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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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"Dear Sir,—Your medicine must be a great success. You can quite understand that I have not much opinion of what are called quack medicines which are generally cure all and worthless, and I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—With reference to the communication addressed to you by Mr. Cass, M.P., and forwarded by you to this office, asking that the footpath running parallel with the police buildings at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Referring to the letter of Mr. G. E. Cass, M.P., forwarded by you, with endorsement, to this office, requesting that the mail trains up and down may be timed to stop at Springwood I have the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 12th instant, again urging that a bridge may be Greeted over the railway at Lemon Grove. Penrith, I have the honor to inform you that the Secretary for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE number of tram tickete collected on the various tram lines during the Easter holidays was 253,544, of the value of Id. each. It is impossible to estimate accurately the number of passengers who travelled on…
Continued on Trove, page 921 →A progress report on the tramways of this colony for last year shows that at the end of 1885 the capital expenditure had been increased to £708,109, and the gross revenue to £223,340. By economy in working,…
Continued on Trove, page 921 →The traffic on the Southern and Western railways during the Easter holidays, from the 19th ultimo to the 26th inclusive, was as follows:—Total number of passengers carried was nearly 326,000, against 266,000…
Continued on Trove, page 921 →WE understand that the Minister for Works has had under consideration during the past few days a scheme for slightly raising the passenger rates now charged on the railway lines. The slight increase…
Continued on Trove, page 900 →An accident occurred on the Hergott and Strangwaye railway works last night, resulting in five men being killed, and three wounded, though not seriously. About 8 o'clock, as an engine with 11 trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 900 →ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The Government have not yet definitely decided whether Lindsay, the signalman, and Forrest, the pointsman, engaged on the Hills railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The correspondent, "Old Colonist," in your issue of 28th instant, has called attention to the system and some of its abuses of granting "free railway and tramway passes" to members of Parliament. I can corroborate his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An inquiry was held on Monday in the Soudan Hotel before the City Coroner into, the circumstances surrounding the death of "William James Passmore, who was killed on Saturday night some ten minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrible railway accident, resulting in the death of five men and the injury of others, took place on the unfinished section of the Great Northern railway, between Hergott and Strangways Springs, on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Af the Inventions Exhibition, London, Sealey Allin, Queen Viotoria-street, shows a patent balanced float water motor, with which he claims to obtain a working efficiency of over 90 per cent Our…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Up to the present no information or instructions have been received here for the discontinuance of Saturday evening's train. A protest against the alteration is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Allow me space in your paper to point out the dangerous state of a portion of the above-named road. The portion I complain of is known as the "Big Hill," and is situate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Zealand East and West Coast Railway Company has been launched on the London market…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—As your valuable columns are never closed to the ventilation of legitimate grievances, permit me to avail myself of your liberality by inviting your attention to the tramway waiting-room now in course of erection at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South Australian portion of the intercolonial railway to Bordertown was formally opened for local traffic on Saturday. The Parliamentary party, numbering about 50 gentleman,…
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