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

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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Railway Dinner

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

THE second anniversary banquet of the Goulburn branch of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was hold at Mandelson's Hotel on Saturday evening last. There…

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The Railway Proposals

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

It is the intention of the Minister for Works to submit in a definite form to Parliament in the course of the next few days the railway proposals of the Government, a announced by the Premier…

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The Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 4

THE subject of the Railway Commissioners under the new Railways Act, and applications for the positions, was brought before the Assembly on Tuesday in the form of a question…

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The New Chief Commissioner of Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 4

THE Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening considered in committee the expediency of bringing in a bill to amend in certain respects the Government Railways Act of 1888…

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Galong-burrowa Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 July 1888 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED and thorougly representative meeting of graziers, farmers, business people, and other freeholders and residents of the town and district took…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 8

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

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Bowral-Robertson Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

Mr. T. Garrett, Minister for Lands, on Friday introduced a numerous deputation to the Minister for Works, requesting the construction of a light railway from Bowral to Robertson. It was…

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Improvements at the Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

IT has been decided to enlarge the parcels office at the railway station by taking in the passage between the present parcel office and the refreshment-rooms. The erection of the…

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Accident on a New Railway Line in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—About half-past 8 this morning the contractors' engine on the new railway line from Dunolly to Inglewood, drawing nine…

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Accident on the Railway Line near Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

AN accident to the express goods train occurred yesterday at about half-a-mile this side of Gunning station. The good fortune which generally attends New South Wales in her…

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Braidwood-Tarago Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 4

WE understand that Mr. A. Ryrie, M.P., had an interview with Sir Henry Parkes on Thursday morning, when the Premier said that he would not give any definite answer one way or the other…

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Parish Roads

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 July 1888 · page 2

PRELIMINARY notification is given of the intention to open the undermentioned roads. Any well-grounded objections that may exist may be transmitted in writing to the Clerk of the…

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Goulburn and Tuena Tramway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 2

WE (Gazette) extract the following from the minutes of evidence given by several gentlemen to the select committee appoined to consider the Goulburn and Tuena Tramway Bill. The first…

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Goulburn and Tuena Tramway Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 4

IN the Legislative Assembly on Friday evening Mr. Stevenson moved,—"That the Goulburn and Tuena Tramway Bill as amended and agreed to in Select Committee be read the second time."…

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The Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 2

ALL owners of land between Braidwood and the Shoalhaven River through which the railway passes have, we understand, signified their willingness to give what is…

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Goulburn to Cooma Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 2

A MUCH needed alteration his just been effected in the management of the trains running on the Goulburn to Cooma railway line. Hitherto passengers from…

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Galong to Burrow a Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 4

A DEPUTATION from the Galong-Burrowa district waited on the Minister of Works on Friday to advocate the construction of a line of railway from Galong to Burrowa. Mr. Slattery, M.L A.,…

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Railway Accident in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A railway accident of a somewhat alarming character occurred on Saturday night at Marong. The train leaves Sandburst at twenty minutes to nine for Kerang,…

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The Railways of the Colony

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 4

IN the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Sutherland, in reply to Mr. Hugh Taylor, for Mr. Sydney Smith, said the average return the railways of New South Wales had paid upon capital for the…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon a fatal accident happened in Oxford-street, whereby a little boy named John Harry Smith, 3½ years of age, residing with his parents at No. 3, Norman-street…

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