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

Railways, roads & transport, 1880

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The Railway Calamity on the Tay Bridge

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 2

ON the evening of Sunday, December 28, between 7 and 8 o'clock, as a train was passing over the high railway bridge which crosses the river lay, on the railroad from Edinburgh…

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Deputations. Tramway to Young

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 February 1880 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. W.J.Watson, A.Cohen, J. Russell, J. Johnston, E. E'Voy, W. Sharp, G. M. Green, A. Akin, and Thomas…

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The Tay Bridge Disaster

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 23 February 1880 · page 4

ON the evening of Sunday, 28th December, between seven and eight o'clock, as the train was passing over the high railway bridge which crosses over the river Tay, on the…

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Sheep Killed on the Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 23 February 1880 · page 2

As this morning's train was proceeding at a smart speed between Jerrawa and Gunning, a flock of about forty sheep was run into and seven of them were killed on the…

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Queanbeyan Roads

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 February 1880 · page 2

THE following parliamentary return, has been issued in reply to a question asked by J. B. Thompson, Esq., M.P., as to applications for roads in the electorate of Queanbeyan, during…

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Formal Opening of Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 February 1880 · page 1

THE line of parish road mentioned below has been formally marked and opened, and the same is now open for public use :—Deviation in the road from Queanbeyan to Yass for…

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Queanbeyan Roads

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1880 · page 3

THE following parliamentary return has been issued in reply to a question asked by J. B. Thompson Esq., M.P., as to applications for roads in to the electorate of Queanbeyan, during the period from the 1st…

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The Railway Rates on Hay and Straw. Meeting at Merrilla

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of farmers and others residing in Merrilla and the neighborhood was held in the Wesleyan Sunday-schoolroom yesterday afternoon for the purpose of forming a farmers' association and of taking…

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Roads

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 February 1880 · page 3

The roads mentioned below have been confirmed, and it is declared expedient to open and make them. Any persons claiming compensation must serve notice on the…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 3

IT being deemed expedient to open and make the following parish road, notice is hereby given that plans and books of reference showing the intended line are now deposited…

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The Tramway Scheme

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 2

A BILL for the construction of certain tramways was introduced into the Assembly on Tuesday last and read a first time. It will be seen that the scheme only applies to Sydney and suburbs,…

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Tramway Bill

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 10

The Tramway Bill, introduced by the Minister for Public Works in the Legislative Assembly last evening, provides for the construction of the undermentioned lines :…

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The Proposed Tramways

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1880 · page 4

(The following is the Bill to authorise the construction and maintenance of Tramways along certain Streets and Highways in the City and Suburbs of Sydney and elsewhere,…

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Tramway From South Yass to the Railway Station

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

LAST Tuesday evening a "public mooting of the inhabitants favourable to the construction of a tramway to connect Yass with the railway station" was held at the Commercial Hotel…

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The Tramway Project

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly, Mr Lackey, in moving the second reading of the Trainways Bill on Thursday explained the estimated cost of and revenue from the new scheme…

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Street Railways in San Francisco

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 March 1880 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT of the Otago Daily Times contributes the following information to that journal with reference to the street tramways of San Francisco. If it had not been for them…

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Public Meetings in Yass. Tramway From Yass Railway Station to South Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 March 1880 · page 2

ON last Wednesday evening a large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the old courthouse, with a view to taking steps to procure the construction of a tramway from the railway…

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The Tay Bridge Disaster

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 March 1880 · page 3

There is little that is new to report concerning this sad event. The diving at the wreck has been vigorously prosecuted, and the trawling of the bed of the river has now been undertaken by…

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Tramway for Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 March 1880 · page 2

A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. Fitzpatrick, S. H. Terry, Thompson, Murphy, Barbour, Lucas, Beyers, Leary, and Hurley, (H.), Ms.L.A., and Messrs. T. Colls, R. W. Pearson, and H…

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Dreadful Railway Accident in France

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1880 · page 6

A terrible accident occurred on the night of the 3rd February, when a special train crashed into an ordinary one near Clichy, killing twenty-two persons and severely…

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