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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 214
On the morning of the 9th instant the hotel at 26mile tank, on the Bcoligal-road, was totally destroyed by fire. The hotel had been unocupied for some time past. It was discovered to be on fire about 6 o'clock in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I think the attention of the Raliway Commissioners cannot have been called to the immense inconvenience ladies, children, and the public generally are being subject to in consequence of the two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. W. M'Court, M.L.A., in a letter to the local paper, advocates the construction of an electric tramway from Moss Vale to the picture-qua Fitzroy Waterfalls, and quotes the remarks made by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A RETURN has been prepared at the instance of the Railway Commissioners, which shows that there are now 438 locomotive engines employed on the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious charges have beep made against railway clerks and others for alleged cases of giving short change and pilfering, which are frequent. Mr. Speight states that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Railway Commissioners have been inundated for months past with applications for all sorts of employment from all parts of the country, and they desire it to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--The letter of Mr. Inglis under the above heading, in your issue of the 5th inst., puts the question of reducing the toll on traffic by rail in the clearest possible light. So far as Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We stated a few days ago that tenders bad been invited for the construction of a tramway from Forest Lodge to Balmuin. The line will commence at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Like many others, it was with no small surprise that I heard the Railway Commissioners had called for tenders for teak wood from India when are have in this country supplies of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 50 gentlemen, chiefly builders and contractors, assembled at the Builders' Exchange, Pitt-street, last evening, to hear an address from Mr. W. Mainer, contractor, on " Freedom of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shortly before midnight, on Thursday, Senior-constable Bruce, of Botany Station, had his attention called to a man lying on the Botany-road, North Botany, by Charles Williams, a tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Public Works Committee has received an intimation from the secretary to the Railway Commissioners that Mr. Thow left San Francisco on February 7, and may be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A RETURN has been prepared at the instance of the Railway Commissioners, which shows that there are now 438 locomotive engines employed on the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A RETORT was forwarded to the city coroner this morning of a sensational discovery which was made at a quarter to 12 o'clock last night in Botany-road, North Botany,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A MEETING of builders and contractors was held at the Builders' Exchange last night for the purpose of hearing Mr. W. Mainer deliver an address on freedom of contract in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the meeting of the Public Works Committee yesterday a letter was read from the Secretary for Railways to the effect that Mr. Thow, the locomotive superintendent in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir, -- During the last two Sundays the church-going public at Rookwood have been subjected to what seems to be rather a contempt for their religious views by the officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A meeting of builders and contractors was held at the Builders 'Exchange last evening at the invitation of Mr. W. Mainer. Mr. J. W. Watkin occupied the chair and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A woman, about 60 years of age, was to-day run over by a train opposite Hurlingham racecourse and killed. She endeavored to cross in front of a train, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The Newcastle branch of the Railway Service Association held its monthly meeting this evening, Mr. T. Brooks, president, in the chair. Only about 16 members…
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