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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
2,051 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 103
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The last train last night from Port Adelaide ran off the main line on to the siding, on which an engine was standing. The train was going slow, and the driver, by the aid of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first section of the Logan branch railway was opened yesterday with great eclat, in the presence of a large company. After the line had been declared open, the company adjourned to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pursuant to a promise made in the Legislature Assembly at the time of the passage of the new Civil Service Act by the Ministry, regulations have been framed for the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About a week ago we published a complete list of the newly classified Civil servants who would come under the operation of the Civil Service Act, so far as that Act provides for classification and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr Sydney Smith, M.P., has received a letter from the Under-Secretary for Public Works, stating that as the result of the interviews and correspondence which have taken place on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--An American engine on the Strathalbyn railway line broke down to-day, through the boiler plug blowing out. Thu passengers were taken on by another train. No one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation from the Borough Councils of Burwood, Concord and Five Dock waited upon the Minister for Works, yesterday, with regard to the proposal of the Government to hand over the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation consisting of Mr Davis, Mayor of Petersham, and several aldermen from the municipalities of Canterbury and Petersham was introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation representing various western municipalities and accompanied by Mr. Hammond, M. L. A, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to represent their views with regard to the proposed handing over of some of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE. Saturday.—The Commissioner of Public Works promised a deputation yesterday to consult hie colleagues on the advisableness of negotiating with the New South Wales Government, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At last the long promised subway has been commenced at Stanmore, and a promise given the members for the electorate that the station buildings shall also be pushed forward…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pursuant to a promise made in the Legislative Assembly at the time of the passage of the new Civil Service Act by the Ministry, regulations have been framed for the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →During the last faw years special attention has been paid in England by engineers to all the problems connected with the paving of roadways and footways in populous towns. In 1879, at a discussion in London,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—On the 13th of last month 1 addressed to you a letter on the above subject, which you were kind enough to insert in your valuable paper. As, however, the object of that letter has not been fully answered, may I cr[?] ave little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The contractor for the North Shore tramway has prepared separate tenders for various parts of the work—such as the tunnel, road foundations, construcsion of the engine-house, &c. As much of the iron…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The inspired paragraph appearing in your issue of the 9th instant, haying reference to the above case, has been published no doubt with a view of influencing a jury, and perhaps deterring others from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The strike which took place on the western railway works near Mitchell continues. The men demand 9s per day of eight hours, but the contractor, Mr. Garget, refuses to concede this. One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the meeting of the City Council this morning, Alderman D[?]an is to move, "That the Town Clerk be requested to write to the Commissioner for Railways, stating that this council (having a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is satisfactory to hear that arrangements are to be at once made for the practical commencement of the North Shore tramway, the contractor having prepared separate tenders for the various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I know that you are at all times willing to advance the interests of Parramatta and district through your valuable newspaper, and as the Rosehill racecourse is to be opened on…
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