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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Official Correspondence. The following has been handed to us for publication :-- N.S.W. Government Railways. Sydney, June 17, 1893

Katoomba Times · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 3

Sir,--In reply to your letter of the 14th, urging the erection of trucking yards at Katoomba, I have the honor to inform you that the Commissioners will look into this matter on the occasion of their…

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Railway Commissioners' Partiality

Katoomba Times · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners of N.S.W. have suffered a lot of abuse at the hands of Members of Parliament and journalists. Sometimes it has been uncalled for, but very often they merit…

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How the Railway Money Goes

Katoomba Times · Friday 25 August 1893 · page 2

REFERRING to our leader of last issue re the impartiality of the Railway Commissioners Sydney Truth says :--The Railway Commissioners have spent over £180 in laying out a railway garden and tennis…

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Nellie's Glen Road

Katoomba Times · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 2

THE Members for Hartley (Messrs. Cook and Donald) have received the following reply re the above local :-- Public Works Department…

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Rumored Assault and Robbery on a Train

Katoomba Times · Friday 1 December 1893 · page 2

BEFORE the arrival in Bathurst of the mail train from Boorke on Monday night word was received by the police that a tragedy had occurred on the train after it left Wellington, but the particulars…

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