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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1850

37 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

The Annual Meeting of the Sydney Railway Company

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the shareholders of the Railway Company will be held in Sydney on Tuesday next, therefore we think we cannot do better than again to warn those…

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Sydney Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 4

As we expected, the meeting of Tuesday last passed off in a very satisfactory manner. Mr. Charles Cowper expressed his readiness to follow any line of conduct which might…

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Sydney Railway Company

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 4

THE first half-yearly meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held on the 8th instant. The Shareholders assembled at first at the offices of the Company, but sufficient accommodation not being…

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Railway to the Pacific

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1850 · page 1

THE English public are aware that a project has been put forward by a Mr. Whitney, of New York, for a railway to the Pacific, the length of which would be 2,030 miles; but…

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The Britannia Tubular Bridge. Menai Straits, Monday, October, 1849

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1850 · page 2

THIS afternoon the final lift of the Britannia tube took place at 3 o'clock, permanent level of 100 feet above high water mark having been successfully attained on…

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Railways in India—wool and Cotton

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1850 · page 1

THE gloomy accounts relating to the cotton crop of 1849, which have been received during the last fortnight, naturally cause many of our Lancashire readers to turn with…

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Cheap Railways

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1850 · page 1

THE great good that India would derive from the introduction of railroads into its extensive provinces is acknowledged from all hands. England, too, would…

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Original Poetry. "The Bridge of Sighs," (At Yass.) (Not exactly after the style of a poem bearing the same title, and written by the Inte Thos.Hood.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1850 · page 6

Just now I've ta'en the fit o' rhyme, My barmie noodle's working prime, My fancy yerkit up sublime Wi' hasty summon;…

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The Sydney Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1850 · page 4

WE have been informed that a considerable number of Shareholders in the Sydney Railway Company. have neglected to pay up the last call. Many of these gentlemen…

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Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures Mrs. Caudle Has Discovered That Caudle Is a Railway Director

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 8

'When I took up the paper to-day, Caudle, you might have knocked me down with a feather! Now, don't be a hypocrite--you know what's the matter. And when you havn't a bed to lie upon, and are…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. Railway Committee

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 6

The chairman and committee sat on the Equinoctial line as usual, and proceeded with the engineering evidence. The first witness called was a surveyor. He…

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Original Poetry. a Stir-'em-up Railway Chant. (AIR—"There's nae luck, &c.")

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1850 · page 6

WHERE has that Railway spirit fled, Which called on every man In New South Wales, to go a-head And back the glorious plan?…

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The Railway Guarantee

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1850 · page 4

THE following important letter from the Colonial Secretary to the Manager of the Sydney Railway Company, has been handed to us for publication. By a reference to our…

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Our Present Railway Prospect

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1850 · page 4

CERTAINLY at no past time has this great national scheme presented such a lifelike and matured appearance as at the present: with all the antagonism from those whose…

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The Sydney and Goulburn Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1850 · page 4

AFTER the termination of the Public Meeting on the subject of " Police Protection," which was held at the Royal Hotel on Thursday last, a full report of which will be found…

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A Cheap Class of Railways

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1850 · page 1

A SHORT time ago (October 13) we took ocsion, in speaking of the present railway system, to hint at the possibility of constructing a class of useful railways, auxiliary to the…

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Mr. T. S. Mort on Colonial Railways

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1850 · page 2

LET us look, then, first at the practicability of the work—then at the profitable return which it offers to an investment; and, lastly, at its vast and varied importance as a…

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Active Railway Operations

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1850 · page 4

A CIRCULAR LETTER of which the following is a copy, has been addressed by the Manager of the Railway Company to the Shareholders…

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Ceremony of Turning the Turf of the Sydney and Goulburn Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1850 · page 8

WEDNESDAY se'nnight being the day fixed upon for the actual commencement of the first Australian Railway, was most anxiously looked forward to by thousands of the good citizens of Sydney…

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The Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1850 · page 4

THE last, and we may say the most important step towards the formation of the first Railway in Australia has been taken, and the long cherished hopes indulged in by the…

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