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

Railways, roads & transport, 1876

58 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Correspondence. the Railway. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 June 1876 · page 3

SIR,--I must take objection to the letter headed " In re Whitton, C.E.," and signed "Hennessy," and I think the letter would have been nearer the mark had it been signed…

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A Railway Gate Smashed

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 4

When the train was leaving Goulburn for Gunning on Thursday night the engine came into contact with the pair of iron gates at the Sloane-street crossing near Mrs…

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Terrible Railway Accident in America

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 June 1876 · page 4

A DESPATCH from Poughkeepsie, published by the New York journals, states that a terrible railway accident has occurred to an express train. On nearing the little [?]amlet…

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Railway Time-table From 9Th November, 1875

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1876 · page 3

GOODS TRAINS leave Sydney daily (Sundays excepted) at 7 p.m., arriving at Goulburn at 7 a.m. the following day; and leave Goulburn daily (Sundays excepted) at 6 p.m., arriving…

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Grenfell Quarter Sessions.—bridge at Morangorell

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 June 1876 · page 3

ON Thursday last Mr. James Watson, the member for Lachlan, and Mr. W. J. Watson waited upon the colonial Secretary for the purpose of presenting a petition from the inhabitants of…

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On the Road to the Hodgkinson

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 June 1876 · page 4

THE correspondent of the Brisbane Courier writes as follows :— There is nothing sensationally interesting in the natural features of the country…

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Opening of the Railway Extension to Bowning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1876 · page 2

The mail-train leaving Sydney on Monday evening will ran through to Bowning, nine miles beyond Yeas, where it will arrive somewhere about…

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Binda to Bigga Road Repairs. To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 3

SIR,—Of course the public are aware that with the usual care of tie public purse, and the determination to retrench expenditure of that important appendage to any Government, it has been decided…

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New Railway Time-table

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 4

The new time-table issued by the government consequent upon the opening of the southern railway extension to Bowning will be found over our leading article together with…

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Opening of the Railway to Yass and Bowning

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 July 1876 · page 2

ON last Sunday night the railway to Bowning and Yass may be said to have been opened. On that evening, about nine o'clock, the mail-coaches from Albury and Young drove to the station,…

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Opening of the Railway to Bowning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 5 July 1876 · page 2

OPENING OF THE RAILWAY TO BOWNING.—The extension of traffic on the railway to Bowning was commenced on Monday last, the mail-train leaving Sydney that evening running right through. There…

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Lightning Train to the Pacific. From New York to San Francisco in Less Than Three and a Half Days

The Burrowa News · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 5

James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor of the New York Herald, recently undertook to pay half or more of the expenses of a train from New York to San Francisco, which should take through…

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The Railway Extension From Gunning to Bowning

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 3

As has before been stated, the extension of the southern railway to Bowning was recently formally opened by the mail and passenger train leaving Sydney on the 3rd July running right through. There…

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A Lesson for Railway Servants

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 4

Fob some days past the station at Lille, on the frontier of Belgium and France, has been the scene of a compete panic. If a gorilla were ensconced behind the refresh,…

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Yass to Woolgarlo Road

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 August 1876 · page 2

A NUMEROUSLY attended meeting of residents along the Yass to Woolgarlo road was held on Saturday afternoon last at Mr. P. Thompson's, Ridge Hall. Mr. Bolding occupied the chair…

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The Fairlie System of Cheap Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 2

WE are glad to notice the arrival in Brisbane, by the last Turres Straits mail, of Mr. G. H. Royce, one of the partners of the Fairlie Engine Company, London, who has…

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Railway Safety Appliances

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 August 1876 · page 7

AT a meeting of the Society of Arts Mr. F. J. Bramwell, C.E., F.R.S., read a paper on the above subject. Mr. Bramwell said that the public at large were too much in the…

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O'brien Bridge Toll Bar.--railway Fares From and to Yass, Jerra Wa, and Dalton

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 August 1876 · page 2

THE following correspondence has been received by Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.P.:-- "Department of Public Works, Sydney, 12th August, 1876…

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The Yass to Woolgarlo Road

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 August 1876 · page 2

THE following correspondence with regard to this road explains itself. We are glad to learn that the rumour referred to is unfounded, for fow, if any, roads in the district more greatly…

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Railway Time Table. Trains Leave Sydney --

The Yass Courier · Friday 25 August 1876 · page 2

Daily (Sunday excepted), at 10 a.m. and 5.25 p.m., and arrive at Goulburn, 131 miles, at 4.35 p.m. and 11.55 p.m. Breadalbane, 149 miles, at 12.35 a.m.; Gunning, 165 miles, at 1.20 a.m…

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