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

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

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Railway Time Table

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 4

THE following are the arrangements (or passenger traffic : Leave Sydney daily(Sunday excepted), at 9.46a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Arrive Murrumburrah dally (Monday excepted) 8 46 a.m., and…

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Railways in Japan

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 21 April 1879 · page 4

AT a recent meeting of the institution of civil engineers, a paper was read On Railway Work in Japan, by Mr. W. Furniss Potter. The author stated that there were…

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Railway to Monaro

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 2

On Wednesday the Hon. L. Fane De Salis M.L.C. and Mr. Palmer from the engineer- in -chief's department proceeded from Queanbeyan, accompanied by two or three of the…

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Proposed Queanbeyan Railway

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 4

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Thompson, M.L.A, Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A. Messrs Charles A. Massy. William Affleck P. J. Donnelly, and W. G. O’Neill, waited on the…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1879 · page 8

Notice is given, that plan and book of reference showing the intended line of road in question, are now deposited at the office of the Surveyor-General in Sydney, and at the Police Office, Goulburn…

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Correspondence. the Roads Department. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 3

SIR,—I read with a great deal of pleasure your leader anent the Commissioner for Roads (Mr. Bennett). I can bear you out that it is no use being an officer of the Roads Department unless…

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Railway to Day

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 2

THE Commissioner and Engineer-in-Chief for Roads (Mr. Bennett) and the Surreyor-General (Mr. Adams) were, at the instance of Mr. Lackey…

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The Late Alterations in the Timetable of the Great Southern Railway

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 May 1879 · page 2

In compliance with a requisition to the Mayor, numerously end influentially signed, that he would call a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and district, to take into consideration…

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Railway Employes' Dinner

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 5 May 1879 · page 2

THE annual dinner of the employes in the locomotive department of the southern railways was held on Saturday evening in the hall of the mechanies' institute. Eighty-four persons eat down to on…

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Parish Roads

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 6

IT being deemed expedient to open and make the several parish roads mentioned below plans and books of reference are now deposited at the office of the Surveyor…

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John Bridge's Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 3

Station Properties remain without any improvement, and the same can be said of store stook. Fat Cattle were duller than usual this week, and not worth over 12s per 100 lbs…

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The Pyramids and American Railways

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 12 May 1879 · page 4

A NEW York paper makes rather a surprising contrast between the pyramids of ancient Egypt and the railways of modern times It will be observed that it leaves…

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The Railway Time-table

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 12 May 1879 · page 2

The residents of places along the line south of Goulburn and doing business with this town complain that the existing arrangement does not allow sufficient time. The…

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From Goulburn to Tarago by Coach. an Incident on the Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1879 · page 7

UPON reaching Goulburn on the morning of the 3rd instant, at about I o’clock, en route for Tarago, I was recommended to take the opposition coach, which advice I took, and…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 May 1879 · page 1

THE following road has been confirmed, and it has been declared expedient to open and make the road referred to, according to the plans and books of reference to be seen at…

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Unnecessary Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 May 1879 · page 3

THE following road will be closed at the expiration of three months after the 20th May, if no valid objections be previously lodged ; and a grant will issue in accordance with the…

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Gas in Railway Carriages

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 May 1879 · page 8

THE gas is manufactured in a building close by the sheds, and is made from tallow, which is far preferable to coal gas, as it is entirely free from sulphurous exhalations. After it…

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Parish Roads

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 May 1879 · page 9

It being expedient to open and make the parish roads mentioned below, plans and books of reference are now deposited at the office of the Surveyor-General in Sydney, and…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 June 1879 · page 3

No objections having been made to the proposed opening of the undermentioned road, it is declared expedient to open and make the road referred to according to the plans…

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Railway Rates

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 2

A NUMBER of gentleman met at Han[?]'s Hotel, Moss Vale, on Monday last, for the purpose of considering certain anomalies in the railway rate-sheet, with the view of making representatives to…

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