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

Railways, roads & transport, 1887

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Formal Opening of Parish Road at Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4

THE following line of parish road is now open for public use. Plans, &c., lodged at the police office at Gunning :—Road from a reserved road at the south boundary of Stephen Brown's 30…

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The Railway Accident Inquest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 2

THE principal witnesses examined at Wednesday's sitting of the Coroner's Court of Inquiry into the cause of the Hawkesbury accident were the guard, Arthur Clissold, and the…

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Opening of the Railway to Micalago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Burns, in reply to Mr. O'Sullivan, said that it was not the intention of the Railway Department to open the newly constructed line of railway to…

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Goulburn to Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4

THE Crookwell Gazette has been furnished by Mr. Teece with a copy of the following report, which will accompany the plans, &c., when they are laid upon the table of the House :—…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4

THE Board of Inquiry into the recent railway disaster at Peat's Ferry, which has been sitting for several days at Redfern Railway Station, concluded the examination of witnesses on…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4

THE inquest in connection with the Hawkesbury railway accident was continued on Monday and Tuesday. The government are represented by Mr. F. E. Rogers Q.C, while Mr. T. M. Williamson…

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Railway Management

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4

Writing in view of the recent railway accident on the Hawkesbury line, the Daily Telegraph says:—"The accident is not without a political side, and it has even a distinct…

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Goulburn to Wheeo Road

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 2

SOME time ago Mr. Shepherd, of Wheeo, applied to have the road Goulburn to Wheeo restored to the firstclass. The application was referred to the Road…

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The Late Terrible Railway Accident. a Theory of the Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 2

Amongst the different theories which have been propounded as to the cause of the railway disaster that given by persons who have a thorough knowledge of the…

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Goulburn and Cooma Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 2

DURING the time the Stuart Government were in power it was decided, on account of the danger attendant upon the working of the single line of railway…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 3

THE Board of Inquiry into the recent railway disaster at Peat's Ferry, which has been sitting for several days at Redfern Railway Station, concluded the…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 4

THE coroner's court of inquiry into the circumstances of the Hawkesbury railway disaster was continued on Wednesday. The evidence of the guard Arthur Clissold was…

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Parish Road

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 2

The deviation in road from Moss Vale and Jamberoo road via Yarrunga public school to the Fitzroy Falls has been confirmed. GUNDAGAI JAIL.—Mr. Charles Wye Weeks has…

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N. S. W. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 4

THE usual monthly meeting of the Goulburn Branch of the above was held in the lodge-room of the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday night last at 8 p.m. Mr. Mitchell occupied the chair, and…

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The Great Southern Railway in Western Australia. London, July 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 2

The Western Australian Bank offer £100,000 5 per cent. bonds for the construction of the Great Southern Railway of Western Australia. The minimum is fixed at par, and tenders will…

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The Hawkesbury Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 3

THE coroner's inquiry into the recent railway accident at Peat's Ferry was continued on Friday. Some important statements were made about the state of the brakes on the train just after the…

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Young-dubbo Railway. Influential Deputation to the Government

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1887 · page 2

A LARGE and influential deputation waited upon the Government on Friday for the purpose of urging on the construction of a line of railway from Young to Dubbo. The deputation, which was…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 3

IT having been deemed expedient to open and make the following parish roads, notice is given that plans and books of reference, showing the intended lines of the roads in question, are now…

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The Victorian Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners of Victoria have informed the Premier of the plan they will adopt to reorganise the traffic branch of the Railway Department, which was at fault in…

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The Hay and Deniliquin Tramway

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 4

THE HAY AND DENILIQUIN TRAMWAY.—The minutes of evidence taken before the select committee on the Hay and Denilquin Tramway Bill have just been issued from the government printing office. Only…

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