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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 47
Sir,—What are the Mayors and inhabitants of Paddington, Woollahra, and Waverley about that they are taking no action to have our tramway carried out? The people of Randwick are setting us an example how to go about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday being [?] 25th anniversary of the opening of the [?] in New South Wales, a picnic under the auspices of the Railway Department was to have taken place at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I beg to draw the attention of the Government, through the medium of your paper, to a matter of far greater moment than whether the tramway shall run inside or outside the enclosure by the Victoria Barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A very largely attended meeting was held in the Councilchambers, Woollabra, last night, for the purpose of taking steps to urge the Government to complete the tramway to Woollahra. Mr. W. J. Trickett, Mayor of that borough,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir, -- You will greatly [?] many others by giving publicity to [?] extraordinary travelling on tramway [?] on Saturday night last. I, with many [?] to the waiting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir, -- I came in this morning by the train, arriving at Redfern at 9.[?]0 and being [?] to get to business as quickly as possible, [?] mu seat in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday was a gala day in the Railway Department. It was devoted to the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the first railway in the colony. It had been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Will you kindly permit me, through your valuable columns, a short space to ventilate a great inconvenience, if not a positive hardship, to which those persons who frequently travel long distances by rail have to submit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—In your issue of the 24th instant Mr. Henry Copeland, writing on the above subject, propounds a very curious opinion, viz., that smokers should be entitled to more consideration than those should who do not use the weed,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--Knowing that you are always foremost in studying the public weal, I take the liberty of drawing attention to the unsatisfactory manner in which the crossing of the Elizabeth-street tramway is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--The insolence of some of the tramway officials has recently been the subject of complaints in your columns, and on Friday last I had evidence that those complaints have not been unfounded. A lady asked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Because I advocate accommodation for smokers on our tramcars your correspondent " T. C. B.," in this morning's issue, would foist upon me the absurdity of providing similar accommodation for drunkards! Such argument…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--In the report of a meeting of the Redfern electors in your issue of Wednesday last, Mr. Fremlia, who appears as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors, speaking on railways, says that he "would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Commissioner for Railways informed a deputation that waited on him yesterday with reference to the prposed western system of tramways that it was undesirable to break up the thoroughfares long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—The presumption created by the slow pace at which trains have traversed this structure for some weeks past, that unusual caution had become necessary in regard to its use, has lately led several residents in the suburbs to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ONE of the finest bridges in Australia is that which connects the northern and southern portions of the Queensland capital, divided by the River Brisbane. It is called the Victoria, and is constructed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S[?]—In your issue of the 4th instant appears a letter from "An Old Resident," who, writing with the imperious air of a bank manager in droughty [?] desires your readers to accept his assurance of the [?] as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The Mayors of Woollahra. Waverley, and Paddington, accompanied by several influential residents of each place, interviewed the Minister for Public Works yesterday, impressing upon him the n[?]oessity…
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