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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 214
Sir,--Some months ago the Government appointed 12 gentlemen a Royal Commission, to inquire into and report as to the best scheme for bringing the city railway to the waters of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lillie Bridge professional handicap was run through all its stages last night amid a good attendance. The betting was also brisk. Results are as follow:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Monday evening a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Balmain, for the purpose of pressing on the Government the necessity of extending the railway to Longnose Point. The chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The opening of a short private line of railway from Fassifern (near Newcastle) to Toronto, on the shores of Lake Macquarie, was the occasion of a very pleasant gathering on Saturday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,— Some months ago the Government appointed 12 gentlemen a Royal Commission to inquire into and report as to the best scheme for bringiug the city railway to the waters of Port Jackson. The terms of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A largely-attended public meeting, under the auspices of the Longnose Point Railway League, was held last night in the Balmain Town Hall to agitate for the extension of the railway system to the deep waters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A special meeting of the Upper Murray Railway League was held this evening. Alderman G. A. Thompson occupied the chair, and explained that the meeting had been convened in view of the approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Manawatu Gorge Railway line, connecting the east and west coasts in the North Island, was opened to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A miner named Richard Moreton, working at the Rosedale Colliery, was found this morning on the railway line fearfully mutilated. It is supposed the 1 o'clock mail train went over him;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—As an old resident of Hunter's Hill, I am not at all surprised to find the opposition in certain interested quarters by circulars, letters to the paper, &c., made against the long-promised and much-needed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The name and fame of Lake Macquarie are known to almost every energetic Australian tourist. To have failed to visit this lovely region is to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting, culled under the auspices of the Long Nose Point Railway League, was held in the Balmain Town Hall last night for the purpose of agitating for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LISMORE, Monday.--The laborers who have started work on the railway line are complaining bitterly of the farmers taking contracts for clearing scrub along the railway route. A more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Monday.--Several members of the Victorian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways have been here to take evidence in connection with the proposed lines in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BARCALDINE, Monday.--A contractor's ballast train ran into a material train 26 miles from here on Friday night, the points being wrong. The engine dashed into a siding where the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the No. 3 Jury Court yesterday John Easlia sued the Borough of Five Dock for £1000 damages. The statement of the plaintiff's case was that on June 14 last he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—A day or two ago the Minister for Public Works informed the .members for Central Cumberland that he could not entertain the proposals made regarding the erection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The office of this journal is now open at the above address. Files of The Sydney Morning Herald are to be seen in the reading-room, and all information respecting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The question of the practicable and profitable shipment of wheat in full-powered ocean steamers direct from Chicago to Europe will very won be tested, for Chicago engineers, after surveying the proposed route, have pronounced in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Much disappointment is felt owing to the steamer Macleay being unable to cross inward. The Mayor and Mr. Kerle, of the firm of Kerie and Kerie, railway contractors, are on board, and the railway…
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