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

Railways, roads & transport, 1873

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Railway Extension

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 30 April 1873 · page 3

ON last Wednesday evening we received the appended telegram from Mr. Laidlaw:— "After a hard struggle, the government have finally decided against us as to the terminus, and…

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Local and General. Railway Extension Past Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 May 1873 · page 2

A MEETING of the Railway Extension Committee was held on Tuesday last, at three o'clock, at the Court-house, Yass. Those present were, Mr. Rees Jones (in the chair), Dr. Blake, Dr…

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Railway Mismanagement. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 3

SIR—Having been a passenger by the night-train from Sydney to Goulburn on Thursday last, I must, on the part of myself and fellow-travellers, complain of the treatment we received from the railway…

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Local and General. Railway Extension to Yass. Committee Meeting

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 May 1873 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a meeting of the Railway Extension Permanent Committee was held at the Court-house, Yass. Those present were, Messrs. Pearson (in the chair), Colls, Remmington, Wood,…

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Southern Railway Extension

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 May 1873 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at Yass on Monday for the purpose of receiving the report of the railway committee. The weather was very inclement, and the attendance consequently net very numerous…

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Southern Railway Extension.—gundaroo Line. to the Editor of the S. M. Herald

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 May 1873 · page 2

SIR,—It appears to have been officially stated in parliament last Thursday on the strength of a seven-mile mile survey out of 50 miles, "that Do Salis' (or Gundaroo line) had been found to be five miles…

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Southern Railway Extension.-- Gundaroo Line. To the Editor of the S. M. Herald

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 4

SIR,-- It appears to have been officially stilted in Parliament last Thursday, on the strength of a seven-mile survey out of fifty miles, "that De Salis's (or Gundaroo line) had been found…

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Railway Extension

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 4

OF the measures submitted during the late session of Parliament, those which were the theme of most talk were followed by signal failure; while others about which scarcely a…

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Goulburn and Laggan Road. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 3

SIR,—Knowing you always to be the willing and uncompromising advocate of the public interest, I would therefore on that account solicit your permission for a small space in your valuable journal to…

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The Question of the Railway Line Southwards

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 May 1873 · page 3

By the following article, extracted from the S. M. Herald, it will be soon that our contemporary at last begins to doubt Mr. Whitton's engineering infallibility:--…

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The Southern Railway Extension

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1873 · page 4

THE letter of Mr. De Salis, with respect to the railway route from Sydney to Yass, is a striking illustration of the irregular way in which parliament applies its attention to…

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The Yass Railway Extension. To the Editor of the S. M. Herald

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 May 1873 · page 3

SIR, -- In explanation of the report of the Engineer-in-Chief quoted by you (and you have been more fortunate in obtaining it than I have) respecting the difficulties of bringing the railway…

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The Yass Railway Extension. (To the Editor of the S. M. Herald.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 May 1873 · page 3

SIR,—In explanation of the report of the engineer-in chief, quoted by you (and you have been more fortunate in obtaining it than I have) respecting the difficulties of bringing the railway extension nearer…

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Local and General. Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 May 1873 · page 2

AN adjourned meeting of inhabitants of Yass and surrounding district was hold at the Court-house, on last Friday evening, at seven o'clock. There were from eighty to a hundred persons present…

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Railway Extension to Yass

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1873 · page 2

AN adjourned public meeting was bold oat Yass on Friday evening last, at the court-house, There were about eighty persons present. Mr. Laidlaw was called to the chair…

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The Southern Railway Extension

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1873 · page 3

MR. DR SALIS must be worse than a thorn in the flesh of Mr. Whitton. Compare the latter's vague co[?]moration of reasons, quasi luous a non luoondo against a Yass station, with the former's lucid…

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Local and General. Railway Survey Committee

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 June 1873 · page 2

A MEETING of the Railway Survey Committee was held at the Court-house, Yass, on last Wednesday afternoon. Those present were -- Dr. Campbell (in the chair), Messrs. Cottrell, Greaves…

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Argyle and Georgian a Roads Association. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 3

SIR,—I was glad to see that a satisfactory meeting was held at Bronti for the furtherance of the above society, more especially as the clergy have now taken the matter-up Great praise is due to the…

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Report of the Commissioner for Railways

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 4

THE following is the portion of the report of the Commissioner for Railways referring to trial surveys:-- During the progress of the works on the…

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Local and General. Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 July 1873 · page 2

AS many of those interested have not had an opportunity of ascertaining the exact quantity of land required for the purposes of the railway, we append particulars, with the names of the owners,…

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