The "Tramway" Difficulty
WE quote the key-word; for, as a mattes of fact, the contention is with a railroad in city streets. Tramway business is a very different arrangement. It is not…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
1,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 90
Country Post-offices and the Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,— It is a genenrally accepted maxim between exployers and employees, and in most other relations in life, that a privilege once admitted or conceded becomes a vested right, and any attempt to rescind or curtail such privileges o[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oxford-street Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The persistent manner in which an agitation is being kept on foot for the widening of Oxford-street demands remark. A few weeks ago a deputation waited on the Premier, urging the desiral[?]dity of widening Oxford-street; a counter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Obstructing the Tramway
A case of some importance came before the Magistrates in the summons division of the Water Police Court yesterday. Messrs. Hale aud Grey, J.'sP., were on the Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Oxford-street Tramway Scare. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--In regard to the above subject, which is at present creating so much concern among those more immediately interested, namely, the Oxford-street, tradesmen, will you kindly allow me through the…
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We learn that the delay with Monday night's mail train from Sydney to Albury (referred to yesterday) was caused by an engine running off the line at Menangle. The up and down trains accordingly…
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The tramway to Woollahra, by Queen-street and Ocean-street to the Council-chambers, will be open on Tuesday next. Passengers will. "ship" by the Wayerley line, and at Queen-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oxford-street Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—After careful perusal of the letter from Mr. Burdekin in your issue of yesterday, we beg the favour of space to comment upon some of the statements made therein…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deputations. Burwood Road
A deputation, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. J. C. Sharp) and aldermen of Canterbury waited on the Secretary for Works this morning, to complain of the state of the road leading from Canterbury-road to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Shore.—bridge or Tunnel? to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—At the Pyrment Bridge meeting on Thursday evening a member ot Parliament said the proposed highlevel bridge to North Shore would cost 4.600,000. Of course, the Parliament will well consider the scheme before…
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yesterday two ins[?] attempts were made by some acoundrels to interfere with the Waverley tram and although fortunate [?] damage was done in one case considerable delay was occa[?]. Two…
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The Mayor of Sydney (Mr. J. Harris) and Aldermen Dean, Hardie, Moore, and J. D. Young waited on the Secretary for Works this morning to complain of the state of things existing in connection…
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The case against Alexander Duguid, the driver of one of Harrison's omnibuses, who is charged at the instance of the Commissioner for Railways with obstructing the tramway on the 7th of April…
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Mr. J. C. Sharp, Mayor of Canterbury, accompanied by several other gentlemen, waited upon the Hon. the Minister for Works, yesterday, to point out the want of attention to the Burwood Road where it runs through the…
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Yesterday morning the Minister for Public Works received a deputation accompanied by Mr. J. Sharp, Mayor of Canterbury, and representing the inhabitants of the borough of Canterbury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Views in Queensland.[?] Doughboy Creek Bridge
THE Brisbane river is remarkable for the picturesque character of its scenery, which, in many places, forms a marked contrast to that of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The "Dinner Trams."
There have been many inquiries lately as to whether Waverley and Wollabra might not be accorded the same convenience as Moore Park and Randwick. To these suburbs a tram starts every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oxford-street Tramway. To the Editor
SIR,—Your correspondent "E. R." makes Tory stern with "the gerius of the neighbourhood," which advocates the widening of the street as a means of obviating the inconvenience and danger…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Goulburn Railway Station Traffic
In our issue of April 28 appeared a telegram from our Goulburn correspondent, in which he asserts that goods tracks, loaded on Friday, are sometimes detained till the following Tuesday, and that there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Zealand Tramway Accident
We learn from the New Zealand papers that an accident of the most alarming character, resulting in the injury of 12 persons, occurred at half-past 11 o'clock at night on the Reslyn tramway on the April…
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