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

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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Important Alterations in the Railway Time-table

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 4

BESIDES the alterations already published a number of changes of particular importance to the residents of Goulburn and district have been made in the railway time-table. The day…

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Railway Traffic at Christmas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 4

THE traffic on the railways for the Christmas holidays of 1888 has been remarkably heavy, and as compared with the previous Christmas shows a considerable increase. The railway…

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The "Roads of Access "Scandal

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 4

WE make no apology for describing the recent revelations as to the misapplication of public moneys to the construction of subdivisional roads through private estates as a political…

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Disastrous Floods. Railways Washed Away. (From the Evening News.)

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 2

MELBOURNE, WEDNESDAY.-- On Tuesday afternoon a tremendous flood, accumpanied by loss of life and considerable damage to property, occurred at Castlemaine. Shortly after…

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Confirmation of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 3

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

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The Accident to the Czar's Train. LONDON, Jan. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 3

It has been discovered that the accident which occurred to the Czar's train, on the Azoff railway, in which the Czar narrowly escaped death, was a deliberate plot on the part…

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The Proposed New Lines of Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 4

THE Government recently requested the Railway Commissioners to furnish reports as to the advisability or otherwise of constructing certain proposed railways,…

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The Railway Proposals

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1889 · page 2

A CABINET meeting was held on Wednesday, at which the reports of the Railway Commissioners with reference to the Government railway proposals were under consideration. The schemes…

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The Tramway Commission of Inquiry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 4

A MEETING of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges made in connection with the question of the leasing of the Government tramways…

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Commissioner of Railways for Queensland. LONDON, Jan. 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

Mr. Archer, the Agent-General for Queensland is making arrangements for the engagement of a Commissioner of Railways for Queensland, at a salary £300) per, annum and also of an…

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Seizure of a Turkish Railway. LONDON, Jan. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6

It is reported that the Turkish Government have resolved upon seizing the Ismid Railway, in Asiatic Turkey…

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Subordinate Roads

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

THE following is the proposed distribution of the vote for 1889 for subordinate roads in the districts named:-- Crookwell via Grabben Gullen, to Gunning,…

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Cheap Railway Trips

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners have, with the objects of enabling country residents to attend the Rand wick races the National Regatta, and to visit the numerous pleasure resorts in the vicinity…

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The Binalong Railway Station Robberies

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 2

AT the Binalong Police Court, on Friday, (before Mr. Chisholm, P.M.), John Howell, railway porter at Binalong, was charged with having on 30th November…

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Retrenchment on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 3

THE Railway Commissioners, finding that the Railway Department is overmanned, have initiated a scheme of retrenchment. On Wednesday some twenty clerks of the staff employed at the…

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The Private Debts of Railway Employes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 8

WITH regard to the statement that the Railway Commissioners recently sent out to railway employes a circular calling upon them to send to headquarters a statement…

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Further Train Alterations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 2

FURTHER alterations, which will come into force on the 1st February, have been made in the train service. The day passenger, which now leaves Goulburn at 2.30 p.m., will after…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 5

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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Extraordinary Story of Railway Robbery

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 January 1889 · page 6

AN extraordinary story of robbery on railway is told by a Russian newspaper. A wealthy merchant named Erdmann purchased a first-class ticket at the Minsk…

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Confirmation of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 February 1889 · page 7

The following roads has been confirmed ; and it is declared expedient to open and make them according to the plans and books of reference, to be seen…

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