My Sufferings in the Train
INEXORABLE business calling me out of Sydney, just as I was in the act of taking a lesson at cricket on Tuesday last, and looked forward to my usual Christmas relaxation,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1870
53 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 3
The Bridge Works. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--It is reported that the old bridge is to be demolished next week. As there is every probability of the now bridge being opened for traffic within six months. I would respectfully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yass Iron Bridge.—driving the First Rivet
YESTERDAY, at about, half-past ten o'clock, a number of the residents of Yass met at the invitation of Mr. Down (of the firm of Musson and Down, the contractors for the erection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Ode of the Road
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is to be seen practising on a bicycle near his residence at Warlingham—“Scotsman.” Lowe, and behold! The Chancellor Of the Exchequer,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →California.—terrible Railway Accident
AT about half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, November 10th, information was received in this city by telegraph, and soon after by one of the ferry-boats, that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Road to the Cemeteries. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--At the famous private meeting, called by public advertisement, for the purpose of raising funds for the formation of a public road to the cemeteries, one of the rev. gentlemen present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yass Iron Bridge.—driving the First Rivet
ON Thursday, at about half-past ton o'clock, a number of the residents of Yass met at the invitation of Mr. Down (of the firm of Musson and Down, the contractors for the erection of the bridge), to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carriage of Coal on the Western Railway
ON Tuesday afternoon a deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. Mc Kenzie, T. Wilton, and R. Anderson, accompanied by Mr. J. H. Neale, M.L.A., waited on the Hon. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train on a New Line
The other day Mr. G. F. Train appeared at Taimmany-hall, Now York, as a preacher. The fact had been advertised in the following manner: -- "To-night Rev. George Francis Train preaches on 'Old Fogies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Make Railways Quickly
An occasional correspondent of the Times describing the new great Pacific Railroad says:—The track, however, on both portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co.'s New Railway Carriage Factory
THE factory for the manufacture of railway carriages, formally opened by Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co. on Tuesday, marks an important advance in the progress of colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Government Surveyed Road.—the Road to Death
A CORRESPONDENT signing himself Little John, thus writes from Wilcannin, under date the 22nd February, to the Pastoral Times:—"About two years since Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Extension
THE report of the Select Committee on Railway Extension not only proposes a great change in the policy of the country, but is practically an impeachment of what has been already done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Braidwood and Goulburn Road
THE following article is from the Braidwood Dispatch Owing to communication having been cut off we were previously unable to say anything of the Braidwood road beyond the immediate vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension Report
THE select committee of the Legislative Assembly appointed on 2nd February, 1870, with power to send for persons and papers, to inquire into and report upon the best…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Underground Railways
While we are discussing the question of street tramways, it may be as well to look a little ahead. New York is just engaged in a novel experiment, which, if successful, may cause us to modify some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Flood in the Yass River. Total Destruction of the Works at the New Bridge
THE 26th of April, 1870, will long be remembered by the inhabitants of the Yass district as a day of calamity and loss. The flood in the Yass River, to which we briefly alluded in our issue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State of the Roads and Bridges
BY the courtesy of Mr. Bonnett, Commissioner and Engineer for Roads and Bridges, who arrived in Yass yesterday, we are enabled to state that but very trifling damage has been done to the…
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PARLIAMENTARY discussions on railway matters have ended in the report of the select committee on railway extension having boon complimented as containing a great deal of valuable information and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads and Bridges. to the Editor
SIR,—Your three leaders on roads and bridges are very opportune and judicious. There are, however, exceptions to the general plan you recommend of substituting causeways of bridges, as in some places…
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