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

Railways, roads & transport, 1873

76 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 4

The Roads. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,—Touching the reads deviation question, which I am grateful to find you are bringing before the notice of the public, I wish to say a few words to my brother landholders…

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Railways or No Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 3

THROUGH the courtesy of a friend we have been favoured with a copy of a little work recently published by Mr. Fairlie, the well-known English engineer and inventor of the Fairlie engine. The…

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Correspondence. the Road Petition--gunning to Gundaroo. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 31 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,--Will you please allow me a short space in your paper to explain in reference to the above. As the road is about eighteen miles long, and sixteen miles of the eighteen are in Mr…

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Correspondence. Gunning and Gundaroo Road Petition. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 February 1873 · page 2

SIR,--Will you please allow me a short space to inform those interested in the above, that I have received a reply from Mr. Fitzpatrick, in which he apologises for having mislaid the petition,…

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The Champion of Ruinous Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1873 · page 2

BELOW will be found an extract from a letter of a civil engineer, addressed to the Times of India, on the subject of extravagance or economy in the matter of railway…

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The Route of the Railway to Yass

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1873 · page 3

NOTWITHSTANDING all that has been already accomplished in trial surveys for railway extension towards the southern border of the colony, the exact route is not finally determined on. And there is no…

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Argyle and Georgiana Roads Association

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 4

The committee held a meeting on Wednesday, when several matters connected with the working of the association were discussed. The secretary was instructed to write to the government respecting the…

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Local and General. the Railway to Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 March 1873 · page 2

We learn that the report of the Engineer-in- Chief of Railways as to the route of the Southern Railway from Goulburn Yasswards, has been handed to the Hon. J. Sutherland, the Minister…

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Local and General. Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 March 1873 · page 2

A MEETING of the Permanent Railway Extension Committee was held at the Mechanics' Institute last Friday, at four p.m. Those present were-- Dr. Campbell, Dr. Blake, Messrs. T. Colls, J…

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Extension of the Railway to Yass

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 2

ON Tuesday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A.; Mr. Tesce, M.L.A.; Mr. Watson, M.L.A Mr. Hurley, M.L.A. (Narrellan); Dr. Campbell, Mr…

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The Yass Railway Terminus

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 March 1873 · page 3

ON Friday afternoon last a meeting of the Yass Permanent Railway Extension Committee was held in the Mechanics' Institute. Those present were -- Dr. Blake (in the chair), and Messrs…

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Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 March 1873 · page 2

A MEETING of the Railway Progress Committee was held in the Mechanics' Institute on last Wednesday afternoon, in consequence of the arrival in Yass on that day of Mr. Whitten, the…

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The Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 March 1873 · page 4

THE deputation from Yass that waited on Ministers in reference to the site of the railway station appear to have taken it for granted that Mr. Whitton, the…

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Railway Extension Meeting at Burrowa

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 2

AT a meeting held at the Court-house, Burrown, on the 18th instant -- W. D. Campbell, Esq., in the chair -- the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: --…

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Railways. [Communicated.]

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 March 1873 · page 2

THE deputation who waited upon the Government seems to have been placed disadvantage by having only one spokesman, who, however intelligent, could not express the opinions of all…

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Government Loan for Railways

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 April 1873 · page 4

THE following is the principal clause of the bill to enable the Government to raise a loan for railways, introduced by the Colonial Treasurer into the Legislative Assembly on…

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Canadian Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 April 1873 · page 8

The wooden rail-roads in the vicinity of Quebec have attracted some attention. It appears that there are now 100 miles in operation. The…

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Jottings About Junction Point, Its Reefs, and the Road Thither

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Sunday 20 April 1873 · page 5

HAVING no interest in these fast-developing reefs at Junction Point, my information concerning them may readily be taken as impartial and truthful. Last week I was offered a seat in a buggy of one of our…

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Local and General. Extension of the Great Southern Railway

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1873 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly, or, Wednesday. Mr. Sutherland laid upon the table copies of certain plans, books of reference, &c., relative to the proposed railway extension from Goulburn…

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Terrible Railway Accident in America

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1873 · page 4

AMERICAN papers of the 12th Feb., landed at Queenstown on Wednesday, contain the following particulars of the dreadful disaster that occurred near Scrubgrass, the last station on the…

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