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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
1,797 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 90
SIR,—The oft-quoted proverb, "Fools rash in where angels fear to tread," is being only too forcibly illustrated in connection with the tramway system of Sydney. I think I may venture to assert that in no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FRESH TENDERS are invited for the Construction of the Second Section of the Bundaberg Railway, in length 21 mailes 51 chains and 5 links, in accordance with plans, sections, drawings, general conditions, and specifications, which may be seen at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 2nd August, from persons willing to contract for Ereeting Tank Framing and Pumping Engine House at Dudal, Cooma, on the extension from Wagga to Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting, convened by the Railway League, was held on Monday to receive a deputation from Grenfell, consisting of Mr. Vaughan, M.P., and Mr. Halls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway report for 1880 was laid on the table of the House on Tuesday night. The following is a summary of the transactions of the department for the year : --…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NOTICE is hereby given that a Further Extension of the Great South-western Railway, from Narrandera to Darlington (386 miles from Sydney), with an intermediate station at Hulong (375 miles from Sydney), will be opened for traffic on the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 2nd August, from persons willing to contract for Electing Tank Framing and Pumping Engine House at Dudal, Cooma, on the extension from Wagga to Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENDERS will be received at this Office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 2nd August, from persons willing to contract for Constructing the Passenger-station, Goods Warehouse, and other Works at Hulong, on the extension from Narrandera to Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 2nd August, from persons willing to contract for Constructing the Passenger Station, Goods Warehouse, and other works, at Darlington Station, on the extension from Narrandera…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, July 18.—A cablegram from New York reporta that a gang of ruffians, numbering 13, attacked a railway train near Chicago, killed the conductor, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—Having noticed in your Columns that a deputation from Ash[?]field had waited upon the Secretary for Public Works a few days ago to urge the desirability of constructing a railway ridiag at Summer Hill, I trust you will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 2nd August, from persons willing to contract for Erecting Tank Framing and Pumping Engine House at Dudal, Cooma, on the extension from Wagga to Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →TENDERS will be received at this office, until 11 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 30th August, from persons willing to contract for the execution of the Works on Contract No. 1 of the Extension from Dubbo to Bourke (Bridge over the Ma[?]quarie River at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,--Trams are a great boon to the people of the suburbs to which they ran; but go-ahead speed and the accidents that result therefrom will soon shake the confidence of many, and induce them to prefer the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--The discrepancy in the evidence given by the witnesses at the inquest on the man killed in the late Oxford-street tramway "accident" will lead many people to question the justice of the verdict of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. Roseby, M.P., introduced a deputation from residents of Leichhardt to the Seoretaiy for Works, last Friday, asking to have the Glete tramway extended to the Elswick estate by way of Petersham…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mr. J. Davies, M.P., C.M.G., —with whom were Mr. O'Connor, M.P.. Mr. Lees, and Mr. Abigail, M.P. introduced a deputation consisting of Alderman Hordern and other residents of George-street south,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A deputation was introduced to the Secretary for Works last Tuesday by Mr. H. H. Cooke, M.P.,with whom wore Mr. Bodell, M.P., the other member for Forbes, and Messrs. Slattery, Cass, and Byers,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A meeting, convened by the Mayor of Ryde, to protest against the proposal to put a swing span in the bridge now in course of construction at Iron Cove, as announced in our columns a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is from the report of the Commissioner for Railways to the Hon. the Secretary for Public Works for the year 1880:â "I.âRAILWAY CAPITAL AUTHORIZED…
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