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

Railways, roads & transport, 1887

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Differential Railway Rates. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 2

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Ball, M.P., Holborow, M.P., C. Rogers, F. Tait, S. Mayer, J. W. Wombey, W. J. Bartlett, and A. Furner, introduced by Mr. W. Peece, M.P.,…

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Serious Accident to a Railway Passenger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 2

A SERIOUS accident occurred at Springwood, Mount Victoria, on Saturday night. A passenger by the mail train from Sydney (Mr. Fegan of Dubbo) was standing on the platform…

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Railway Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 4

SHOULD Parliament he disposed to approve of it, the railways of New South Wales will before long be under the control of a board, consisting of three gentlemen invested with powers…

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Differential Railway Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 4

A NUMEROUS deputation from Goulburn, introduced by Mr. Teece, M.L.A., interviewed the Hon. the Minister for Works on Friday, on several matters of interest to the town and…

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Southern Morning Train

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 March 1887 · page 4

THE Minister for Works is still engaged in considering the propriety of running morning train to the south. He has directed the officials to revise the time-table,…

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Discharge of Railway Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 2

ANOTHER large number of men are about to be discharged from the Railway Department. On Thursday last notice was given to 40 men that their services would be no longer required…

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An Old Man Killed on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 4

A FATAL accident occurred on the Kiama railway way on Monday. It appears that a man named Michael M'Carthy, 76 years old, partially deaf, and who was a stonebreaker at the Bombo…

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Confirmation of a Parish Road

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 2

NOTICE is given, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 4th William IV No. 11, that His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to confirm…

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Narrow Escape from a Serious Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 2

IT has just leaked out that a narrow escape from a terrible catastrophe occurred on the morning of March 7, near the Flinders-street railway station, Melbourne. The express train…

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Cyclone on the Railway Line

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1887 · page 4

A VERY heavy cyclone occurred on Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock, near Wangaratta, Victoria. The ordinary afternoon train from Albury had to be pulled up on account of the…

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Road Crookwell Via Grabben Gullen to Gunning

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 2

ROAD CROOKWELL VIA GRABBEN GULLEN TO GUNNING.—Mr. Colls M.P. has received a communication from the commissioner for roads enclosing the following report from the local officer:—"A length…

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The Railway Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 2

A STATEMENT has been published to the effect that the commission appointed by the Railway Bill to manage the Government railways will consist of two members…

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The Cooma Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 4

A DEPUTATION waited upon the Minister for Works on Monday morning to set forth certain railway requirements of Cooma. The deputation urged the adoption of the site for the Cooma…

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Railway Management

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 4

A CONSIDERABLE amount of attention has boon devoted by Ministers to the question of the future management of the railways. It is thought that the plan to be submitted by the…

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Goulburn Railway Department

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 2

OUR reporter was informed that the visit of inspection made by Mr. Sutherland on SatuRDay last to the railway station, yards, and sheds was intended to be of a private nature, and we are not a aware that any…

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Goulburn to Cooma Railway

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 2

GOULBURN TO COOMA RAILWAY.—The extension between Queanbeyan and Micalago is rapidly becoming complete. Within the last few days the platelayers have reached the Rob Roy, and as they…

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Railway Changes

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 2

A CONSIDERABLE amount of attention has been devoted by Ministers to the question of the future management of the railways, It is thought that the plan to be…

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Fatal Occurrence on the Railway

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

THE Sydney Coroner held an inquest on Monday at the South Sydney morgue, touching the death of a man named John Pascoe, a minor, about 35 yours of age, who met with a fall on…

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Discharges from the Railway Department

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1887 · page 2

We hear that a large number of mon locally employed in the Railway Department have received notices of dismissal, and that others have been instructed to hold themselves in…

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Laggan Road via Spring-Street

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 3

THE secretary to the Progress Association (Mr. W. H. Oram) has received a communication from Colonel Holborow to the effect that he and Mr. Ball and…

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