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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
1,314 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 66
A largely attended meeting of the inhabitants of Newtown and its neighbourhood was held on Monday evening at the Town-hall, Newtown, to consider the question of the abolition of the tollbars on the Newtown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The authorities have now had so much experience in the laying of tram lines, and other works connected therewith, and have so experimentalised on the various routes, that surely further blundering…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The practise of larriking and others making use of bad language in the trams is becoming far too common, and we are glad to see that the authorities are determined to put a stop to it as far as they can. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. G. Norton Russell, of Woollahra, writes referring to the recent tramway accident by which Mr. Lyail lost his life, making a suggestion with regard to giving more timely warning to persons in danger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The trial of the action Cooper and wife v. the Commissioner for Railways, arising out of the Camden tramway accident, terminated in the Supreme Court yesterday, the jury returning a verdict for £550…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—The telegiams in to-day's issue, headed, "Mogil, Monday," [?] "Petition for trial survey between Na[?]bri and Collerenebri, for a railway," reads like a canard to one acquainted with that comparatively unimportant,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DEAR PUNCH,--I was terribly cut up--sausage-machined, or steam motored, I may say—when I saw by your infallible Hansard that we were really to be balked of and done out of that long-talked-of-- Bridge, and that it was instead, to span the entrance at South Head…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WOOL:— At my opening sale there was a very crowded attendance of buyers, and I cleared a fair-sized catalogued which included mostly inferior and medium greasy lots, for every line of which there was active…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After the first week, we felt just as much at home on "The Extra Train" as in our own houses. Our papers and letters were thrown out of the cars every day by the expressman, in a little canvas bag, and Hal and I went down…
Continued on Trove, page 787 →At about 6 o'clock lost evening some commotion was caused in Oxford-street, just outside Dr. Gilhooley's residence, by a tramway collision, which created some excitement. A dray belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir.—Can any of your numerous readers inform me why the N. S. W. Railway Department is the only one that cannot publish a timetable that is of some use to the general public beyond teach ng them to bear all annoyances with Christian fortitude ? I…
Continued on Trove, page 811 →WE give an engraving of a novel device for connecting motors and thrashers, which consist of a jack, tumbling rod, and belt, so arranged that the motor may be placed at any desired distance from the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The tram authorities have had so much experience in the laying of tram lines, and other work connected with the same, that further bungling on their part part is inexensable, Mistakes, however, seem to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is the annual report of the Commissioner for Railways for the year 1881, to the Hon. the Secretary for Public Works:- "Department of Public Works, Railway Branch,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual report of the Commissioner for Railways, on the railways and tramways of the colony, for 1881, was said on the table ol the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, and ordered to be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is the report of the Commissioner for Railway on the tramways of New South Wales, for the year 1881:- "Sydney, September 1, 1882…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A public meeting, at which about 40 persons were present was held last evening in the Council Champers, Rocky Point road , West Botany, the object being to take steps to urge upon the Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We understand that from Monday next the 5.28 i p.m. train, which now runs through to Moss Vale, will only ran as far as Campbelltown and the 4.25; p.m. train, at present only going as far as Granville,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The traffic of the railway and tra[?] lines was very great, and social means had to be taken in order to meet the requirements of passengers. At 7 o'clock in the morning a special excursion train left the Redfern Station for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--Knowing that you are ever ready to ventilate any grievance that affects the public good, I ask yon to give publicity to these few lines. I am an invalid, and occasionally take a trip to…
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