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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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THE following gentlemen waited upon the Minister of Public Works last Wednesday as a deputation to urge upon the Government the desirability of an extension of the proposed railway line from Cooma to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. W. H. Jennings, contractor. Sydney, has, in conjunction with Messrs. D. and W. Robertson, the well-known iron importers, secured the contract for the new railway workshops at Eveleigh, at the price…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I have waited some considerable time to see if someone more competent would venture to write to your valuable paper, calling the attention of the powers that be to the way in which the residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--May I request space in your journal to ventilate a subject in connection with the Newtown tram way which concerns the interests of Darlington, a part of Redfern, and tho public at large. As at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Charles Daniels, foreman of Mr. E. Potter's tinworks, was returning home, on Saturday night, when he was overtaken by a tramcar on the middle of the South Para-bridge and knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON June 9.—Several of the private railway companies of Russia have become virtually insolvent through the unremunerative character of the traffic. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work along Parramatta-street west is progressing slowly, and there is but little prospect of the line to the Glebe being opened for some months unless greater [?]tions Mrs Mad. The recent wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A remarkably narrow escape from what might have teen a frightful death, occurred yesterday at the corner of King-street near the Supreme Court. A gentleman was crossing the line at the back of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In our leading columns and in a side article of the 2nd January, commenting upon the Treasury abstract of income and expenditure during the quarter and the year ending on the 31st December, 1881, we noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday evening a terrible accident happened on the Gawler tramway line. Charles Daniels, foreman in Mr. E. Potter's tin works, was reluming home about half-past ten, and when he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I ravelling by the above 5.7 p.m. tram, and also the 8.40 p.m. on Sunday, I notice, with many others, the great inconvenience Waterloo and Botany tram travellers are subject to, by reason of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The question of the introduction of a system of tramways into Melbourne is sorely exercising the minds of the people of the southern city. A bill, authorising a private oompany to construct the work,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Again have we to record another terrible and tramway accident, which occurred yesterday afternoon, by which another happy household has been plunged in gloom and desolation. This journal has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Coroner concluded the inquiry at his chambers, yesterday, on the body of Mrs. Tabitha Elizabeth Poole, wife of Mr. Thomas Poole, draper, who was killed when alighting from a train at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deplorable accident occurred on the Waverley tram-line yesterday afternoon at a point about 100 yards north of Church-street. As the 4.13 tram was passing by, a little girl named Elsie Smee, two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How long shall I keep my eyelids shut, and steep my senses in forgetfulness.--SHAKESPERE. Sir,--Surely it is time to wake out of our long sleep and be up and doing. I pen these few lines for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Having taken some considerable, interest in the various views expressed through the medium of your paper refering to the progress of the city and its requirements, I trust that you will allow me, through the same medium, to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Through your medium I beg to draw attention to the dangerous state of above road, from the University to the Bald-faced Stag Hotel, Petersham. Unless prompt action be taken in the matter some serious accident will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With reference to the rates for the carriage of wool from Hay, the Railway Department has, after consideration, decided that the charge per bale shall not exceed 116 on the southern and north-western lines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"It GEORGE STEPHESON," says Professor Lyon Playfair, had only acquired the manipulate skill of shovelling coals adroitly into the furnace when he acted stoker, we might still have,…
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