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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—There is something difficult to understand in the wrong-headedness which is manifested in those inspired paragraphs to which the public have been treated lately concerning some change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With regard to the proposed alterations in the running of thw express train to Melbourne, correspondence has taken place between the railway, department of this and the sister colony, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The completion of the Canadian Pacific railway (says the South Australian Advertiser) will open out a new and an interesting route for Australians bent on combining pleasure, with diversified and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The proposal to extend the tram along College-street, refe[?] to in your leading article of Saturday's Herald, seems to me to fall short of the requirements of the case…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Assembly last night Mr. Wright, in reply to Mr. Abigail, said that the Full Court had unanimously decided against the Pyrmont Bridge Company in favour of the right of the Government taking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr Abigail asked the Secretary for Public Works: "1. Has the Full court unanimously decided against the Pyrment Bridge Company in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT is amusing to note the extraordinary sensation that has been created, in some quarters by the bare proposal to make farther exploration with a view to discover another…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious railway accident happened this morning at Rookwood. A goods train ran into a hearse-carriage and cat it into pieces. There were were two bodies in the carriage awaiting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 3 p.m. yesterday, while motor No. 32 was drawing two tramcars from the Glebe along Elizabeth-street south, the piston rod of the motor broke (while the engine was opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Recognising the desirability, of effecting improvements in our tramway system, I, nevertheless, decidedly object to the proposals of the Minister for Works, and also take exception to some of the statements contained in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following extracts are from a report furnished to the Minister for Works by Mr Read, the Railway Traffic Manager:--"There have been delays, unfortunately, but with a large traffic on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late on Monday evening an old man was crossing Elizabeth-street, near Hunter-street, when a tram was approaching. In his fear he threw a swag he was carrying across the line, and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the legislative Assembly last night, Mr A.G. Taylor, for Mr Suitor, asked the Secretary for Public Works, "De the Government intend to take any steps towards putting a stop to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the 20th December, 1882, Mr W. Weley wrote to the Minister for Public Works, offering to give the Government an area of five acres for station purposes, close to the township and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Every native, or I might say every citizen, of Sydney will deeply regret the destruction of the old pines in Bridge-street, which besides being an ornament were of great historical interest, and on that account alone I thinkc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A case of some interest to carriers was heard at the Water police court, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., Yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Goodchap, the Commissioner for Railways, appeared as defendant in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., Thomas Francis Hyland, one of the partners in the firm of Penfold and Co., of Adelaide, in the colony of South Australia, sued the Commissioner for Railways for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the 7th of last month a letter appeared in the Melbourne Argus over the signature "Veritas," complaining in strong terms of the manner in which the traffic is carried on upon the Great Southern Railway of this colony. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARRAMATTA, Wednesday.--A railway mishap happened this morning at Rookwood by a goods train driven with two engines running into a hearse carriage containing two corpses for interment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dr Youll at an inquest held in Melbourne the other day, on a man who died from injuries sustained by an engine striking him accidentally at a crossing on the Hawthorn railway line, said that…
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