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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
2,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 119
A considerable amount of progross has been made with the construction of the railway which is to afford the means of communication between the metropolis and the northern districts of the colony. The line sanctioned is that having…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation of residents in the north-west districts, introduced by Mr. Machattie, M.L.A., waited upon the Hon. G. R. Dibbs, on the 13th instant, to urge that the Great Western Railway extension beyond Nyngan should be opened…
Continued on Trove, page 1167 →On Friday week a deputation, consisting of Messrs. M. J. Hammond, F. T. Humphery, and H. S. Badgery, Ms.L.A., J. W. Watkin, Mayor of Ashfield, Alderman Shilling, Nicholson, and Ireland, and Messrs. J. Bartlett,…
Continued on Trove, page 1167 →Incidentally it transpired in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last that the MINISTER FOR WORKS had at least outlined a railway policy. Too much importance must not be…
Continued on Trove, page 1184 →London, June 19.--A detachment of Royal Engineers will embark shortly at Chatham for Egypt, it is believed, in connection with the proposed construction of a line of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Allow me, kindly, the use of your columns. On this line tram journeys have hitherto terminated either at Enmore or Marrickville. Often at certain hours we have been packed like…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have been requested to publish following petition, which now lies at the residence of Mr. Is[?] Mobbs, Ca[?]ford, for signature :—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ACCIDENTS on railway lines are of frequent occurrence, but I notice they seldom find tbeir way into the columns of any of the newspapers. I happen to be working where several fatal accidents have happened on this line, and we…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →THERE are some gents in New South Wales whose avocations will Send them sometimes by railway from the counter and the till:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ACCIDENTS on railway lines are of frequent occurrence, but I notice they seldom find their way into the columns of any of tho newspapers. I happen to be working where several fatal accidents have happened on this line, and we…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Considerable inconvenience was experienced on Saturday and Sunday by persons journeying to and from Botany by the trams, through the break down of the motor near the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The Commissioner for Public Works, accompanied by the Chief Secretary and the Deputy Engineer-in-chief, yesterday visited the Southern Railway with the view of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →''The difficulty about the drinkin' of sperrits," asid old Mr Spivey, "when onst a man git to knockin' of it too strong and reg'lar, is about this, that with he one time lays off, ef he don't lay off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A public meeting was held last night in the Public Hall, Harris-street, Pyrmont, for the purpose of securing the resumption of the Pyrmont Bridge by the Government, and the abolition of the tolls. Mr. John Hardie, Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A crowded meeting was held at the Public Hall, Harris-street. Pyrmont, last evening, to initiate steps for urging upon the Government the necessity' of at once purchasing the Pyrmont Bridge, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--Herbert W. Elwes, a gentlemanly looking man, attempted suicide this evening in the Essendon to Melbourne train. Shortly after the train left the former station,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last night a well attended public meeting of the residents of Pyrmont and Ultimo, and others, was held at the Public Hall, Pyrmont, to urge upon the Government the necessity for the immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The special correspondent of the Adelaide REGISTER, in the course of an article advocating the construction of a railway to the Barrier Ranges, says that railway communication with New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Rusfeldt, the well-known photographer, had a narrow escape from being killed yesterday afternoon on the Newtown-road. He ne driving in his buggy at a quiet trot, when the wheel of his vehicle came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Hurdle and Gorman report the Bale of block of land, for the Illawarra railway line, containing about 5$ acres, being portion of the Garden Hill Estate, Wollongong, for £1990âthe Government…
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