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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
2,051 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 103
A well-attended public meeting was held last night, in the Town Hall, petersham, to take into consideration the necessity of providing better railway-station accommodation than at present exists at Petersham and Stanmore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting, convened by the Mayor of Petersham in response to a requisition, was held in the local Town Hall on Tuesday night for the purpose of advocating the necessity of providing better railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Referring to the correspondence that has appeared in our columns on the subject of railway charges for the carriage of fruit, and the nature of the accommodation provided for this traffic, we learn that the wole matter has formed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An animated discussion took place in the West [?]tany Council on Thursday night on the circular from the Department of Works re the main roads W[?] the borough. The Mayor said that there are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The demonstration in honour of the turning of the first sod of the Blayney-Murrumburrah railway to-day was a grand success. The weather was splendid, and there was a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—You have this day published the lengthy official reply to the memorial of the fruit growers and fruit dealers, and I have to inform you that such reply has been considered unsatisfactory. The following letter was duly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The turning of the first sod of the Blayney-Murrumburrah Railway took place to-day, at noon. Mrs. Lynch, who, in compliment to her deceased husband, had the honour of doing so, was met at the Club House. Hotel by several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--Public attention has been attracted, through a letter signed "Warren" in your issue of Wednesday last, to the Tempe station officials, against whom "Warren" makes there complaints or charges. None…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] 9 o'clock this morning a "stick-up" of [?] Elisabeth-street south. Owing to [?] and the slippery to condition of the rails, [?] tram was annual to the task of getting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A PRACTICAL invention is the one just patented in England and one worthy of the attention of the Commissioner for Railways, as it may if adopted here prevent another smash. This ingenious…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A deputation of fruitgrowers, comprising Mossru Lawless, J. Luke, Montgomery, Tonks, Moor, Stumpf, M'Keown, and Jessop, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to draw his attention to certain grievances…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yesterday Mr. M'Culloch, M.L.A., introduced a deputation consisting of Messrs. J. E. Black, T. Thompson, J. Shields, R. Gallard, and W. Smith, to the Minister for Works, to urge the placing of a railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—At the expense of being thought a friend of John Chinaman's, I cannot help saying a word on their behalf in a matter I think they are badly treated in—I mean by the Commissioner for Railways in the matter of the carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Comparatively early in the history of steamboats and tramcars the idea of driving them by electricity was entertained. But hitherto the success of experiments made has not been encouraging. Still the…
Continued on Trove, page 598 →BLAYNEY, Friday.--Yesterday a grand demonstration was held here on the occasion of turning the first sod of the third section of the Murramburrah-Blayney Railway. Mrs A. Lynch, relist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In answering questions put by the member for Gloucester (Mr White) the Colonial Treasurer, in the Assembly, yesterday afternoon, said the surveys of the north coast railway would probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →REFERENCE the correspondence that has appeared in our columns (says Thursday’s “Herald”) on the subject of railway charges for the carriage of fruit, and the nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action to recover £3[?]00 damages for alleged negligence in not appointing a gatekeeper at a railway crossing near Homebush station, whereby a collision occurred between the train and plaintiff's…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The demonstration in honour of the turning of the first sod of the Blayney-Murrumburrah railway to-day was a grand success. The weather was splendid, and there was a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →At about 9 p.m. on Monday, as two Woollahra trams were nearing Leicester-street, Paddington, one from and one bound for Sydney, a cab dashed in between them. After a sharp collision, in which cab,…
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