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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A public meeting of the ratepayers of Ultimo and Pyrmont was held yesterday in the Congregational Church, Ultimo, for the purpose of urging on the Government the necessity of constructing a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I crave some space in the columns of your widely circulated paper for the purpose of attracting public attention to a subject in which the protection of the lives and limbs of many of the population of the city of Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,âKindly grant me a small space in your columns to point, out to the railway authorities the urgent necessity that exists for a refreshment station on the Southern line, midway between Mittagong and Juneo, so that travellers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A public meeting of the ratepayers of Ultimo, the Glebe, Balmais, and Petersham, was held on Wednesday in the Congregational Church, Harris-street. Ultimo, to nrere upon the Government the absolute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Gartett, M.L.A. introduced a deputation to the Secretary for Works this morning, to ask for a tramway from Mossvale to Robinson, ana also to present a memorial on the subject signed by 350…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation was introduced to the Secretary for , this morning, by Messrs. Trickett and Hezlett, in the absence of Mr. Pigott, representative of the district. Mr. M'Mahon. was the first speaker,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a deputation consisting of the following members of the Legislative Assembly—Messrs. Douglas, Loughnan, Day, Wilson, Leven, and Wilkinson —waited on the hon. Minister for Works in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Scotch express, leaving London at 10 a.m., was shot at about four miles south of Durham, on Tuesday afternoon, December 21. The bullet pierced the window of a first-class compartment,…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →This morning a number of gentlemen, mostly engineers and others connected with railway officials assembled at Redfern railway station at the invitation of Messrs. Hudson Bros, to be present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE new schedules of coaching rates on the Few South Wales railway have been issued, and came in force on the 7th instant. They are in almost all respects identical with those previously…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A deputation appointed by a recent meeting; at Gannon's Forest waited on the Hon. Minister for Works yesterday, in reference to the route to betaken by the railway line to Illawarra. Mr. W. J. Trickett, M.L.A., in the unavoidable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Garrett. yesterday, introduced a deputation, consisting of Mr. Kidd, M.L.A., Mr. Badgery, M.L.A., and other gentlemen, to the Minister for Works, for the purpose of presenting a petition praying for the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. W. J. Trickett, M.P., and Mr. W. Hezle[?], M.P., in the unavoidable absence of Mr. W. H. Pigott, M.P., the member for the district, introduced a deputation to the hon. the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation, introduced by Mr. T. Garrett, M.P.; Mr. Kidd, M.P.; and Mr. Badgery, M.P., waited upon the Secretary for Works yesterday, for the purpose of presenting a petition signed by about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation consisting of Mr. J. H. Douglass, M.P., who introduced the deputation; Mr. G. C. Loughnan, M.P.; Mr. G. Day, M.P.; Mr. L. Levin, M.P.; Mr. A. Wilson, M.P.; and Mr. R. B. Wilkinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE cruel and barbarous treatment to which animals are frequently subjected during transit by rail is an old and long-standing abuse in almost every country. It has been clearly stated and denounced for years as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NOTHING is more characteristic of the rapidly advancing condition of this country than the ceaseless developement of important portions of its railway system, the commercial and industrial value of which is daily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE compressed air locomotive invented by Colonel Beaumont, Royal Engineers, is exciting much attention in Great Britain; and as the Sydney tramways are being extended, our readers will be glad to learn…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The same deputation then interviewed the Secretary for Works to urge the necessity for constructing a tramway from Newcastle to Plattsburg through Lambton, New Lambton, Hamilton, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT is satisfactory to know that we have at least one live department in our civil Service System. We do not say that positively there in only one; but so far as most of them are concerned, they may be…
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