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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—Permit me to call attention to the very unsatisfactory state in which that part of George's River, adjacent to the railway bridge has been left. In the immediate vicinity of the bridge numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Birmingham Police Court lately, William Duncan, an engine driver in the employment of the Aston Tramways Company, was fined 5s with costs, for having driven his engine at excessive speed; and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the railways traffic was almost as good as it was on the two prceeding holidays. The traffic on the suburban lines was heavy all day, when on the western line to Bowenfels…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following account of the proceedings in the above London Church of England church will give our friends an idea of the lengths to which Ritualists go. It is a few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway extension has progressed rapidly during the year. A notable event was the opening of the railway to Bourke, by which the river Darling was connected with the metropolis. The line from Murrumburrah to…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Sir,—In the admirable notice your reporter made to The Sunday Times, which was copied into The Globe last Monday, I find some errors, which I must ask you…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The time allowed according to contract for the completion of the Homebush-Waratah. Railway has now nearly expired; but it is feared that it is a matter of impossibility for the whole line to be finished by the stipulated time…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →1. Parramatta River Bridge. 2. Bricking Tunnel. 3. Camp between No. 1 and No. 2 Tunnels. 4. A Cutting near the Hawkesbury River…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →YOUNG, Friday,--The first railway picnic, to-day, was a great success, over 1000 persons being conveyed in two special trains from Young to Kingvale about 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday a pitiable accident befell a lad, 14 years old, just outside the Sir Joseph Hank pavilion at Botany. He was travelling with some friends, who purposed spending the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twelve steamers were kept constantly running between Sydney and the Parramatta Steam Company's wharves, and were [?] on all their trips to and from Parramatta by the tramway. The convenience of the tram was greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The traffic by rail and tramway was quite up to the average yesterday. The suburban lines were exceedingly well patronised, and the railway officials were kept very busily employed from an early hour in the morning up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A narrow escape from a terrible accident occurred on Boxing Day, on a portion of the overland railway to Melbourne, extending between Nairne and Murray bridge. As this section has not yet been opened…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It is reported that a serious not occurred on Sunday among navviwr working on the railway at Woy Woy, nine miles from Gosford. The police were attacked, and daring the souffle one of the noters was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The railway terminus has boon marked ont on the. Glenmore-road, between Mr. W. J. Bonnison's residence and the town boundary. The survey of this line via Warri will be completed early next month,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The first tolphor line, or aerial tramway, erooted in England and worked by electric power, waa lately opened on the estate of Viscount Hampdon, near Lewes The line in question is employed to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An unusually heavy thunder and hail storm has again been the means of disabling the southern railway line near Cootamundra, and but for the praiseworthy act of a fettler…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A very heavy storm, which extended only a few miles on the lute, took place between the two stations, Wallendbeen and Nubba, about fourteen miles from Cootamuadra on Saturday evening. It began shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was held on Saturday night in the Parramatta District Hospital on the body of a man (name unknown) who was cut to pieces by a train in the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARRAMATTA, Saturday,--As the passenger train for Penrith neared the Westmead platform, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, a man was seen on the roadway by the enginedriver…
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