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

Railways, roads & transport, 1877

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Local and General. the Road From Whee[?] and Gallery Gullen to Gunning and Goulburn Red Tape Extraordinary

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 January 1877 · page 2

UNFORTUNATELY senses preci[?]ded the possible[?] of reproducing in [?] the mass of correspondence which passed between the Land Department and the Surveyor-General [?]…

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Correspondence. Gatekeepers on Railway Crossings. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 February 1877 · page 4

SIR,--Having on several occasions been subjected to inconvenience and delay at a crossing on the railway line, I would esteem it a great favour for an answer to the following question :…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1877 · page 2

THE Sydney corner held an inquest, on Monday touching the death at a fireman employed on the railway, named John Elliott who was knocked off the engine of the 5.25 p.m. train on Saturday…

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Roof in the Roads

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 2

CAN we not do something .with this abominably hot weather? Can we not turn it to account in some way, extract some good from it, obtain some compensation for the…

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Railway to Murrumburrah

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 6

The Yass Courier reports that the rails are now laid the whole of the distance between Binalong and Murrumburrah, though it is unlikely the…

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Commercial. Agent's Report. [Mr. John Bridge, Sydney.]

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 March 1877 · page 3

February 22. -- In station properties there is nothing doing, pending the breaking up of the drought now felt so seriously in our southern and western districts, and the same may be said…

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Local and General. Extension of the Great Southern Railway to Murrumburrah

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 2

ANOTHER pleasing event in connection with the progress and history of our colony was celebrated yesterday in the township of Murrumburrah by a public banquet and other festivities. The…

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Opening of the Southern Railway to Murrumburrah

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1877 · page 2

THE opening of the extension of the southern railway to Murramburrah took place on Monday last. This station is twenty miles from Binalong, the furthers point previously reached by the railway, and…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 2

AN accident almost as serious in its results no that of Abbots Ripton, on the same line in the early part of this year, occurred at the Arlesey siding station, four miles, north of…

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Opening of the Railway to Murrumburrah

The Burrowa News · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 2

ON Monday a farther extension of the Great Southern Railway from Binalong to Murrumburrah was opened for traffic. This adds twenty miles to the line, making the total length from Sydney…

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Railway Time Table

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 April 1877 · page 2

PASSENGER AND MAIL TRAINS HAVE SYDNEY— Dally, Sunday excepted, 1 at 10 a.m. and 5.25 p.m. Parramatts Junction. 13 miles, 10.34 a.m. and 5.58 p.m., e; fares, 2s. and 1s. 4d…

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An Incident of the Ashtabula Railway Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 6

IF every individual who went down with the ill-fated railroad train at Ashtabula and lived through the experience were to write up his or her sensations and adventures,…

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Railway Accident in Tasmania

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 2

THE Hobart Town Mercury gives the following particulars concerning the accident on the main line of railway which occurred on the 24th instant:—…

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Cricket. Goulburn Club V. Combined Tram

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1877 · page 2

THE first eleven of the Goulburn Club and an equal number of players selected from the various other local clubs met on the Victoria Recreation-Ground on Saturday afternoon last. The match was very…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Morpeth

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 8

SHORTLY after midnight on March 25 a sad accident occurred to the Flying Scotchman, as the train is called, which left Edinburgh between ten and eleven o'clock for Newcastle…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Goulburn

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 27 June 1877 · page 2

ON the arrival at Goulburn of the one o'clock mail and passenger train from Mumumburrah on Saturday morning a young man named John Lloyd, aged twenty-eight, unmarried, a passenger from Binalong,…

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

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 June 1877 · page 3

SIR,--Our legislature seem to be thoroughly awakened at last to the desirability of extending our railways N.S.W.-ward, and seemingly intend to be as fast in the future as they have been…

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Aroyle and Georgiana Roads Association

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 30 June 1877 · page 4

The president has received the following letters from the department of public works :—lst, an answer to the association, application for a bridge ever the Mulwarre Ponds at Lansdowne, steting that the sum of…

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Railway Refreshment Room

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 11 July 1877 · page 4

We are glad to notice that the railway authorities have at last decided to have a refreshment-room at the Gunning railway station. A carpenter was rent up last week to…

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Road Expenditure

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 July 1877 · page 2

THE following is the Schedule of subordinate roads under officers of the roads' department so far as relates to this and the neighbouring districts : --…

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