A Train on Fire
LONDON, December 25.—A serious train accident is reported from America. A passenger train took fire near Carolina, and before the paseengers could be released…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
1,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 90
Correspondence. New South Wales Railway and Tramway Iron. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--The Government undertake the construction of the railways and tramways, and I want you to make public the very little attention that is paid to the cost and quality of the iron used for the…
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In a very few days the railway systems of Victoria and New South Wales will meet on the banks of the Murray, and but for the absurd neglect to construct a bridge over this important [?]. perfect railway…
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To a very large extent-far more than is generally thought-the progress and prosperity of New South Wales will depend upon the wisdom or unwisdom which…
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LONDON, December 31.-The project for the construction of a line of railway to Candahar has been abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Will you allow me to bring again before your readers the suggestion I some time back offered, that the gauge of our tramways should be made the same as that of the railway, and that the tramway should be extended to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Department and the Treasury. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of yesterday you have a statement comparing the revenue and expenditure on account of railways during the last four years, as shown by the Treasury accounts, and the Commissioner for Railways' annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, Jan. 1, 1881. The Farmers and the Railway Rates
THERE has been so much said and written in connection with railway management in this country that an unobservant person might suppose the subject exhausted long…
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THE Commissioner for Railways, Mr. C. A. Goodchap, has furnished the Secretary for Works with an exhaustive report on tho tramway system of this colony, its history, present condition, and future…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Railway Rates for Farm Produce. To the Editor
SIR,—In a letter to your journal a few weeks since, I directed attention to the hardship the farmers and others were compelled to endure in consequence of the excessive rates charged for the conveyance of their produce by rail,…
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The traffic was again very heavy on the tramway lines on Saturday caused by the attendance at the races, the sports in Moore Park, and other forms of holiday making. It has been ascertained that over…
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The first animal dinner in connection with the western employes of No. 2 district, Locomotive and Traffic Railway Department, came o[?] in the Temperance Hall, Penrith, on Friday evening, and was the most successful affair of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Dinner at Penrith. [By Electric Telegraph.] Penrith
The first annual dinner in connection with the Western employees of the No. 2 district locomotive and traffic railway department came off in the Temperance Hall last evening, and was the most…
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Nothing ia yet-known of the date for the opening of the railway to Albury, execpt that it cannot now take place so early as was anticipated. The administrative branch of the department will require from…
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A sensational incident took place during the journey of the noon train from .Sandhurst to Mel- bourne on tho 30th ultimo. The heavily laden train (says tho Benligo Advertiser) went on all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Railway Tendering
Sir,—The leader in thin morning's Telegraph was Al as to the way of making up tenders aud supply . quantities as in other colonies but a mist's!- has been made about the quantities for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Northern Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your leader of the 27th ultimo encourages me to give, through your paper, twelve reasons why the contemplated northern Railway should be made via Brisbane Water and Lane Cove to St. Leonards…
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Notwithstanding reports that have been circulated, we are in a position to state that the dates for the opening of the railways to Albury and Dubbo have nor yet been definitely fixed. It is quite true that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accounts. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your article of 29th December, and also the one subsequent to "Accountant's" reply, are very just. No true professional expert, possessed of the caution and acumen so necessary to the pursuit of his profession, would…
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