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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,--Resident's of Waverley, and more especially business men, are greatly inconvenienced on account of the lengths of time occupied in the journey to and from the city by tram…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In addition to the main facts which we published yesterday relative to the terribly narrow escape from another Cootamandra catastrophe, we have received the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some curious revelations were made in Christ-chunrch (Eng.) lately. A woman and a man named Graham, tramps, were charged with haying stolen a purse containing 19s 8d from William Smith, a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Ministry is endeavoring to get experienced men to form a commission, which was agreed to in the last session of Parliament, to inquire into the working of the Railway branch of the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The traffic on the Government tramways on New Year's Day, though not as great as that on Boxing Day, was still very large indeed. Tickets for 245,452 penny fares were issued as against 334,952 on Boxing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday evening, a violent storm of rain and wind occurred near Cootamundra, doing considerable damage to the railway between the two stations Wallendbeen and Nubba Siding, on the Great Southern Line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--There are hundreds of travellers by our trams who heartily sympathise with your correspondent " Brisk," and it is purely high time that something was done to remedy the evil…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Whitton, Engineer-in-Chief for Railways is giving his whole attention to the consideration of the competitive designs received by the Government from Europe and America for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A number of gentlemen met at the offices of Messrs. Miller and Harrison, Market-street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering how certain defects in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Saturday evening last Mr. J. E. Bowden held an inquest at the Parramatta District Hospital on the body of a man, name unknown, who was killed on the railway line near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the very moment when the great metal industries of the world are in an unusually depressed condition, a movement has been commenced which may prove not only the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—The prompt action of the fettler who ran 2½ miles to warm the approaching train is worthy of all praise, and will, I hope, be properly rewarded. Would it not be as well, however, to have telegraphic communication always…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir--I desire to call your attention to a matter in connection with the tram traffic which, if not checked in time, may be the cause of serious accident--as I have witnessed several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—In your able article of Wednesday's issue upon steel aa a material for railway sleepers, you ask, " Bat is it necessary that we should use imported sleepers?" At the present time if the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday morning the Minister of Education received a telegram from the Government Resident in the Northern Territory, notifying that a, memorial had been adopted at a public meeting held in Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A pretty dispute between the heads of two important departments of the Government Railways in New South Wales resulted, some 18 months since, in the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the subject of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. A. Kethel M.L.A., introduced a deputation this forenoon to the Minister of Works, on the subject of the alleged obstruction to navigation and trade offered by the Pynnont Bridge. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. Hawthorne, Abigail, and Hyam, M.L.A., and the Mayor of Sydney (Mr. John Young), and members of the Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public mooting was held here on Thursday afternoon, in the Academy of Music, Mr. J. O. Dodd, the Mayor, in the chair. The first resolution was moved by Mr. J. A. M'Killop—"That the contractor for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first sod of the second section of the Fassifern railway, 16 miles ia length, was formerly turned on Thursday by the Minister of Works, who was afterward entertained at a banquet in Harrisville. About…
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