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

Railways, roads & transport, 1867

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

Shocking Murder in Old Kent Road

The Yass Courier · Saturday 23 November 1867 · page 4

A PECULIARLY shocking murder was committed on the morning of September 3. For some time past a man named Louis Bordier, aged thirty-five, a native of Bordeaux, and by trade a…

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Gundaroo Road Grants. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1867 · page 2

SIR,—Your Gundaroo correspondent is in error as to my having neglected the interests of that locality; but it is very difficult to infuse activity into a department when the object is to procure assistance…

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The Railway to Sutton Forest. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1867 · page 2

SIR,—We bear that the station at this place is to be opened some time before the beginning of the year. It might have been to several months back, had the government had the ordinary sense to get the…

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Sutton Forest Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1867 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Royal Hotel, Sutton Forest, on Saturday, 30th November, Mr. Henry Badgery, J.P., in the chair. The following resolutions were carried:—I. Proposed by Mr…

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Combination of Horse and Steam Power for Locomotives on Ordinary Roads

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1867 · page 2

COMBINATION OF HORSE AND STEAM POWER FOR LOCOMOTIVES ON ORDINARY ROADS.—The great difficulty attending the introduction of steam on ordinary roads, as…

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Railway Fares.—meeting at Nattai

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 December 1867 · page 4

A MEETING was held at New Sheffield, on the 16th instant, for the expression of public opinion on the above subject. In the absence of the members for the district, Mr. B. J. W. Burke, J.P., at the…

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