Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 209

Light Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 4

Mr. O'Sullivan asked Mr. Lyne in the Assembly yesterday afternoon whether in view of the steps the Government were about to take with the object of abating the rabbit…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Mombassa Railway. Votes of Ms.p. Challenged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The House of Commons last Friday voted, by a majority of 98, a sum of £20,000 for the survey of a railway from Mombassa, a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The New Zealand Railway Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The directors of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company have notified that they have made provision for the payment of interest on…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Field of Mars Railway

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 2

The Minister for Works received yesterday a deputation consisting of Messrs. Farnell, Nobbs, and Jeanneret, Ms.L.A., and several other gentlemen who had purchased land on the Field of Mars…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The North Shore Railway

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

Capital progress has been made in the work of the extension of the North Shore railway to the deep waters of Port Jackson, and the contractor, Mr. M'Master anticipates having his work…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Redfern Railway Hay Market Farm Produce

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

At the Redfern railway terminus this morning there was a good supply of forage forward from the various stations along the northern, southern, and western lines. Buyers were in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Hobart Tramways

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

London, March 9.—The Hobart Tramways Company, the prospectus of which was issued a few days since, has been just subscribed. The capital is £60,000 in £1…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, March 9. the Estimates-in-chief.—railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

At the time of going to press yesterday morning the House was sitting in Committee of the Whole discussing the Railway Estimates, which had been put in a lump sum by the Chairman. The…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Tramway to Dawes Point. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

Sir,—The general public evinced little or no interest at the proposal to construct a tramline by way of King-street to Ocean-street, and the bill has now passed into law. Some of the objections raised…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Hobart Tramways. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

The capital required by the company formed to construct and maintain tramways in Hobart, Tasmania, has just been subscribed…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

London Offices, the Sydney Morning Herald, 78 Queen Victoria-street, E.C. (opposite the Mansion House Railway Station). Represented by Messrs. B. S. Lloyd and Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

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…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Extension in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways to-day a motion was submitted in favour of a permanent survey being made as early as possible with the view of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Ryde and Gladesville Railway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 8

Sir,—In to-day's issue of your valuable paper a gentleman signing himself a "Ryde Ratepayer" complains of several matters affecting the municipal district, which at the first glance look very peculiar,…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Jamberoo-south Coast Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 8

Mr. J. F. Cullen, M.L.A., for Mr. Fuller, introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works yesterday to urge the construction of the projected branch line of railway to connect Jamberoo with the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Deputations. Field of Mars Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 8

Mr. Frank Farnell, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works. Mr. W. J. Lyne, yesterday, the subject of the interview being the proposed line of railway to the Field of Mars…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Elevated Tramways and Rapid Transit in Towns. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 6

Sir,—I read with much interest a letter signed "Loco," in your paper of the 8th March. But while agreeing with much that the writer says, I should like to ask him where the clevated railways are in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Railway Estimates

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 4

SOMEWHAT contrary to Expectation, the discussion of the Railway Estimates proved to be a very tame and flat affair. The only speaker who had…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Disastrous Blizzard in Western America. Damage to Property. Railways Blocked-- Many People Killed-- Others Injured. LONDON, March 10

The Australian Star · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 5

A blizzard of exceptional severity has been experienced in the Western States of America, causing great damage to property. Railway communication has been suspended…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Railway to Jamberoo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

Mr. J. F. Cullan, M.P., introduced to the Minister for Public Works yesterday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Campbell Marks and M'Farlane, Ms.P., the Mayor of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Railway Policy and Private Enterprise. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

Sir,--Simpson's Railway Bill for the extension of the Rosehill line, the construction of which involved the expenditure of £100,000 and the certain employment of a large…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →