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

Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Threatened Railway Strike in Auckland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Thursday.—An agitation has been going on among the railway servants which threatens to culminate in a general strike. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants have…

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Terrible Railway Accident. West Maitland, Tuesday, 4 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

Further particulars concerning the fatal railway accident which occurred at Farley this morning show that the night was dark, and a very dense fog prevailed but it is not…

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Railway and Tramway Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 2

THE annual conference of the Railway and Tramway Service Association was commenced at the Temperance Hall on Monday. The chair was occupied by the president (Mr. H. C…

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The Yass Tramway

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 May 1890 · page 2

TENDERS receivable up to the 11th June next are invited for the construction of a tramway from the railway station to the town of Yass. The Yass people are…

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Train Delayed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 2

THE passenger train from Sydney yesterday afternoon was two and a quarter hours late through the tablet going out of order. The train arrived at Towrang at the usual time, but…

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Railway and Tramway Service Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 4

THE annual conference of the Railway and Tramway Association was continued on Tuesday Up to the present the progress of business has been anything but rapid, and the…

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Charges Against a Railway Official

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Railway Commissioners have issued a report on their inquiry into the charges against College, one of the officials, of endeavouring to accept a bribe in connection…

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The Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 May 1890 · page 2

MR. MOBELAND, of the railway department Sydney, has visited Goulburn, in order to make trial bores for the bridge cross the Wollondilly, near Confoy's in the event of the line being…

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Local & General News. Killed by a Train

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 2

INFORMATION was brought into town yesterday morning that an old man named Charles Woodlands, a fettler on the line, was killed early yesterday morning, at the Burrowa crossing two…

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Killed by a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6

INFORMATION was brought into Yass on Thursday morning that an old man named Charles Woodlands, a fettler on the line, was killed early on Thursday morning at the Burrowa…

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Railway and Tramway Service Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6

THE annual conference of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association was resumed at the Temperance-hall on Wednesday morning…

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The Farley Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 4

AT half-past 10 o'clock on Friday night the jury in the inquiry into the death of young Mo Fadyn, killed in the Parley railway accident, returned the following verdict:—"We find that…

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Railway Accidents. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 3

SIR,—I notice a verdict of manslaughter has been recorded against some officials in the Fairley disaster. How about the accident near Bathurst? Is the game there too high for such…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 2

AN inquest was held at Mr. McDonnell's Commercial Hotel, Bowning, on Friday 23rd instant, before the District Coroner (Mr. N. T. Collins, J.P.) and the following jury: Messrs. John Styles…

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The Maitland Railway Accident

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 2

A TELEGRAM to the Echo from West Maitland dated Friday says:--The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Bernard M'Fadden, who was killed in the recent railway…

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Fatal Accident on a Cattle Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1890 · page 2

MURRURUNDI, Wednesday.—Thomas Ashbury, fireman on No. 14 cattle train, was killed when the train was coming up the range yesterday afternoon. He was doing something…

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Formal Opening of Parish Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1890 · page 4

THE following line of parish road is new open for public use:—Road from Micalige Railway Station to the Micalige and Queanbeyan road, within D. Bhannaha'a (now the representatives…

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Serious Railway Accident near Bourke

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1890 · page 2

A SERIOUS accident happened on Wednesday afternoon to the down mail train which left the Redfern terminus at 8 o'clock on Tuesday. evening, and which ordinarily runs from Nyngan…

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Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 May 1890 · page 4

A SERIUS accident occurred on the Singleton Coal and Coke Company's private railway line on Tuesday. A train of 14 loaded trucks and a brake-van broke away and dashed into 14…

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Our Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 2

WHEN at Woodhouselee on Tuesday we interviewed Mr. H. B. Hardy, the gentleman engaged in re-staking and surveying the railway line between Goulburn and…

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