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

Railways, roads & transport, 1874

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Serious Railway Accidents

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1874 · page 8

A COLLISION, arising from shunting in front of an express train, occurred on the 11th November on the North-Eastern Railway at Headingly, near Leeds, by which twenty…

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Local and General. Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 January 1874 · page 2

A MEETING of the railway extension committee was held at Yass on Saturday last (17th inst.), at noon, at the Court-honse. There was a large attendance. The convener (Mr. T. Laidlaw)…

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Railway Extension to Yass

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1874 · page 4

A MEETING of the railway extension committee was held at Yass on Saturday last, at noon, at the court-house. There was a large attendance. The convener T…

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Sale of Railway Tickets

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 January 1874 · page 2

We have frequently referred to the inconvenience experienced at our railway-stations on holiday occasions, owing to the difficulty of procuring tickets, and suggested as a…

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Sad Case of Drowning at Prince's Bridge

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 2

A sad case, in which a man was drowned in trying to save the life of a young woman, and in which two other men narrowly escaped drowning, occurred at…

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The Railway Works at Manton's Creek

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 February 1874 · page 2

WISHING to see what was being done at the works at Manton's Creek, I started early on Tuesday morning, and journeyed vid the Hardwicke homestead (whore, by-the-bye, I eat…

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Mr. Grundy's Reply to Mr. Whitton's Report on the Rival Railway Lines

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 February 1874 · page 2

THE following able document, written by Mr. Grundy, C.E., was received yesterday, and we have been authorised by Mr. Laidlaw, the convener of the Railway Extension Committee, to…

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How They Train Sheep-dogs in California

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 6

Rev. C E. Babb, in one of his letters from California, tells of what an old shepherd told him about the way they train the famous shepherd dogs in Southern California…

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Railway Travelling with a Vengrance

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 4

We understand that a passenger carriage is now attached to the goods-train, and that the fact has been advertised in the Sydney papers, though not in the papers…

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Parliament. the Railway Extension to Yass. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, February 17

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 February 1874 · page 4

Mr. MACINTOSH moved the adjournment of the House. He called attention to the difficulties occurring in municipalities throughout the country. There was a dead-lock at The Yass Courier of Friday last contains Mr. Grundy's reply to the final report of Mr. Whitton, the Engineer-in-Chief, upon the proposal to carry the southern railway extension…

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Railway Extension to Yass. Mr. Whitton's Reply to Mr. Grundy's Report

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 March 1874 · page 2

MR. WHITTON'S reply to Mr. Grundy's last report is as follows: -- "The Engineer-in-Chief for Railways to the Commissioner for Railways…

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Railway Extension to Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 March 1874 · page 4

WE publish the following opinions upon the recent debate which has proved that Mr. Whitton is the real Minister of Works for this colony, so far as railway extension is…

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Roads

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1874 · page 4

We are informed that the obstruction placed by Mr. Antill across the Tuena road near Goulburn at the place known as the Wool-shed has now been removed, and that the old and shorter…

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Argyle and Georgiana Roads Association

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1874 · page 3

AT the abet mooting of the above association the following report woe brought up:— FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE A[?]GYLE AND GEORGIANA ROADS ASSOCIATION…

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Subordinate Roads (Southern) Under Trustees

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 March 1874 · page 2

WE subjoin the classification and proposed distribution of the grant for 1874:-- Windellima to Goulburn municipality, £154; Goulburn municipality, via Taralga, to Richlands,…

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Local and General. Yass Railway Meeting

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 March 1874 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a meeting of the Railway Extension Committee (called by Dr. Campbell in the absence of the convener, Mr. Laidlaw) was held at the Court-house. Those present were Dr…

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The Yass Railway Station

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 April 1874 · page 2

THE following is a copy of the memorial forwarded to Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., on the subject of the change of the site of the proposed railway station:--…

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The Yass Railway-station

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1874 · page 4

THE following is a copy of the memorial forwarded to Mr. Fuzuatrick, M.L.A., on the subject of the change of the site of the proposed railway-station:— To the Honorable John Sutherland E[?]q., Minister for public…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1874 · page 3

An accident occurred on Tuesday at the South Creek railway-station by which one of the guards of the railway department named William Latton lost his life. It…

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Yass and Woolgarlo Road

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 May 1874 · page 2

A MEETING of persons interested in keeping the above road in repair, was held on the 28th ult., at Humewood. Mr. A. McCallum occupied the chair…

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