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

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

335 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 17

The Bungendore Railway

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

Extensive preparations are being made in Bungendore to give proper [?]at to the forthcoming opening of the railway in that place. The catering for the banquet has been entrusted to Messrs…

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Railway Accident in Victoria

Southern Argus · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

An accident happened to the down mail train from Melbourne on Thursday at Wallan Wallan Station, near Kilmore, where the train had pulled up, when it was run into by the tip goods train…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 3

A MAN whose name is at present unknown was knocked down and killed at the Stanmore railway station by the train which left Sydney at 5.40 a.m. on Thursday. The body is now lying in the South…

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Road Expenditure

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

Mr. L. F. Heydon, member for Yass Plains, has forwarded us the following letter which he has received from Mr. John Rae, Under Secretary, Department of Public Works:—"Department of…

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Bungendore Railway Extension

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1885 · page 2

The official opening of the railway extension to Bungendore will take place to-morrow. We are informed that a ministerial train will leave Sydney at six o'clock in…

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The Keeley Motor

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1885 · page 4

For several years past (say's the Morning Post) the American papers have mentioned, sometimes hopefully and at others despondingly, the…

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The Murrumburrah-Blayney Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1885 · page 4

The works in connection with the construction of the third section of the Murrumnburrah-Blayney line were started on Thursday. without ceremony, and only a few of the…

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Bungendore Railway Opening

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1885 · page 2

ON to-morrow morning the special train conveying the Ministerial party to be present at the opening of the railway at Bungendore will leave Sydney at 6 o'clock and arrive at…

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Railway Demonstration Committee Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 March 1885 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee appointed to carry out the demonstration at the opening of the railway to Young, on the 26th inst. was held at the Council Chambers on Friday evening, the…

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The Special Train to Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 4

THE special train conveying the Ministerial party to Bungendore arrived at Goulburn yesterday at about eleven a.m. The Ministers who came for the railway opening were Messrs. Farnell and Dibbs,…

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The Opening of the Railway to Bungendore

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 4

TOOK place yesterday. Shortly after eleven yesterday a special train consisting of one first-class American carriage and a dining car arrived in Goulburn from Sydney bringing the Hon. G. R. Dibbs, colonial…

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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.—CAMBELL. Goulhurn: Thusday, March 5. Latest Telegrams. ["Argus" Special Message]. Opening of the Railway to Bungendore

Southern Argus · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 2

Bungendore, Wednesday evening.—Three thousand persons, including contingents from Lake Buthurst, Tarago, Queanbeyan, and Braidwood, witnessed the opening of the line…

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Opening of the Railway to Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1885 · page 2

THE opening of the extension of the railway line from Tarago to Bungendore took place yesterday, and passed off with a considerable amount of cclat. At about 11 o'clock the ministerial train arrived at…

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Opening of the Railway to Bungendore

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 March 1885 · page 2

THE railway to Bungendore opened on Wednesday, under very favourable circumstances. The ministerial train arrived at twenty minutes to one. Among the company were the Hon…

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Confirmation of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 7

THE roads mentioned hereunder have been confirmed, and it is declared expedient to open and make them according to the plans and books of reference, to be seen at the…

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Opening of the Railway to Bungendore

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 3

THIS event, for some months anxiously anticipated by the inhabitants of the Bungendore district, look place on Wednesday last. It was expected that the extension would have been opened at the…

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Tram Accident

Southern Argus · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 2

Sydney, March 6.—A terrible tram accident occurred this morning in Elizabeth street near King street. A little boy named John Osborne attempted to run across the line in…

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