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

Railways, roads & transport, 1878

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Bridge Over Bangalore Creek

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1878 · page 2

The tender of Mr. G. J. Clarke has been accepted for the erection of a bridge over Bangalore Creek on the new road. The bridge will have two stone piers and timber…

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Victorian Railway Rates

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1878 · page 3

IN the returns kept by our customs authorities he correct, 11,453,402 lb. of New South Wales wool, valued at £569,231, crossed the Murray in 1876 at Albury, Howlong, and Corowa, to find its way to…

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Wool Rates on the Government Railways

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 August 1878 · page 4

THE following tables have been prepared for the purpose of showing how far the tariff of charges for carrying wool on our different railway lines conforms to the principle of…

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Revised Railway Rates

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 August 1878 · page 2

We understand that the Government have had before them the the subject of altering the existing rates for the carriage of goods, and that they have determined…

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Railways for the Hawahan Islands

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 7

His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands has through his foreign minister, appointed Captain Audley Coote his consul at Hobart Town for the Island of Tasmania…

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The Turkish Railways. London, August 11

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 August 1878 · page 2

The English, French, and Austrian railway schemes, including the Euphrates Valley, are under the consideration of the Porte…

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Lecture on the Father of Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 August 1878 · page 2

ON Monday evening a lecture on the above subject was delivered in the Wesleyan lecture-hall by the Rev. Henry Youngman of Adelong. There was a good attendance. The chair was occupied by Mr…

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Railways in Asia Minor. London. August 21

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 28 August 1878 · page 2

The Government will unofficially support the exploring of railway routes in Asia Minor, but declines any guarantee…

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New Railway Time-table

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 August 1878 · page 2

THE opening of the line to Wagga on Sid of next month has necessitated the most of a new time-table; and we understand that the Executive has to-day assented to…

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Opening of the Railway to Wagga

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 September 1878 · page 2

THIS (Tuesday) morning a special train from Sydney will pass the Yass station, conveying the Hon. Mr. Sutherland, Minister for Works, and probably several of his colleagues, as well…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. the Southern Railway Extension

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 September 1878 · page 2

THE opening of the railway to North Wagga Wagga to-day was a great success. Mr. S A. Joseph, of the Sydney firm of Joseph, and Co, made a telling…

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Opening of the Railway to Wagga Wagga

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 September 1878 · page 2

THE Great Southern Railway was formally opened by the Hon. John Sutherland to Wagga Wagga on Tuesday. The Minister for Works was accompanied by his…

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A Sailing Railway-car

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 6

"THE force of wind in the motion of sails may be applied also to the driving of a chariot, by which a man may sail on the land, as well as by a ship on the water,"…

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The Opening of the Southern Railway to North Wagga

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 3

THE opening of the Southern Railway to North Wagga is an event of sufficient importance in itself to justify the large amount of interest which was felt in it throughout this district…

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Railway to Cooma

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 September 1878 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor for the purpose of taking steps to have a requisition drawn up to the Minister for Works, asking him to have a trial line surveyed from Yass to…

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Branch Railways. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1878 · page 4

SIR,—For many years past the good people of Illawarra have been importuning the government to build a line of railway connecting their district with the metropolis. The question was again opened on…

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Railway Locomotive Department Banquet

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1878 · page 2

THE fifth annual festival in connection with the locomotive drivers and firemen of the railway department was commemorated last Saturday evening by a banquet in the Redfern town hall. The number of…

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Extension of Southern Railway

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 October 1878 · page 4

Mr. Barton has given notice of his intention to move a resolution in the Assembly, advocating that the Southern Railway line be taken along the southern bank of the…

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Cooper and Cooper V. Commissioner for Railways

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 4

THIS case which was set down for hearing at the ensuing Circuit Court, was brought by the plaintiff Messrs. V. and J. Cooper against the Commissioner for Railways for his negligence in not sending trucks…

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Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 October 1878 · page 6

THE line of Parish Road mentioned below has been formally marked and opened by the proper officer, and the same is now open for public use :—Road from the Goulburn and…

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