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

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

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Burglary at Bungendore Railway Station. Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 August 1885 · page 4

On Sunday night, between five and eight o'clock, the railway-station was entered, and between £30 and £40 was stolen. Two sovereigns were picked up outside the station door. Up to the present…

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Railway Picnic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 August 1885 · page 2

On Saturday last a meeting of employees in the permanent way branch of the Railway Department, in Goulburn, was held in the workshops for the purpose of appointing two delegates to wait on the…

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Burrowa Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 August 1885 · page 2

We were favoured with the following important telegram from Mr. T. M. Slattery, M.P., at 4.30 this afternoon : —" Deputation waited on the Minister…

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Reserves for Railway Purposes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 7

THE land specified hereunder has been reserved from sale for railway purposes:— County of Argyle, parish of Goulburn, city of Goulburn, area 6 acres 2 roods 3 perches…

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The Tramways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 6

WE believe it is contemplated by the Government to improve the tramways to a considerable extent, with the object of reducing the cost of repairs to the roads and to the rolling stock. In…

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Railways and Tramways

Southern Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1885 · page 4

The report of the Commissioner for Railways has been published. Concerning the railways, the report shows that the gross receipts for the year amounted to£2,086,237, and the working…

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Railway Employees and Sick Pay

Southern Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1885 · page 4

A deputation from the Society of Fettlers and platelayers employed on the tramways, Western and Southern railways, waited, the other evening, upon Mr. J.B. Olliffe,…

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Goulburn to Cooma Railway

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 20 August 1885 · page 3

Six tenders were received at the department of public works on Tuesday for the construction of that portion of the Goulburn to Cooma Railway between Micalago and…

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New South Wales Railways

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 August 1885 · page 2

THE annual report on the railways of the colony has been issued, and the facts are not very encouraging for the construction of new lines of questionable profit on the…

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Railway Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 3

A public meeting convened by advertisement elsewhere is to be held at Mr. D. O'Brien's hotel, Laggan, on Saturday afternoon next, the 29th instant, for the purpose of considering the…

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The Bourke Railway Opening

Southern Argus · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 2

Sydney, August-21.—The railway fare from Sydney to Bourke on the occasion of the railway opening at the latter place has been fixed at 60/first-class, and 22/6 second— return and available to…

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Goulburn to Cooma Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 6

THE third and last section of this southerly railway line was tendered for on Tuesday. The Cooma country being well of the Great Southern track, and on a rather unfrequented road, very little is…

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Goulburn to Cooma Railway

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1885 · page 2

The third and last section of this southerly railway line was tendered for on Wednesday. The Cooma country being well off the Great Southern track and on a…

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Railway Meeting at Laggan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 7

RESIDENTS Of Laggan and district should not forget the public meeting to be held at Mr. D. O'Brien's hotel to-day, at 2 o'clock, "to consider the advisability of petitioning Government to alter the…

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Great Southern Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 September 1885 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Appin assembly rooms on the 22nd instant for the purpose of submitting and considering a scheme for effecting a material and important shortening of the Great…

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Road Bronte to Lake Bathurst

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 2

Lieut-Colonel Holborow M.P. has received a communication from the department of public works informing him that in compliance with the request contained in a letter…

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Railway Progress

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1885 · page 2

THE railway carnival which took place at Bourke last week was an event which worthily celebrated a most important sp[?]ch in the history of New South Wales, and it…

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Formal Opening of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1885 · page 4

THE lines of Parish Road mentioned hereunder are now open for public use: * Road from the Dalton end Narrawa Road, within reserve No. 55, parish of Preston, to a reserved road at the south…

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Coursing Matches and Train Arrangements

Southern Argus · Thursday 10 September 1885 · page 2

The secretary of the Goulburn Coursing Club has shown us correspondence that has passed between him and the Commissioner of Railways in reference to certain concessions asked for with regard to dogs…

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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, Thursday, Sept. 10. The Down-Mail Train

Southern Argus · Thursday 10 September 1885 · page 2

LATE[?]Y we had occasion to refer to certain proposed train alterations submitted for the consideration of the Commissioner of Railways the S. M. Herald. Amongst the…

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