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

Railways, roads & transport, 1884

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Tarago Railway Opening

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1884 · page 2

A SPECIAL passenger train will leave Goulburn Tarago on Thursday next (the day of the opening the railway extension), at 12.15 p.m., arriving at Lake Bathurst station at 1.5, and Tarago at 1.15…

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Opening of the Railway to Tarago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 January 1884 · page 2

THE opening of the railway to Tarago, which is exciting some interest in Goulburn, takes place, as has been previously announced, on Thursday next. What form the demonstration will take no one…

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The Illawarra Railway Line Deviation

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 2

On the 5th of October, 1882, a contract was entered into by the Government with Messrs. C. and E. MILLAR for the performance, of works and the supply of…

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The Sourthern Argus. Published in Goulburn Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man.—CAMPBELL. Goulburn: Saturday, January 5. Upper Tarago Railway

Southern Argus · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 2

The opening of the first portion of the railway. from Gohlburn to Cooma, about half of contract No. 1, Goulburn to Bungendore, took place on Thursday. If we except the slight wind which prevailed, the…

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Tarago Railway Opening

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 3

THE first section of the Goulburn to Cooma railway was opened for traflic on Thursday last, 3rd January. The event excited much interest in the localities more purticularly interested and especially in the…

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Opening of the Railway to Tarago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 6

THURSDAY last was an eventful day in the annals of Tarago, for on that day the arrival of the iron horse at its portals was celebrated and the line opened. The ceremony was a…

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Time Tables. Railway Time-table

Southern Argus · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 4

[?]O [?], FROM SYDNEY TO THE COUNTRY. Mail Trains—Leave Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 8.30 p.m.; Pieton 10.30; Mittagong 12; Moss Vale daily, Mondays excepted, at 12.23 a.m.;…

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Sending Stock by Railway

Southern Argus · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 4

Just before Parliament adjourned for the Christmas recess, it was decided on the motion of Mr. R. B. Wilkinson (of Wilkinson, Graves and Co.) that an inquiry should…

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Notes From Gininderra. Extraordinary Roads Proceedings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1884 · page 4

IT will be recollected that some six weeks ago Mr. Percy Hodgkison, licensed surveyor, acting under instructions from the Gininderra Free Selectors' Association, visited this neighbourhood with a…

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Railway Me Ting at Tarago

Southern Argus · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 2

A public meeting has just been held at the Railway Hotel, Tarago, to consider matters in connection with the railway. It was called by written notice only, but so genuine was the feeling of the residents…

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New Railway Time Table

Southern Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 4

The Railway Department has issued the following time table.—The alterations in the running of the trains will be found explained therein:—…

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The Southern Argus. Published in Goulburn Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man.—CAMPBELL. Goulburn: Tuesday, February 5. Railway Goods Rates

Southern Argus · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 2

The new tariff for convoying goods on the Great Southern, Western, and Northern lines of Railways was published in the Government Gazette of the 29th ultimo, and…

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Assault by a Railway-guard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 2

AT the Central Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. J. Dillon, S.M., Thomas Goff, a railway-guard, was charged with assaulting Elizabeth Hooper, with intent to ravish her, in a…

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How to Get a Special Train

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1884 · page 4

MOST people who travel the North of England know the Baron ; he was a commercial of the [?] AI, both in style and conversation. Many adventures has be had, and…

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Road Near Queanbeyan

Southern Argus · Thursday 7 February 1884 · page 2

In the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Teece moved—"That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all correspondence and other documents having reference to the surveyed road from the…

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Serious Charge Against a Railway Guard

Southern Argus · Thursday 7 February 1884 · page 2

AT the Central Police Court on Monday, Elizabeth Hooper, a Public school teacher, preferred a charge against Thomas Goff, a railway guard, of having attempted to criminally assault her in a railway…

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Road Near Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 6

IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Teece moved—"That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all correspondence and other documents having…

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The Railway Goods Shed. Public Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting convened by Alderman J. Russell, Mayor of Young, on the requisition of sundry ratepayers in the borough, to object to any change in the site fixed by the Government…

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Railway Inconveniences

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 2

IN there is one department in the Government which should, more then any other, lay itself[?]ont for a careful study of the convenience and comfort of the general public,…

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The Haunted Train

Southern Argus · Tuesday 12 February 1884 · page 4

The thrilling incidents herein narrated occurred many years ago, at a time when the railway system was less developed than it now is, and might, indeed, be pronounced…

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