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

Railways, roads & transport, 1880

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Why the Tay Bridge Fell

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 April 1880 · page 4

NOTHING has been elicited so far to show that the bridge could ever have been safe in an ordinary gale, or that a hurricane was require to overthrow it. It is quite plain that…

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Excursion Train

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 12 April 1880 · page 2

Country residents who wish to visit the Garden Palace, Sydney, before it closes will have an opportunity of doing so at a very reasonable rate, as a special excursion train will…

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The Tay Bridge Disaster

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 5

A PART of the ill-fated train which went down with the Tay bridge in December last has turned up at Norway. While some fishermen were engaged in hauling up…

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The Tay Bridge Disaster

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 April 1880 · page 4

THE fortieth body recovered from the ruins of the Tay Bridge was brought ashore at Dundee on Thursday afternoon. It is identified by the clothing as that of George…

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Road-matters

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 28 April 1880 · page 2

The under secretary for mines informs Mr. Wm. Davies M.P. that the road from Kerrawarra Creek to Taralga (or Myrtleville to Confoy's) was formally opened in December last; and…

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Fatal Tramway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 April 1880 · page 4

AT 20 minutes to 3, on Saturday afternoon, an accident occurred in connection with the Government tramway line, which resulted fatally to a man named…

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Alteration of Railway Trains

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 3 May 1880 · page 2

On or about the 15th instant, consequent upon the opening of a further extension on the western railway, there will be a general revision of the time-tables for the…

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Telegraphic Intelligence Commercial. Mr. John Bridge reports :— SYDNEY, Friday noon

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 2

Fat Cattle.—Competition was a little firmer but there is no alteration in prices to qu[?]ter Market continues steady at 10s to 12s pee hundred pounds for best beef. Fat sheep…

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[John Bridge.]

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 May 1880 · page 3

Wool: No sales this week, and not mach wool coming forward, the only matter of itnerest being just now the London sales now progressing, and it is very consoling to notice…

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Goulburn Railway Locomotive Annual Dinner

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 May 1880 · page 2

THE above festival took place on Saturday evening last, in the hall of the. Mechanics’ Institute, when between sixty and seventy of the employes in the above department of the…

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Coal for the Southern Railway. [Communicated.]

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 5

AS the whole of the coal consumed on the great southern railway is now brought at an enormous cost to the state all the way from Bowenfels and Newcastle, and already amounts to something…

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Railway Time Table

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 June 1880 · page 2

LAST Saturday’s Government Gazette, contains Time Table, Passenger and Goods Rates for all the Government Railways, also Conditions and general Information, By laws &c. &c On the…

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Tramway to Crookwell

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 7 June 1880 · page 2

In conversation to-day with a gentleman who takes great interest in the progress of the district and who is well qualified to give an opinion on matters connected with pro…

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Subordinate Roads Under the Roads Department

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 June 1880 · page 2

THE following is the classification and proposed distribution for the present year of the votes for roads on the Estimates:-- Goulburn, via Crookwell, to Binda, first class, 42 miles, £2100…

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[John Bridge]

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1880 · page 4

Fat Cattle: This week's sales have been at s[?] 6d per 100 lbs, but only rough and medium lots were yarded, for which the demand was rather quieter, but choice lots…

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Road Grants

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1880 · page 2

The following are the Parliamentary grants for the present year so far as the districts around here are concerned:— RAODS UNDER THE ROADS DEPARTMENT…

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Bushranging a Railway-train

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 6

We have often had occasion to comment unfavorably on the want of determination displayed in these colonies in resisting illegal violence…

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Our Railways & Our Producers To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 June 1880 · page 9

THE Town and Country Journal advises farmers to press their hay, and gives them a deal of advice how to proceed in order to compete with other colonies. Sydney editors…

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[John Bridge.]

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 June 1880 · page 4

Wool: No sales again this week leaves nothing to report, unless, indeed, that on the whole our prospects seem good for the coming clips in view of the satisfactory condition of…

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The Tramway Embassy

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 June 1880 · page 2

As written by Mr. T. Freeman to be sung in the piece, “ Young in 1881,” lately performed by the X.L.C.R, Amateur Dramatic Club at the Mechanics’ Institute,…

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