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

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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Alterations in Railway Time Table

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 2

WE published recently a list of locally interesting alterations in the existing train service on the various lines of railway, which it was proposed, to make on the 4th inst. For various reasons the…

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Completion of the Railway Between Melbourne and Adelaide

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 2

COMPLETION OF THE RAILWAY BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDT.—Kaniva, Thursday.—The last rail in tile intercolonial railway connecting Melbourne with Adelaide was laid this afternoon…

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Fatality to a Railway Porter

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 July 1886 · page 4

ON Tuesday morning, the City Coroner held an inquest in the Prince Alfred Hospital, on the body of John Robert Simpson, a porter in the employment of the Railway Department, who met with an…

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The Railway Frauds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 July 1886 · page 2

BEFORE the Assembly proceeded to the further discussion of the Customs Duties Bill on Tuesday night Mr. Abigail asked the Attorney-General, without notice, whether anything definite had been…

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Terrible Railway Smash in Tasmania. Hobart

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 July 1886 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident happened shortly before midnight on Tuesday on the Tasmanian main line of railway, just above Bridgeton. A special train left the town at 7 a.m., containing Ministers and a…

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Our Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 2

That our worthy members,' Colonel Helborow and Mr. Francis Tait, are not for getting their constituents, we have only to refer our readers to the appended letter…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 2

On Tuesday night a railway accident attended by fatal consequences occurred train convoying tho Ministerial party and…

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Railway Accident in Tasmania

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 2

AN accident|of a serious nature occurred on Tuesday night on the Launceston line. As the train was proceeding at about 40 miles an hour, the engine suddenly ran off the line, partially…

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Serious Railway Accident in Tasmania

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway accident happened at midnight on Tuesday on the main line in Tasmania, just above Brighton. The engine of a special train conveying a party to celebrate the opening of the…

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The Railway Frauds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 3

SHORTLY after the Assembly met on Wednesday, Mr. Abigail asked the Attorney-General a question, without notice, in reference to the alleged railway frauds. He…

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The Late Railway Accident in Tasmania

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 3

THE following particulars of tie recent serious railway accident in Tasmania, briefly reported by telegraph in last issue, are furnished by the correspondent. of the Evening News: —…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 4

THE prosecutions in regard to the alleged railway frauds will be commenced on Thursday next at the Water Police Court, and in all probability the charge against the firm of Messrs. Lee and M'Alister…

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Marked Tree Road. To the Editor of the Evening Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1886 · page 4

SIR,—I noticed that Mr. O'Sullivan, member for Queanbeyan, gave notice that he would ask the Minister for Works on Thursday, 1st July:—"Who are the trustees for the Marked Tree Road,…

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A Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1886 · page 4

A PORTER at the Homebush railway station, Richard Smith, 23, met with a serious accident on Tuesday morning. It appears that while shunting trucks at the Homebush station he was in the act of…

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A Railway Official Gone Wrong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1886 · page 4

THE public will learn, with a sense of almost painful regret, that a very prominent official in the Railway Department (Mr. Berners) is not only under suspension for alleged wrong-doing in…

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More Railway Frauds

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 2

We have been informed on the best authority that another series of railway frauds of a character entirely different from anything yet disclosed, ha[?] been discovered within the past few days, and…

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Alleged Railway Frauds

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 2

THE great interest taken in the alleged railway frauds by the public was shown on Thursday morning by the crowded state of the Summons. Division of the Water Police Court, in which the cases were…

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The Railway Frauds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 4

In the Assembly on Thursday Mr. Sydney Smith asked the Colonial Secretary, without notice, whether there was any truth in the statement contained in an evening paper to the effect that…

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Railway Employes' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 4

A MEETING of the committee of the Goulburn branch of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association was held in the committee-room of the Oddfellows' Hall, Auburn-street, on Saturday last,…

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Alleged Railway Frauds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 4

The great interest taken in the alleged railway frauds by the public was shown on Thursday morning by the crowded state of the Summons Division of the Water Police Court, in which the…

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