisition presented to him, was field in the local Council Chambers last night to take into consideration the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-morrow morning, at 8 o'clock, a special train will leave Sydney for Wallerawang, where Sir John Robertson will turn the first sod of the first section of the railway from Wallerawang to Mudgee. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Department propose to make some better arrangements for the more systematic collection of fares on the tramways. In the proper collection of fares, the public are, of course, as much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nearly 100 persons left Mudgee this morning in Cobb'a cosches and private conveyances to take part at the railway demonstration to-morrow at Wallerawang. It is expected that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Having recently returned from a trip to Europe, I am in a position to say from my own observation, that the tramway system recently introduced in Sydney is most faulty and defective. In the first place, the motors in use…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—The by-law prohibiting smoking on tramcars, under a penalty of £2, seems altogether inoperative, for on the tram by which I have just come down there were some half-dozen pipes and cigars in full blast; the result, in my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day is the day appointed for the ceremony of turning the first sod in connection with railway line to be constructed from Wallerawang to Mudgee, and several members of the Government and private…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The small and quiet own of Wallarawang, situated just beyond the Blue Mountains, is to-day the scene of the turning of the first sod of the railway to Mudgee, whose inhabitants are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following paragraph, contributed by Mr. J. L. Tebbutt, of Murrurundi, to the Maitland MERCURY, deserves the widest publicity:—"Allow me to draw the attention of the railway authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PRECISELY at 1 o'clock the special train arrived from Sydney. The Ministerial party were met at the station by a large assemblage, and welcomed by the Mudgee railway league committee,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident happened on August 11, at Wennington Junction, near Settle, on the Midland Railway, to a train from Leeds to Carnforth and the Lake district The engine was about to run on a length of single…
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