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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

396 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 20

Railway Management

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 August 1891 · page 7

AT the recent meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales, Mr. Francis Loch moved a resolution to the effect that the associated…

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A Five Thousand Mile Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 August 1891 · page 8

THE great Russian railway from Vladivostock on the Pacific Ocean through Siberia to St. Petersburg has been ordered and operations begun. This road will be…

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Parish Road

Goulburn Herald · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 2

THE undermentioned road is now open for public use:—Road from the Yass and Good-radigbee road, within A. Arrowsmith's (now A. Campbell's) 78 acres 32 perches…

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The Chief Commissioner for Railways

Goulburn Herald · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 3

MR. EDDY, chief commissioner for railways, has for some time past been in very indifferent health, principally owing to ever-work and worry; and his doctors have advised him…

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The Strike of French Tramway Conductors. LONDON, July 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

The dispute which led to the strike of tramway conductors at Toulouse, in France, has been settled…

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Bridge at Baw Baw

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

MR. T. ROSE, M.P., has received a communication from the Public Works Department in reference to his letter as to the necessity for a bridge over the…

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Windellama to Bungonia Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

SOME time since correspondence appeared in this paper in reference to an obstruction on the Windellama Bungonia mail road, and a writer over the signature of "One who Likes…

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Inconvenient Train Traffic Between Marulan and Goulburn. to the Editor of the Herald

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Having heard many complaints re the above I think it is time someone took the matter in band. The public of Marulan—and in fact of towns…

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The Chief Commissioner for Railways

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

IT is definitely announced that Mr. Eddy, chief commissioner of railway, will leave Sydney on the 24th instant, overland to Adelaide to join the R.M.S. Orotava, on a brief…

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Railway Rates for Forage

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

OF late complaints have been made regarding the charges fixed for the carriage of hay, straw, and chaff on the New South Wales railways. A specially prepared return…

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The Railways

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

IN a few days, according to the S. M. Herald, the annual report of the Railway Commissioners will be submitted to Parliament, and from what can be gathered…

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A Train Delayed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 4

THE mail train from Melbourne to Sydney was delayed at Towrang on Monday morning for over two hours through the failure of the tablet system. The train did not reach its…

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The Railways and Tramways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners on the working of the railways and tramways for the year ended June 30 was presented to Parliament on Tuesday. The total traffic on the…

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Goulburn-Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night Mr. Bruce Smith gave notice of his intention to move to-day that the House would on Wednesday next resolve itself into a Committee…

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The Zone Railway System. LONDON, Aug. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 2

The zone system is to be tried on the Berlin suburban railways in October next…

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Bridge at Tangmangaroo

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

YESTERDAY a deputation representing the residents of Yass was introduced to the minister for works by Messrs. Colls and Slattery Ms.L.A., to [?]ge the erection of a bridge over…

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Bridge Over Tangmangaroo Creek

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 2

ABOUT a fortnight ago a meeting was called at Tangmangaroo for the purpose of appointing a delegate and arranging for a deputation to go to Sydney to interview the Minister for Works with…

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Maintenance of the Railway Permanent Way

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

MR. J. Mc SWEENEY, contractor for the maintenance of the permanent way on the railway lines, has found it necessary to reduce the number of men employed by him…

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The Railway Report

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

THE annual report of the railway commisioners is of a most satisfactory and encouraging nature, showing the good effects of the railways being removed from political…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

An inquest was held at Picton on Wednesday by Mr. W. R. Autill J.P., coroner, on the body of William Mayes, a very old resident, who was found on Monday night on the…

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