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

Railways, roads & transport, 1857

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

Sydney and Goulburn Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1857 · page 4

THE lamented death of Mr. Condon, (particulars of which will be found elsewhere), will, it is to he feared, somewhat retard the surveying operations of…

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The Great French Railway Robbery

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1857 · page 2

AMONG the passengers on board the Asia was Mr. Goddard (late one of the principal officers of the Bow-street police), who had been sent to America…

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Country News. Berrima. Cross Roads Races

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1857 · page 4

These races came off on Thursday, 8th instant, the same stewards acting as at Bong Bong, and Henry Badgery, Esq., acting as judge. The weather was all that could be…

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The Frauds on the Northern of France Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1857 · page 2

We recently published an account of an immense fraud upon the Northern Railway of France by two of its cashiers—Charles Carpentier and Louis Grelet. Now we are called…

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Railways

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1857 · page 4

THE following letter, signed "An Australian Mountaineer," and published in the Sydney Morning Herald, will be read with interest:—''Having seen it stated in the Morning Herald,…

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The Gigantic Fraud on the Great Northern Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1857 · page 2

ON Tuesday, James Charles Comyns Kent, the clerk who stands remanded on the charge of being concerned with Redpath, late the registrar and…

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Legislative Assembly. Thursday, March 5. the River Murray.—bridge at Albury

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1857 · page 6

In answer to a question from Mr. G. MACLEAY, in respect to the bridge proposed to be thrown across the Murray River, at Albury, and whether the Government had entered into…

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New South Wales Parliament. (For report of preceding days see sixth page.) Legislative Council. Monday, March 9, 1857. Extension of Railways

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1857 · page 4

Mr. DONALDSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to authorize the raising of certain sums of money, by loan, to be expended in the extension of railways, in the year 1857.—Read a…

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Railway Extension

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1857 · page 4

WHENEVER any money is asked of the country for the extension of the line of railway from Sydney southward, western and northern voices are…

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Friday, March 6. Sole Commissioner of Railways

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1857 · page 6

Mr. COWPER as Chairman, brought up a third progress report from, and laid upon the table the evidence taken before the select committee, on the Sole Commissioner of Railways…

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Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, March 17. Bridge Over the Murray at Albury

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1857 · page 5

Mr. GEORGE MACLEAY asked—What the Government intend to do in the matter of the bridge proposed to be thrown over the Murray at Albury, seeing that the Government of…

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QUEANBEYAN. — the Bridge at Last. (To the Editor of the Goulburn Herald.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1857 · page 6

SIR,—I notice in the Goulburn Chronicle of the 11th March, a paragraph headed "The Bridge at Last," from their correspondent of this place. Now it seems to me that it would be…

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Parliamentary Paper. Railway Lines in the Southern Districts. The Deputy Serveyor-General to the Surveyor-General. 10th June, 1856

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 6

SIR,—In attention to that part of your memorandum of the 28th March, 1856, in which you observe that, in passing through the country I should keep in view the great object of…

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The Queanbeyan Bridge. To the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 5

SIR,—I perceive a letter, in the Goulburn Chronicle of the 11th, signed "An owner of a £5 Allotment," relative to the Queanbeyan Bridge. THe writer first announces the opinion…

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The Great Gold Robbery and the Railway Forgeries

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 3

THE trials for the "Great Bullion Robberies" and the " Great Railway Forgeries" have terminated, as might have been anticidated, in the conviction of…

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Select Poetry. the Bridge of Sighs. "Drown'dl Drown'd!"-HAMLET

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1857 · page 7

ONE more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death!…

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Parliamentary Paper. Railway Extension

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1857 · page 7

General Report on the Explorations and Surveys made by the Detachment of Royal Engineers under the command of Capt. J. S. Hawkins, R. E., with a view to Railway Extension in…

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CANALS v. RAILWAYS. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1857 · page 6

GENTLEMEN,—In a young country a system of public works, to be of the greatest possible utility, ought to be expansive in their nature, so as to grow with the country's growth, and…

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Terrible Railway Accident in Canada

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 20 June 1857 · page 3

THE Hamilton Speculator says:—The train from Toronto, due in this city at a quarter to six p.m., on the 12th of March, had come from Toronto as…

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Hints on Railway Construction

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1857 · page 2

The first sight of an American Railway map, to use a vulgarism, "quite takes one aback." An impression is produced rather akin to what we receive when a…

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