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

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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Differential Charges on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 June 1889 · page 4

COOTAMUNDRA, Tuesday.—Commissioners Fehon and Oliver arrived this morning, and were met and received by the acting Mayor and Aldermen Barnes, M'Kinnon, and Greene…

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Intercolonial Differential Railway Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The statement attributed to the New South Wales Railway Commissioners that the Victorian railway authorities have proposed to them to make an alteration in…

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Duplication of Railway Lines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 June 1889 · page 2

The Minister for Works has lately been in consultation with the Chief Commissioner for Railways with regard to the duplication of certain portions of the railways where a single line…

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Roads Under Trustees

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 4

The Minister for Works has authorised the issue of an amount of money for the minor roads in the colony under trustees, to be taken from the sum voted on account of roads and bridges…

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Formal Opening of Parish Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 4

THE following line of parish road has been formally marked and opened by the proper officer, and is now open for public use:—Road from the Foxlow to Jingera road, towards…

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Railway Accident at Penrith

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 2

PENRITH, Wednesday.—An accident happened here to the western mail train at an early hour this morning. No. 1 goods train was being prepared at Penrith to start for Bathurst…

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Micalago Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 2

THE friends of Mr. R. H. Lansdown (second son of Mr. Joseph Lansdown, of Moss Vale, in the Berrima district) will be glad to learn that the Railway Department have promoted him…

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Queanbeyan Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

In the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Brunker, in reply to Mr. O'Sullivan, said that preliminary notification of the Foxlow-road was made on 3rd May, 1889, so that…

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The Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

THE members for the city and county have received the following important communication with reference to the Goulburn to Crookwell railway:—…

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Railway Disaster in Ireland. LONDON, June 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 3

A terrible railway disaster is reported from Ireland. An excursion train containing 1000 Sunday-school children, forming part of a Methodist picnic patty, left the city of Armagh,…

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Duplication of Railway Lines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 8

The Commissioners for Railways have given a deal of consideration to the question of the duplication of certain portions of the railway system, and some of these have been sanctioned…

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Gazette Notices. Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 4

IT having been deemed expedient to open and make the several perish roads mentioned, notice is given that plans and Looks of reference, shooing the intended lines of the roads in…

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Goulburn to Crookwell Railway, &c

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 2

The Government had under consideration at Wednesday's Cabinet meeting a number of proposals for the construction of railways. Several lines were approved of, and will be submitted to…

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Middle Arm Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 3

A RESIDENT of the Middle Arm Road complains of an annoyance to which he has been subjected in the removal of receptacles placed at the roadside for letters and papers. A wooden…

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Roads in the Peelwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 3

IT will be seen from the subjoined letter that Mr. Teece, M.P., has directed the attention of the authorities to the wretched state of the roads in the Peelwood district:—"Sydney, 18th…

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The Proposed New Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 3

The Daily Telegraph says:—The railway to bring the Pearce's Corner line to the waters of Port Jackson has been approved of by the Cabinet for…

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A Train Breaks Away

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 2

A VERY peculiar railway accident occurred near the Fish River platform on Saturday night last, and one the lesson of which should not be lost sight of by the authorities. A portion of a…

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The Railway Collision at Armagh. LONDON, June 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

The coroner's inquest upon the victims of the recent railway collision at Armagh, in Ireland, in which a number of Sunday-school children were killed while returning from a picnic, has…

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Tarago-Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

Mr. Ryric has received the following letter :— "Department of Public Works, Sydney, 13th June, 1889. I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 11th instant, respecting…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—An extraordinary accident occurred at Craigieburn station, on the main line to Wodonga, on Tuesday, by which a slight delay was caused to the Sydney express…

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