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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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THE ceremony of formally opening the Lismore bridge was unexpectedly performed this afternoon, by Mr. G. M'Leod Matheson, road superintendent for the district, who was driven over the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A fruitful source of tram accidents is the eagerness, of some of the guards to start the tram often before all the passengers have alighted. A resident of Paddington found this out to his cost last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There are great demonstrations and rejoicings here to-day at the news that the contract between the Government and Mr. Anthony Hordern's syndicate for the construction of the Albany Beverly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday next, the 9th instant, the date upon which the railway line from Capertee to Rylstone will be opened for traffic, amended time tables will be issued for the southern, western, and suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Monday next, the 9th in[?]ant, the date upon which the railway [?] rom [?]aper[?]ee to R[?] will be opened for traffic, am[?]d[?]d time tables will be issued for the Southern, Western, and Suburban [?]in[?]s. The pr[?]cipal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Albany, Friday.--There are great demonstrations and rejoicings here to- day at the news that the contract between the Government and Mr Anthony Hordern's syndicate for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TENTERFIELD,Friday.--An important meeting of the Railway League was held last night, the Mayor in the chair. The question of the break of cause in the Great Northern and Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Great progress is being made with the Homebush-Waratah railway line, which will be one of the best paying line in the colony. It will open op some of the best coal mines in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WE understand that the inquiry held by the hon. Minister of Works into the casca of the dismissed tram-guards has been concluded. Mr. Wright called the men before him, read to them the charges brought…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. Gibbes, Sutherland, and Frewlin, Ms. L. A. accompained by some residents of Macoonaldtwon, waited upon the Hon. F. A. Wright, the Minister of Works, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Respecting wire rope tramways, Mr. Mais, the South Australian Engineer for Railways, who has recently returned from a professional tour, has, in his report to the Government, spoken very…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FOR a period of about 20 years those whosE destiny it has been to govern New South Wales as Ministers of the Crown or merabers of Parliament have acted upon the policy that the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Considerable alarm, and very properly so, now exists re the undermining of the Great Northern and other roads in the vicinity of Newcastle. Recently, in answer to the senior member for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Within the past few weeks the first section of the Illawarra railway line, extending to the 19th mile-post, has rapidly approached completion, and, but for the delay caused by the non-arrival of ironwork to be supplied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From a return laid on the table of the Assembly we learn that a sum of about £18,000 was spent on railway trial surveys during the yean 1880, 1881. 1882, and 1883. In 1880 the amount was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A resident of Sydney, who is now " doing " the States, writes us as follows:--"The cable tramways in San Francisco are an immense improvement upon our noisy, dirty, and dangerous motors, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day the railway from Capertee to Rylstone will be opened for traffic, and consequently amended time-tables will be issued for the southern, western, and suburban lines. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Doubt having arisen is to whether the tramway trust under the act could give security for money it borrowed for completion of proposed works, advice of the standard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway communication has been established with Sydney. The first train left last night amid the cheers of a large crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A horrible railway disaster took place near Ciudad Real on April 26. The scene of the accident was on the line to Portugal, the Ciudad Real and Badajos Railway, between the stations of [?] and Chillon, a few miles from…
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