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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
1,314 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 66
Mr. Lackey stated at Liverpool, last night, that the papers connected with Mr. Garbett's contract to construct a bridge to North Shore had been laid before Parliament, printed, and circulated; but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A correspondent signing himself "Precaution" writes:—Permit me to ask if you can understand or explain why such an amount of apathy appears to exist in the feelings of the residents of the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Joseph Bowden, of the Club House Hotel, writes us as follows:—I wish your favour to draw attention to a fresh freak on the part of drivers of tramcars, by which I nearly lost my life on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"SIR,—Referring to your personal representations with reference to the wages paid to the men employed in the Railway Workshops, with a view to their assimilation to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The iron bridge over Iron Cove, which is one of the finest structures of the kind in the colony, was opened for public traffic on November 2. The Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Works, performed the opening cere[?]cuy, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SIR,—Referring to Mr. Lackey's letter in this morning's papers, I ask him whether he is in a position to deny substantially the following statements :— 1. That Mr. Garbett's tender was accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. W. Pritchard addressed a meering of the Balmain electors at the Baldfaced Stag Hotel, Parramatta-road, on Tuesday last. There was a large attendance of electors, and the chair was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We were all along quite sure that the Government would keep back the papers connected with the North Shore Bridge contract as long as possible, but we did not expect that when it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I take the earliest opportunity of correcting an error made in my speech at Liverpool on Monday evening respecting the correspondence connected with the proposed bridge to the North Shore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir, -- I take the earliest opportunity of correcting an error made in my speech at Liverpool on Monday evening, respecting the correspondence connected with the proposed bridge to the North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the tram conductors, named John O'Rourke, fell off a car yesterday while passing along George-street west, proceeding to Marrickville. He was collecting the tickets and lost his hold whilst on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Central Police Court on Saturday, a man named Charles Martyr was charged by the tramway authorities with committing a breach of the by-laws in refusing to deliver up his ticket when requested,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held last night respecting the site of the railway station. A resolution was passed unanimously approving of the site, and urging that the matter should be proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The report of the Commissioner for Railways for 1881, it thus summarised:—"The total expenditure for construction was £14,892,713, of which the sum of £13,301,597 was expended on the lines opened for traffic. The net…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The following letter and appendix appear in yesterday's "Morning' Herald " :— To the Editor of the Herald. Sir,—I take the earliest opportunity of correcting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following letter appeared in Thursday's Herald:— Sir,—I take the earliest opportunity of correcting an error made in my speech at Liverpool on Monday evening respecting the correspondence connected…
Continued on Trove, page 981 →THERE has been considerable excitement concerning a report, well grounded as it turns out, that arrangements were in progress for banding over authority to certain parties to build a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir,—I observe in the colonial Hansard, folio 1132, a statement made by Mr. Abigail that, "As a road commissioner, I removed back to the proper alignment a number of fences on the Parramatta-road, but when I r[?]hed my…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A TERRIBLE and disastrous railway accident occurred at about 6.30 p.m. on Saturday on the Hawthorn line, near a small wayside station called Picnic, where a special train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No more of the injured in the railway accident have died Several are still in a critical condition, but some of those most badly injured are rallying in a surprising manner. There is no doubt that…
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