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

Railways, roads & transport, 1871

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Increased Railway Rates-- Public Meeting

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 August 1871 · page 2

ON last Tuesday afternoon a public meeting was hold at the Court-house, Yass, to take into consideration the increased rates charged since the 1st instant for the carriage of goods on the…

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The Wheeo Road

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1871 · page 4

ON Tuesday the following petition, with three hundred signatures, was presented to the minister for works in Sydney by a deputation consisting of Mr. Butler, the member for Argyle; Mr. Fitzpatrick,…

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Railway Goods Tariff. To the Editor of the S. M. Herald

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1871 · page 3

SIR,—The report in this morning's paper of the objections urged by the Goulburn deputation in their interview with Mr. Byrnes yesterday, to the now railway goods tariff, while it will satisfy most…

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The Railway Deputation

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1871 · page 4

IN the following considerable use has been made of the reports of the Sydney daily papers; but the more important remarks have been given at greater length and some inaccuracies corrected. The…

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Increased Railway Rates.—public Meeting at Yass

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1871 · page 3

ON last Tuesday afternoon a public meeting was held at the court-house, Yass, to take into consideration the increased rates charged since the 1st instant for the carriage of goods on the railway. There…

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Railway Rates. To the Editor of the S. M. Herald

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 23 August 1871 · page 3

SIR,—I wish to call you attention to the new ratesheet issued on the 1st August by the commissioner for railways, which simply increases the rate of carriage on most goods withoutany attempt at a…

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The Railway Goods Rates

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1871 · page 3

MR BYANES'S latest freak puts him completely be yond the pale of sympathy. The tariff of railway charges ho has promulgated in his capacity as commissioner is posititvely the most retrogressive that…

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Marsden's Bridge and the Tuena Road. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 4

SIR,—Will you permit me, through the columns of your journal, to call the attention of the inhabitants of that portion of the district lying between Tuena and Goulburn to the necessity for an urgent and…

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The Increased Railway Rates. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 September 1871 · page 3

MY DEAR SIR,-- I duly presented to the Minister for Works, on Tuesday last, the petition forwarded to me for that purpose from the inhabitants of Yass, having reference to the recently…

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The Railway Rates

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 4

IT is refreshing to observe the calm, dispassionate, and totally disinterested way in which the S. M. Herald treats the agitation now going on upon the question of the new…

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Railway Charges. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 2

SIR,—You have most ably advocated for the southern districts the above important question, especially in your issue of the 20th ultimo; and I therefore take the liberty of addressing you on what is in reality an…

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The Increased Railway Rates. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 6

MY DEAR SIR,—I duly presented to the minister for works, on Tuesday last, the petition forwarded to me for that purpose from the inhabitants of Yass, having reference to…

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Railway Rates and Sydney Influence

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 6

THE question which seems fast to be pushing itself into discussion is that concerning the power which may be exercised by ministries in governing the colony. The popular idea…

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Railway Rates.—public Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1871 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Mechanics’ Institute yesterday afternoon for. the purpose of receiving the report of the railway committee, and of the late deputation to the Minister for Works,…

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A Bridge Over the Wollondilly. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 September 1871 · page 4

SIR,—My attention has been directed to a letter which appeared in your issue of the 2nd inst, headed ''Marsden's bridge and the Tuena road,'' and signed Justice. Your correspondent Justice ought to have…

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Southern Railway League.—public Meeting

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 September 1871 · page 3

ON Wednesday afternoon a public meeting was held in the hall of the mechanics' institute for the purpose of receiving the report of the recent deputation appointed to wait on the minister for works and for…

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The Railway Rates

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 20 September 1871 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Goulburn states that a railway league has been formed there to obtain parliamentary interference in fixing a scale of traffic rates on the railways. Although an act of parliament would put a…

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The Collision on the Melbourne Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 3

A VERY serious accident happened on Tuesday night (12th), about a quarter-past ten o'clock, on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay railway. From what can be gathered it seems…

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Cheap Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 11 October 1871 · page 4

THE question of cheap railways is being again brought under discussion in Victoria. A letter appeared in the Melbourne Argus recently from Mr. Robert Faivlic, C. E., In…

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Narrow-gauge Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1871 · page 4

ENGINEERING of Friday, June 30th, in the course of an elaborate article on railways, states that the countries now unprovided with railways must soon have them, that they…

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