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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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On Saturday evening the first dinner of the Sydney Tramway Drivers and Firemen's Association was held at Compagnoni's restaurant, Pittstreet. There was a large gathering of members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first reunion of drivers and firemon employed on the Government [?]ways was held at Com[?]noni's Rooms on Saturday evening, and was very successful. The gathering was held under the suspices of the Tramway Drivera…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. S. P. Roberts, of 13, King-street, Newtown, called at our office this morning and made a complaint against the tramway, which he desires to be published. Last night, he states, he travelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hon. F. A. Wright, Minister of Works under his consideration the advisability of causing single or double line of tram rails to be laid from the corner of Oxford and Liverpool streets along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Forster and Briggs, the contractor for the extension of the Leichhardt tramway, commenced operations in Norton-street, this morning at 6.30 o'clock. The mayor of Leichhardt (Mr. Pritchard), who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has been ascertained that on Christmas Day a train which left Mount Barker at 4.30 in the afternoon miraculously escaped a terrible accident, After leaving Mount Lofty with 500 excursionists aboard, the brakes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday the City Coroner held an inquest on the body of Thomas Corawell, who died at the Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening, from an accident he met with on January the 2nd, and engine on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Newtown-road is dusty. Avoid it, and go along the road from Rickety-street to, say, the Halfway House; then you'll wish you had stuck to the Newtown-road. No one seems to know who is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another complaint was received at this office this morning, in reference to the dangers to be met with on the tranway lines, owing to the careless less and neglect of the conductors in charge of the trams. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The proposed extension of the tramline through College-street and St. James'-road, destroys one of the few approaches to Sydney from the suburbs in which persons can walk, ride, and drive in safety. The wholesale…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The local papers having published as telegrams the substanca of a paragraph appearing in the Herald, to the effect that it was believed the railway policy of the present Government when disclosed would not be nearly so…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is reported that one day last week the cattle express train took 3½ hours travelling from Cootamundra to Harden, a distance or only 25 miles; and that in order to obtain a greater speed the men in charge of the engine went into the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There are no less than 1060 trams passing King-street daily. This heavy traffic in one thoroughfare, particularly when the whole of it crosses such a busy street as King-street, is found to be very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LARGELY-ATTENDED meeting was held at Horwood’s Hotel, Granville, on Friday evening last to consider the increase in the season ticket rates, and also in the single fares now in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—The frequent accidents that happen on mail routes induce me (who do a great deal of bush travelling) to trouble you with the following:— I have observed on mountain roads, as on the level, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—Some 18 years since I had the pleasure of being the guest of a gentleman of this city at one of those pleasant excursions down our harbour. During the festive hours it fell to my lot to respond to the toast of "The Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →People who are in distressed circumstances are thankful for small mercies, and therefore, travellers by the tramcars will be pleased to learn that the Secretary of Public Works has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At tho Central police court this morning (before Mr. Crane, S.M.), Mr. J. Roberta, superintendent of. tramways, proceeded Against one St. Clair Neil, in the employ of Sir G.Wigram Allen, for alleged breach of the tramway, by-laws, by attempting to enter a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The opening of the extension of the railway from Goulburn to Tarago took place on January 3. Along the line some displays of hunting were made, and when Tarago was reached several hundreds of persons had assembled to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sir,—I read in your issue of this morning a letter signed "H. H.," in which I heartily concur; and in consequence of the inconvenience it will cost pedestrians visiting the Domain, and also the large traffic, I would propose in place…
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