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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 233
Sir,—It has often occurred to me that it would be an advantage to railway travellers from Sydney, and particularly to those who are season-ticket holders, if the number of the platform from which each train starts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Permit me, as one not interested in Sydney property, but much interested in questions of national traffic, to suggest a railway extension into the city for passenger convenience and business facility. I regard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--Will you allow me through your columns to ventilate the last hardship imposed upon tho farming communities by the railway system. We are always…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further particulars of the railway disaster near Hamilton, in Upper Canada, show that the train to which the disastrous accident occurred had 150…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. L. P. IRELAND, chief clerk in the Records branch in the Railway Department, retires from the service at the end of this month, under the commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, This Day.--In the recent arbitration case, of Robb and Commer against the Railway Commissioners, the contract under which the matter was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRABRI, This Day.--Under the new timetable the Walgett and Moree country mails have been ordered to leave Narrabri at noon. Seeing that the train arrives (if…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--To-day was the last day for receiving applications in the colony for the assistant-commissionership of railways. The Government have already received a large…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →The opening for traffic of the Hawkesbury Railway Bridge is a fair subject for intercolonial congratulation, and the importance of the event fully warranted the great festive gathering on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN our first article under the above heading we dealt with some notable bridges, and the readers of that article will perceive that the greate [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →MESSRS. NOBBS, Ritchie, and Taylor, M's.L A., accompanied a deputation to the Colonial Secretary to-day, from the borough councils of Prospect and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ARMIDALE, This Day.-- The mail train has been late every day for the past week. To-day it was an hour and a quarter late. Great inconvenience has been caused in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Although many improvements are noticeable in the train service since the appointment of the Railway Comissioners, it is still very far from perfect, and presents a wide field for innumerable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Railway Commissioners intend to run an early morning train from Sydney to Penrith, principally with the object of carrying the Sydney morning papers. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HORNSBY, Wednesday.-Both trains got away in capital time, although the second special was not nearly full, and the comfort of the passengers was much increased thereby. The manner in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER the last telegram left Brooklyn yesterday the visitors were hustled pell- mell on the line and dropped into the three steamers General Gordon, Thetis,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The bridge is the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, and, as regards its foundations, one of the most remarkable in the world. The successful tenderers for the work, Sir,-- Whilst enjoying the generous hospitality to-day of the Government, on the occasion of the opening of the Hawkesbury Bridge, I must confess to being disappointed that no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The quarterly roport of Railway Commissioners, ending March, 1889, was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Commissioners say:— In accordance with the provisions of the 44th clause of…
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