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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
2,051 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 103
SATURDAY last was a day of some considerable importance in the quiet little town of Emu, the occasion of the opening of the new workshops of the Emu Gravel and Ro[?] Mctal Company. All of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are pleased to learn that the silver and gold region of Sunny Corner, or Mitchell, proves to be of such a satisfactory character that a company is formed to construct a lino from a point on the Mudgee line, at or near Piper's Flat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A further extension of the railway from Goulburn to Cooma will be opened for traffic on the 4th March, commencing at Tarago, the present terminus, 157 miles 67 chains from Sydney, and ending at Bungendore, 177 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 414 →At a quarter past 9 on Friday evening. January 2, an explosion, happily attended with no serious results, occurred in the tu[?]el of the Metropolitan Railway between Gower-street and King's Cross stations. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 411 →A public meeting was held last night in the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Panic, for the purpose of expressing the approval of the citizens of Sydney of the prompt end patriotic action taken…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"A very important invention for preventing damage from railway collisions was shown at the international Forestry Exhibition[?] in Edinburgh. The arrangement Consists principally of a telescoping frame…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Late on Tuesday night the Commissioner of Railways received information from the Cootamundra rilway station intimating that the temporary line which was constructed over the gaps caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A deputation waited upon the Minister of Works on Friday, and presented him with the following memorial signed by a large number of residents of Adelong, Gundagai, Tumut, and the surrounding…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. A. L. Munn, Laidley, Mort, and J. M'Millan, introduced by Mr, Henry Clarke, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Works on Friday to ask him to make a trial survey of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A large and enthusiastic public meeting was held on Wednesday night. Mr. J. W. Benson, 'J.P., chairman of the progress committee, presided. Resolutions were passed unanimously…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A mishap occurred on one of the suburban lines on Saturday. As the train was passing the Redmyre platform shortly after 7 a.m. an automatic brake on one of the second-class carriages got out of gear…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GLEN INNES, Saturday.--The mail train for Glen Innes was detained two hours last night. The engine was off the line within 50 yards of the Maronen Bridge, 14 miles from Glen Innes, Inconsequence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 18th instant, farther respecting your application for a Sunday excursion train, asking by what authority the decision conveyed to you is made. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I have the honour again to address you in respect of your favour No. 85-1318c, dated February 20. The receipt I acknowledge with thanks. You inform me that the railway Act confers upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 11th instant, asking on what terms and conditions a special excursion train can be secured on Sunday, I have the honour to inform you that under no circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A re-arrangement of the staff of the Railway Department Will take place shortly. Mr. A. O . Herbert has been offered the new position of Under-Secretary of Railways, It is probable that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A deputation from How[?] waited on the Minister of Public Works to-day to ask for a subsidy towards forming an approach to the bridge over the Murray from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the owners of property near the Botany-road was held yesterday to determine whether a trust shall be appointed for that road from the city boundary under the Parish Roads Act.Mr. Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Judge Wilkinson presided in the District Court on Tuesday. In the case of William Errington v. the Commissioner of Railways, the plaintiff claimed £2OO for injuries received on a railway line. Mr. G. B…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To recover £200 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the negligence of the officials of the Railway Department. Mr. G. B. Simpson, instructed by Shorter and Fitzgerald, appeared for the…
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