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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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To G. Milner Stephen. Dear Sir,—In hearing of year return to Sydney, I am thankful to intorm you that my eye, which you breathed into aned restored so sight, on the 10th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A correspondent draws our attention to the cancer to be apprecnended by the guards in charge of our tram motors from the nature of the coupling-irons between the engine and carriages running upon our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Friday, a, correspondent from Wollongong informs us, the news of the passing of the Illawarra railway vote was made known, and forthwith preparations were made for a demonstration. All the places…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Would you kindly allow me, on behalf of ten thousand daily travellers, to ask what has become of the Crownstreet tramway, or what interest are our four South Sydney representatives taking in its construction, seeing that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Now that so much attention is being attracted to the subject of railway extension from Redfern to Circular Quay, I beg to suggest that by purchasing the land on which the Union Club and some other buildings stand, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large and most influential meeting was held last night in the Musical Hail, protesting against the action of the Government in excluding from their railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The largest and most important public meeeting ever held in Grafton took place on Tuesday night, March 22. There were over 1000 persons present, and great unanimity prevailed. The object was to consider the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—The grounds of objection on the part of the Government, to the railway extension from Redfern to the Circular Quay have always been the cost of construction, and interference with the ordinary city traffic. It is clear,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's LISMORE CHRONICLE contains an article advocating a line of railway starting from Cape Byron, and the making of Byron Bay a harbour of refuge and railway terminus for a line to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning's ARGUS rublishes a leader that appeared in the EVENING NEWS and TOWS AND COUNTRY JOURNAL on the Railway Question. The same has made a deep impression. Two of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Maidstone Assizes, Henry Taylor, 22, labourer, was indicted for feloniously placing a piece of wood, called a sleeper, across the SouthEastern Railway, with intent to obstruct an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The special reporter of the Herald gives the following description of the road:— The diggings is situated 930 miles from Sydney, and, arrived at Wilcannia, the route runs for the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →An inquest was held to-day at the Observer Tavern by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., on the body of a man named Francis William Dawson, aged 55 years, who had been killed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I have noticed several times under the heading of "Brevities," in your widely circulated paper, complaints in regard to the charles, &c., made in the refreshment-rooms of this colony, and also comparing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A paper recently issued with respect to the railway proposals of the Government shows some interesting particulars with regard to the districts affected by the proposed new lines. Referring to the Illawarra line, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 561 →Next in order to the Sydney and Northern-junction Railway is the line from Sydney to Wollongong and Kiama. The assent of the House to this project rewards the promoters…
Continued on Trove, page 552 →Sir,— Permit me through the valuable columns of your widely circulated journal to call attention to the abominable practice of persons smoking on tramcars. Being a constant traveller in same I have noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I am not a civil engineer, but it occurs to me that a short and cheap way would he to buy up all the allotments on the east side of Castlereagh Street— nearly all of little value, and 100 feet deep. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—As a resident of Elizabeth street, I enter my earnest protest against the use of coal by the tramway motors. The nuisance to the residents in the street it simply detestable. The atmosphere is impure…
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