The English RAILWAYS.—No. III
HOWEVER much we may blame the railway companies for suddenly raising their tariff, it ought not to be forgotten that in doing as they have the authority of the very same…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1871
99 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 5
The Opening of the New Bridge
A MEETING of the committee appointed to arrange for the opening of the now bridge when the approaches are completed, was held at the Court-house, Yass, on Friday last. Those present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Suicide on the Victorian Railways
ON Monday night a most distressing suicide was committed on the Williamstown railway line close to the Footscray station. The goods train from Ballarat arrived at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Rates. To the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser
SIR,—In Saturday's Herald there is an article signed Investigator, apparently emanating from one in authority, in which the writer, to make out a case for high rates,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Old Hume Bridge
THE relics of the old Hume Bridge, which erst spanned the Yass River, are fast disappearing, and on last Wednesday when removing the stone piers upon which it was supported, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Opening of the Old Hume Bridge at Yass in 1854
AT the present time, when arrangements are in progress for opening with proper éclat the fine new fine bridge spanning the Yass River, the following account of the proceedings connected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fairlie's Railway System
The following letter from Mr. Fairlie to the secretary of the Railway Progress Association was read at a meeting of the committee, held at Hobart…
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THERE is some correspondence now going on in the S. M. Herald upon the subject of railway charges. It was started by a writer styling himself Investigator, and his object…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Opening of the Old Hume Bridge. To the Editor of the Yass Courier
SIR,--I read the report of the opening of the old Hume Bridge, as published in your last issue, with considerable emotion. I was present at the ceremony of laying the foundation and placing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cheap Railways, and How to Get Them
A LECTURE with this title has just been published in Melbourne by Mr. Howard Spensley, barrister-at-law. The lecture was delivered at Portland, a town whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. the Yass Bridge
ON the 21st April last, the Legislative Assembly, on a motion made by Mr. Buchanan on the 4th October last year, ordered to be printed "copies of all correspondence between the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads of the Colony
THE following bill to amend the Main Roads' Management Act, was on Wednesday introduced into the Legislative Assembly by the hon. minister for works:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Goulburn and Taralga Road. to the Editor
SIR,—Presuming that as a leading journalist you are at all times disposed to give publicity to such communications as may tend to promote the welfare of the community at large—but especially that section…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fairlie’s Railway System
The following letter from Mr. Fairlie to the Secretary of the Railway Progress Association was read at a meeting of the committee, held at Hobart Town, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mark Twain Shows How to Train Up a Child
HAVING reflected deeply for half an hour upon the subject of domestic discipline, I feel like sparing a few suggestions relative to the best method of bringing up children. Being a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road Via Rossiville
A DEPUTATION consisting of Mr. M. Fitzpatrick, member for Yass Plains; Mr. E. Butler, member for Argyle; the Very Rev. P. Danne the mayor of Goulburn, (Mr. F. Horn); and Captain Rossi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taralga Road. to the Editor
SIR,—I wish to correct a mistake which your Taralga correspondent, who signs himself Pro Bono Police, has fallen into. He says that "Mr. Butler (the member for Argyle) has been up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Horror
AT about twenty minutes past ten on Monday night, February 6, as an extra freighttrain of twenty-four cars, loaded with petroleum, was approaching New Hamburg…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Goulburn and Taralga Road. to the Editor
SIR,—There is published in your paper of the 20th instant a long letter under the above heading, signed Pro Bono Publico, which contains some statements calculated to produce a wrong impression on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taralga Road. to E. Butler, Esq., M.l.a
SIR,—In your reply to Pro Bono Publico, dated 29 ultimo, you take occasion to refer to a conversation which took place between ourselves concerning the above road…
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