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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,—I have this morning read with pleasure a letter in your paper under the above heading signed "Leichhardt," suggesting a second or central class of carriage for the long distance trains—the present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE report of the Railway Commissioners, which was laid on tho table of the Assembly last night, showed that the revenue from all sources for the quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In accordance with the provisions of the 44th clause of the Railway Act of 1888, 51 Vic., No. 85, the Railway Commissioners have submited for the information of Parliament their report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In reply to a question, Mr. BRUCE SMITH said it was not a fact that Oregon timber had been used for the permanent sleepers on the Hawkesbury Bridge. The timber was a special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The bridge over the Hawkesbury River, one of the largest structure of its kind in the southern hemisphere, and as regards its foundations one of the most remarkable in the world, was opened yesterday by his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COMPARED with the report of the railways and tramways for the December quarter of 1888, that for the first quarter of the present year is disappointing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE, This Day.-- In the action of the Commissioner of Public Works against the Large Bay Land and Investment Co., to recover £1290 5s 11d, representing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, This Day.-- The man named Wood, who was knocked down by a railway engine at Perth recently, claims £5000 damages from the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS afternoon three men named William Smith, Henry Sayer, and Charles Copperwailt, were engaged at the Redfern railway yards in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ORANGE, Wednesday.--The new railway time-table, which came into operation to-day, is generally approved of. The Sydney dailies now arrive half an hour earlier, and the journey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. Nobbs, Ritchie and Taylor, Ms.P., and representatives of Prospect and Sherwood Borough Council, waited on the Premier yesterday, to ask for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Premier has received serious complaints of the unsound condition of the bridge over the Murray from Wahgunyah to Corowa, erected at the joint…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 6 →COOMA, Thursday.--The ceremony of opening the Buckley's Crossing bridge over the Snowy River was performed yesterday. There was a very large gathering. Great disgust was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I was present yesterday at the opening of the above important work, and the function may be pronounced a decided success. But there was one feature about it which excited my great…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, May 2.-A commission of leading Russian engineers has approved of General Pavker's scheme for the construction of a railway across Siberia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THIS afternoon three men named William Smith, Henry Sayer, and Charles Copperwailt, were engaged at the Redfern railway yards in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--With regard to the Golden Square railway accident, Sandhurst, in which a pilot engine collided with an excursion train, the Railway Commissioners have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Commission of leading Russian engineers has approved of General Paneker's scheme for the construction of a railway across Siberia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. Colls, M.L.A., and Mr. J. J. Wright, of Queanbeyan, waited upon the Minister of Works oh April 25 to urge the erection of a bridge over…
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