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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 134
Sir,--Our respected fellow-citizen, Mr. John B. Magney, has a letter in your issue of this morning on the above subject. Respecting his arguments in favor of a North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"We have no doubt whatever...that the good ladies of Bathurst...said only what they thought to be true. But it is evident that they said a good deal more than they were able or willing to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young, Monday.--Messrs. Fishburn and Co., contractors for the second section of the Murrumburrah-Blayney line from Young to Cowra, are making great progress. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wire cable of the North Shore Tramway Company was placed in position yesterday, under the superintendence of Mr. G. S. Duncan, engineer for the Melbourne Tramway Trust. The rope is three miles long, weighs 15 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--I wish to draw attention through the medium of your columns to the high fares charged on the extension of the Illawara railway opened yesterday. The fares to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A horrible railway murder, similar in its details to that of M. Barreê—with the exception that the victim was not a person occupying any prominent position, and that the murderer attracted the attention of the police, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Living at Cleveland-street it seems to me that a tramway all along that str[?]te[?] from Newtown-road to the Randwick-road would greatly facilitate traffic, as it would form a junction with Botany and Crown-street, as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--I am one of those unfortunate beings whose lot in life makes it imperative on him to be in the office at 9 o'clock. Perhaps you think that the last thing I should do would be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The cable belonging to the North Shore Tramway at the reserve end of the line was spliced on Wednesday, by six men belonging to H.M.S. Lark. A dummy motor went the whole length of the line to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--"The public are prohibited from riding on the car platforms, &c.," is painted on the end of every one of the American cars. But where is a person to ride, when, if he does not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--Will you kindly inform some of the railway travellers whether the 2d. tram ticket has been abolished? It seems very hard that, as the fare to the railway is 2d., you cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About a month ago the late trustees of the Botany-road, now a main road, wrote to the Works Department expressing willingness to continue the supervision of the necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A good many complaints hare been made to the Minister of Works in regard to the defective lighting of railway carriages, especially with reference to the last farmers' train ran from Albury. Mr. Lyne has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Yer honor, I pleads guilty; I'm a bummer; I don't deny the cop here found me drunk; I don't deny that through the whole long summer The sun-warmed earth has been my only bunk…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE approaching completion of the Adelaide-Melbourne Railway is causing the Commissioner of Public Works of South Australia to devote considerable attention to the probable traffic arrangements. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 484 →The Minister for Public Works has written the following minute concerning the lighting of railway carriages: -- "I have heard numerous complaints similar to this one, respecting the…
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Continued on Trove, page 27 →By the courtesy of Mr. Clapp, manager of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company, we were given an opportunity of examining in detail the system upon which the tramways are…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Sir,—It is currently reported that there has been, during the last twelve months, a loss on the management of the tramway of £40,000, and that it is probable there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Things look more like business in connection with the North Shore Cable Tramway. Every day sees the completion of the line rapidly approaching, and already…
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