Railway Extension
ON the 15th instant his Excellency the Governor will formally open the line of railway from Quirindi to Tamworth. Great preparations are being made in the city of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
81 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5
The Deviation in the Bungendore Road at Bangalore
Mr. Sykes, one of the petitioners against the deviation in the road at Bangalore, has received a reply from the department of mines stating that the deviation has been proclaimed, formed,…
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IT being deemed expedient to open and make the several Parish Roads mentioned below, notice is given that plans and books of reference showing the intended lines of…
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THE Great Northern Railway has been opened to Tamworth. The total length of the line is now 181½ miles. His Excellency the Governor and vice-regal party arrived at…
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At the banquet at which Mr. King the mayor of Tamworth presided there was a large attendance. His Excellency the Governor made a very excellent speech; he commended…
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THE extension of the northern line from Quirindi to Tamworth is perhaps or of the most important of ally event connect with our system of railway communication with the interior which has yet…
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THERE was a grand and successful demonstration at the opening by his Excellency the Governor, of the North-West Bend Railway to-day. About 250 guests were conveyed to…
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SOME correspondence has been published by the government of Queensland respecting a junction of the railway systems of that colony and of South Australia. It…
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ON Wednesday morning a deputation consisting of Mr. Mc Elhone M.L.A., Mr. Badgery M.L.A. Messrs. York, Wilkinson, Elliot, Simpson, Maiden, Swift, Devlin, and R. M. Pitt, waited upon the minister for…
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ONE of the worse accidents—indeed as regards the number of persons killed and injured the very worst—that the London, Chatham, and Dover railway has ever experienced…
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JERILDKRIE, Wednesday.â The largest and most influential meeting ever held in Jerilderie took place to-day at the Assembly Hall, relative to railway communication direct with…
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WE are pleased to notice that the member for Goulburn, Mr. William Teece, has taken a step in the right direction with the object of bringing about a reduction in the present…
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THE Melbourne Age reports that a farmer named Patrick Connell, when attempting to cross the railway line at Kyneton, was knocked down by a goods train and literally smashed to pieces, portions…
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WHILE a train containing a number of workmen was passing along the line near Comet, in Queensland, a guy fell upon it and swept all the men in the last truck off, five or six…
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NOTWITHSTANDING the objection made to the proposed opening of the parish road mentioned below, it is hereby declared expedient to open and make the road referred to according to the plan and book…
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VICTORIA is introducing gaslight into railway carriages. Experiments made on Wednesday proved entirely successful. Each carriage will have its own reservoir, so that there will be no danger of loss by…
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THE Crown land within one mile on each side of the centre line of the proposed railway from Junee to Narranderra in the counties of Clarendon, Bourke, and Cooper has been reserved from sale…
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An accident occurred to the 9.43 a.m. express train from Cambridge to Liverpool street on the Great Western railway on Tuesday. The only stoppage is at Bishop…
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Now that the New South Wales government are calling for tenders for the supply of rolling-stock for the railways, it is hoped that second-class smoking carriages will be…
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THE travelling public will be glad to hear that the fares from Goulburn to Sydney have been reduced. The first-class fare is gazetted at 29s.; second-class, 19s. 6d. The reduction…
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