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

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

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Railway Rates

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 8

A MEETING was held at Moss Vale on Monday for the purpose of considering the anomalies in the railway rate-sheet The chair was occupied by Mr. C. L. Nicholson, J.P…

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The Tramp

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1879 · page 4

IN the gathering darkness of a chill November evening a dejected-looking tramp came slowly down a street in San Francisco. His appearance was forlorn enough to have…

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Road Contracts To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 June 1879 · page 6

SIR,—It has often been a matter of surprise to me, as well as others, that in the accepting of tenders the stability of persons tendering should not be inquired into; but the way…

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[John Bridge.]

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 June 1879 · page 3

In Station Properties the feeling is rather better, but business is not easily done owing to differences between buyers and sellers; and the same remarks apply…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 July 1879 · page 4

ONe of those accidents which occasionally it is almost impossible to avoid occurred about twelve o’clock last night at the Big Hill siding, near Mittagong. It seems from what…

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Restoration of the Day Train From Wagga to Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 July 1879 · page 2

MR. FITZPATRICK, M.P. for Yass, has courteously forwarded us the annexed letter, by which it will be seen that his efforts to have the day train to Sydney re-established have been successful,…

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Conveyance of Sheep by Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 4

OWING to the complaints that have from time to time been made both in parliament and in the public press of the loss sheep owners—notably on the southern…

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Parliamentary. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, July 10. the Debate on the Railway Loan Estimates

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1879 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o’clock. Mr. Watson, in reply to Mr. M’El[?]e, said that the question as to the power of the…

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Parish Roads

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 8

No Abjections having been made to the proposed opening of the parish roads mentioned below, the said roads have been confirmed ; and it is declared expedient to open and…

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Birth at the Railway Station

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 July 1879 · page 4

ON Friday night a young woman named Elizabeth Cairns, aged 25, who had come into town by the Braidwood coach, put up at Mrs. Lambert’s boarding house in…

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The Railway Erom Blayney to Murrumburrah

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1879 · page 3

We learn from the Cowra Free Press that the various business places of the town and district, have been furnished with copies of the following petition, with a view to obtaining signatures thereto…

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Unnecessary Roads

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 August 1879 · page 9

THE following reserved or boundary roads, tracings of which may be seen at the office of the Crown land agent, Gunning, will be closed at the expiration of three months after…

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Resumed for Road Purposes

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 August 1879 · page 1

NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of the 15th section of the Crown Lands Acts Amendment Act of 1875, his Excellency the…

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Railway From Goulburn to Cooma

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 6

THE report of Mr. Stephens on the trial surveys for a line of railway from Goulburn to Cooma has just been issued. The following is the minister's letter to Mr. Greville:—…

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Reduction in Railway Rates for Yass Show

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 2

THE following is a copy of a letter received by Mr. M. C. Law, secretary, Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association :--…

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Correspondence. Proposed Tramway From Railway Station. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 4

SIR,-- It is my intention shortly to call a public meeting to see what can be done in the way of getting a tramway into Yass from the railway station, and it is not quite clear to my mind…

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Local Intelligence. the Railway

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 August 1879 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, Messrs. P. Cram, James Gordon, W. Sharp, J. Russell, and W. J. Watson, members of committee of the Progress Association yesterday, met Mr. Hogg,…

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New Railway Time-table

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 6

WE learn that a new railway time-table is about to be issued, to come into operation on the 15th instant It is intended to provide for the better accommodation of the through traffic during the time the…

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New Railway Time Table

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 3

BY a notice in the Sydney Herald of the 11th instant, we notice that a new railway time table is to be issued on the 15th instant, it is stated for the purpose of providing better…

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The New Railway Time-table. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 September 1879 · page 3

SIR,--After having had our patience and endurance taxed for some months through the inattention of the railway authorities to our southern travelling requirements, and having…

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