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

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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Cullarin to Frankfield Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 6

MR. T. COLLS, M.P., has received the following letter:—"Department of Public Works, office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 28th March,…

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Colonial Railways. LONDON, April 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 4

Mr. C. A. Goodchap, late Commissioner of Railways in New South Wales, and M.P. for Redfern, is actively engaged inquiring into the railway systems of Great Britain. He returns…

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The Railway Rolling-stock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 6

THE Railway Commissioners have had under consideration ever since they came into office the unsatisfactory state of the rolling-stock, and a recent special…

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Cost of Railway Construction

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 6

The Minister for Works has received a return from the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, Mr. Whitton, containing a statement of expenditure by the Railway Construction branch of the…

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Railway Clerks and Shorthand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners, recognising the great value of shorthand to those engaged in commercial pursuits, have determined to offer facilities for its wider introduction into the…

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Prelininary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 4

It having been deemed expedient to open and make the following parish roads, notice given that planes and books of reference, showing the intended lines of the roads in question a[?]…

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Fatal Accident to a Railway Guard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 3

PICTON, Thursday.—A sad accident occurred at the railway viaduct to-day. An assistant-guard named Foreman, on the return express goods, fell off the breakvan…

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The Chairman of the Victorian Railway Commissioners. LONDON, April 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 4

Mr. R. Speight, chairman of the Victorian Railway Commissioners, is making a study of the various refrigerating systems in England, and will make inquiries upon the question of freights…

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The Yass Tramway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 April 1889 · page 4

YASS, Friday.—Mr. Colls received a letter to-day from Mr. Cowdery, Engineer for Existing Lines, stating that the plans for the Yass tramway were finished and had been forwarded on to…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Junee. a Mob of Cattle Run Into. the Train Thrown Down an Embankment the Engine-driver and Fireman Killed

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident, attended with the loss of two lives, and entailing considerable damage to the rolling-stock and the permanent way occurred near Junee on Sunday morning. A…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

A DEPLORABLE railway accident, attended with the loss of two lives, and entailing considerable damage to the rolling-stock and the permanent way, occurred near Junee on Sunday morning. The mixed mail…

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The Yass Tramway

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

MR. T. COLLS, M.P., received the following letter from the railway department on Friday morning, respecting the tramway for Yass:-- Railway Department, Sydney, April 10, 1889…

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The Junee Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

MR. Fehon, the only member of the Board of Railway Commissioners in Sydney on Monday, had under consideration the serious accident which occurred on the Southern Railway Line…

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Terrible Railway Accident at Junee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 4

A SERIOUS railway accident, attended with the loss of two lives, and entailing considerable damage to the rolling stock and the permanent way, occurred near Junee on Sunday morning…

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New Railway Carriages

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 4

A standard typo of carriage has been approved of by the Railway Commissioners, and orders have been given to Messrs. Hudson Brothers to manufacture 26 new carriages…

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The Bland Road and Water Conservation

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 2

THE following communication from Mr. J. Ingrey, of Thuddungra, was read at the Borough Council meeting last Thursday evening, and was ordered to be handed over to the members for the district…

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Serious Railway Accident. Driver and Fireman Killed, Sydney, Monday

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 3

A SERIOUS railway accident, resulting in the loss, of two lives and great damage to rolling stock, occurred near Junee on Saturday morning. The mail train left Junee at a quarter-past 10 o’clock…

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The Junee Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 2

JUNEE, Wednesday.—A departmental investigation is being held by District-superintendent Roberts, District-engineer Melrose, and Loco-motive-inspector Close into the circumstances of…

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Railway Accident at Junee. the Driver and Fireman Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 2

A railway accident, unfortunately attended with low of life, occurred two miles south of Junee Junction at a quarter-past 10 on Sunday morning. From…

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The Railway Accident Near Junee

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Junee to the S. M. Herald dated Tuesday, says: -- The adjourned inquest o the bodies of George Oates and A exande Ferguson, who were killed by the railway acciden…

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