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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—Through the medium of your much-valued journal I would offer a few suggestions re the above to our Commissioners, who have so ably altered the system of the railway arrangements, so that the most…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—Being a constant traveller on the railways of the colonies, I cannot help noticing what disregard is shown to the second-class passengers, more especially on the New South Wales Railways. Anyone travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WEST MAITLAND, This Day. -- The Railway Commissioners arrived this morning at 10.45 o'clock, and were waited on by a deputation of farmers, who laid before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- The special train which conveyed the commissioners from Weet Maitland to Newcastle yesterday accomplished the journey in 32…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Wednesday. -- The Agent-General advises that the Egyptian Government railway specifications exclude Tasmanian timber, but he has arranged with Mr. Wright, the consulting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A new system of fraud has been discovered in the Railway Department. A booking clerk named James Elliott has been dismissed for altering requisition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday night. -- Rain commenced to fall throughout the agricultural districts yesterday and still continues. In many places the fall has been extremely heavy, 2in. and 3in,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—On Wednesday forenoon Mr. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways, and his colleagues, Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, paid a semi-official visit to West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A large deputation representing the City Railway Extension League, and the mayors of various suburbs, accompanied by several members of Parliament, including Messrs. G. H. Reid, F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation, consisting of residents of Dural, Castle Hills, and Baulkam Hills, accompanied by Messrs. F. Parnell, J. Nobbs, R. A. Ritchie, J. R. Linsley, A. Hutchison, and Hugh Taylor, Ms. L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. Quin, Sadler, Donelly, Machattie, J. H. Patterson, and accompanied by Messrs. Davis, Waddell, Dickens, and Wilkinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A LARGE deputation from the City Railway Extension League, accompanied by several members of tbe Legislature, was introduced by Mr, Raid, M.L.A., to the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation was introduced to Sir Henry Parkes and Mr. Bruce Smith at the Assembly last evening by Mr. J. P. Abbott in connection with the proposal to construct a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Premier and the Minister for Works were interviewed yesterday by a deputation introduced by Mr. F. Farnell, and consisting of several members of Parliament and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.-- Yesterday forenoon Mr. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways, and his colleagues, Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, paid an official visit to West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation from the residents of the Kiama district was introduced to the Colonial Secretary and the Minister for Works yesterday morning by Mr. Fuller, M.L.A., to ask for the extension of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation representing the Castle Hills and Dural district was introduced to the Premier and Minister for Works yesterday by Mr. Frank Farnell, M.L.A. The deputation included Messrs. John Nobbs, R. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation, introduced by Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.L.A., waited upon the Premier in the Ministerial room, Parliament House, last evening, for the purpose of urging upon the Government to take into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—All railway travellers will endorse Mr. Beckford's views of the discomforts suffered in second-class long-distance travelling. The fact cannot be disputed that between Bourke and Sydney some of the most…
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