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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 233
Sir,—It has often occurred to me that there is a great waste of power, and consequently of money, in sending special trams to the railway station. Not less than 86 trains run daily from Bridge-street to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I desire to draw the attention of the Railway Commissioners, through the medium of your columns, to an injustice under which the Northern districts at present suffer. Special excursion tickets are issued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—My business for several days during the week necessitates my presence at the Redfern station at about 6 o'clock each afternoon, and I have frequently been struck by the inadequate accommodation provided and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—The present may not be an inopportune time to call attention to the much neglected question of the North Shore railway terminus, as in a few weeks the work in hand will be completed to the inaccessible spot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Railway Department has just concluded an important experiment with a view to testing the practicability of bringing meat to the Sydney market in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, This Day.--A settlement has been arrived at between the Glenelg Railway Co. and the corporation, by which the trams will be allowed to continue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--In last Thursday's issue of your valuable paper appears a paragraph re the visit of the Railway Commissioners to the Richmond branch line and the "disgust" of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--Your correspondent of 16th inst., re the above, seems much touched on a tender place; perhaps if he will peruse the following he, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--If there be one thing for which the Dibbs Government deserve, credit, it is the prompt steps they took to put in operation the city railway scheme. Immediately on getting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. J. R. L[?]nsley, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from Ryde and district to the Minister for Lands this morning. The deputation protested against the closing of Bay View-terrace and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 51.—A terrible tramcar accident took place last night at Wigan, ia Lancaster. A tramcar, driven by steam power and crowded with passengers, was turning a curve in one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The dispute between the Glenelg Railway Company and the Glenelg Corporation has been settled by arbitration, and the company has agreed to pay the corporation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commissioners Eddy, Oliver, and Fehon arrived here to-day, having inspected the proposed route of the Walgett-Narrabri Railway. They were met by deputations of the Railway League, and much information…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Permit me to say the writer of the leader in your issue of this morning is somewhat in error in saying "the object of the bill" (now before the City Council) "is to confer upon the company the power…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A dreadful disaster occurred yesterday, in Wigan, Lancashire. A steam tramcar, while rounding a curve, overturned. It was crowded with passengers at the time,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, This Day.--The survey of the Strahan and Mount Zehan railway is completed. The distance is 33 miles, and the cost will be £82,000, instead of £60,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--The complaint from which our present railway arrangements are suffering is congestion of a twofold nature. Firstly: The line to Parramatta, originally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HOBART, Thursday.--The survey of the Strahan and Mt. Zehan railway has been completed for a length of 33 miles, The estimated cost in £82,000, the first estimate having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.--A terrible accident occurred at Wigan, Lancashire, yesterday, when a steam tramcar overturned in rounding a curve. The car was crowded with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A step which promises good results has been taken by Vanderbilt "University, at Nashville, Tennessee, where the Engineering Department has offered to admit free of charge to its class in…
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