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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir.--Permit me through your valuable columns to draw the attention of the public to the short-sighted policy of the Government respecting the construction of railway lines by means of which they (the public)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, representing the people of Five Dock, and consisting of Mr. Pigott and Mr. Henson, Ms.L.A., the mayor of Five Dock (Mr, A. W. Sutton), and Alderman Pullman, interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Sir Patrick Jennings, Mr. Russell Barton, and Mr. A. H. M'Cullooh, M.L.A., with Messrs. G. Maiden, W. Bichardson, and Hardie, waited on the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday, Messrs. Pigott and Henson, Ms.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works the Mayor of Five Dock and Alderman Poolman as a deputation from the Municipal Council of Five Dock. The deputation pointed out that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. W. Manley, Government engineer, accomprnied by Mr. T. Brooks, mayor of Newcastle, Mr. James Fletcher, M.L.A., and Mr. T. Croudace, J.P., are driving through, the district this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Wednesday morning the Botany tramway was opened for public use, and the liberal patronage bestowed on the different trams, and the satisfaction generally expressed at the completion of the contract…
Continued on Trove, page 789 →Messrs. M'Elhone, M.L.A., and M'Laughlin, M.L.A., called on the Minister for Works, on the 12th instant, to present a memorial signed by a large number of the residents of Murrurrundi and its vicinity, pointing out the…
Continued on Trove, page 795 →A banquet took place at Quorn, to-day, in celebration of the opening of the Great Northern Railway. The guests numbered about 300, and the Commissioner of Works presided. The toast of "The Queen" was…
Continued on Trove, page 807 →Mr. R.B. Smith, M.L.A., and Mr. W. C. Proctor, M.L.A., on the 12th instant presented a memorial to the Hon. Minister for Works, signed by the Mayor of Armidale as chairman of a public meeting held on the 3rd instant, urging…
Continued on Trove, page 795 →An accident occurred on the Southern and Western Line at 5 o'clock this evening. Four trucks ran off the rails, causing a complete wreck. No lives were lost, but the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE ceromony of declaring the Quorn and Farina railway open was performed on Wednesday. The Governor was present, with an immense concourse of spectators. This proceeding was…
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Continued on Trove, page 24 →OUR engraving depicts the cowardly attempt to overturn a "tram" train, coming from Camden to Campbelltown, of which a correspondent says:—"As the 6 o'clock tram, from Camdon, loaded with some…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →It would, of course, be premature to pronounce judgment upon the working of the Botany tramway from the experience of the few days it has been in existence, as it would bo unfair to condemn those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--I should like to know what has come of all those gentlemen who wore so loud and hot upon city railway extension, and the influential meeting at the Chamber of Commerce some months ago? No wonder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the vigilance committee, appointed for the purpose of watching the interests of the residents of the district with reference to tramway extension, was held last evening, at the Glebe Town-hall. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Acting-Commissioner for Hallways has resolved to order reduction In the rates of Carriage on wool, and make the charges correspond with those imposed by New South Wales. Bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I beg to draw the attention of the public to these facts: That it is three years since tramways were started in Sydney; three rails have been tested, two have been rejected; it is proved that the third one must be renewed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Allow me to add a few remarks to those of "World Traveller" in your issue of to-day My only excuse for so doing is the fact, which long has been pitent to every practical observer, that the public funds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I would strongly recommend the rifrid Sabbatarians who object to the opening of reading-rooms and picture galleries on Sunday afternoons to take a trip to Botany and other places of resort on the day in question; they would,…
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