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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 4

A FATAL accident took place at Stanmore railway station on Saturday evening. A porter named Thomas Finn, aged 19, who had only been sent to Stanmore a few days before,…

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The Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 February 1891 · page 4

MR. Stanley Alexander, one of the public works examiners, will visit Braidwood in the last week in March. He has communicated with Mr. A. Ryrie, M.L.A., with respect to…

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Railway Shelter Shed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 February 1891 · page 2

TENDERS are invited in the Government Gazette by the Railway Commissioners for the erection and completion of a shelter shed for grain at Goulburn…

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The Differential Railway Rates Still Unequal and Unjust. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Monday 23 February 1891 · page 2

SIR.—As yon have from time to time published my letters on the above very important subject, I would now like to give your readers a correct idea of the late alternations and…

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The Differential Railway Rates Still Unequal and Unjust. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 4

SIR,—As you have from time to time published my letters on the above very important subject, I would now like to give your readers a correct idea of the late alterations and sweeping…

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Municipal Council. Loan of £6650. the Gums Road

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the aldermen was held of Tuesday evening for the consideration of a loan to cover the cost of the proposed gasworks, and for the transaction of other business of an urgenn…

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Public Works. Roads and Bridges in the Goulburn District

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 3

THE Hen. Brace Smith, minister for public works, with a view of obtaining better supervision over the public works throughout the colony, has divided New South Wales into…

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Road Maintenance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 4

WE understand that a new regime is to be introduced in the matter of the maintenance of the public roads of the colony. The system at present, and for years past, in vogue—that is,…

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Parkes and the Road Thereto

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 2

A gentleman well known in this town and district, but who has recently settled in Parkes, sends us the following account of his journey, together with his impressions on what be saw on…

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The Young-grenfell Railway. [Abridged from the “Grenfell Record.”]

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 4

MR. R. E. Jones, examiner of public works proposals, met a number of residents of the town and district of Grenfell, at the Royal Hotel, on Saturday evening last to examine respecting the…

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Railway Institute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 4

A MEETING in connection with the above was held in the Temperance Hall, Goulburn, on Thursday evening last. Mr. R. Mitchell was voted to the chair. Mr. E. B. Taylor, chief…

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The Railway Institute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1891 · page 4

THE Railway Institute at Redfern was opened on Saturday evening. A public meeting which was held was presided over by Mr. H. M'Lachlan secretary to the Railway Commissioners,…

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Payments for Road Contracts

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 3

IT will be remembered that a short time back numerous complaints were made by contractors and others as to the great delay which occurred, and consequent…

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Accident on the Towrang Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 4

MR. JAMES RIX, of Mary Ann Vale, Marulan, was picked up on the Towrang road, about seven miles from Goulburn, yesterday, by a maintenance man, who at first thought him to…

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Electric Tramway to the Fitzroy Waterfalls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 4

Moss VALE, Friday.—The council have also received a communication from Mr. James S. Fitzmaurice, of Sydney, on the proposed electric tramline from Moss Vale to the Fitzroy…

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The Braidwood Railway Movement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 4

The adjourned meeting of the Sub-Committee for letting out the collection of the necessary statistics bearing upon the traffic of the proposed Braidwood…

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Railway, Cowra to Forbes

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 March 1891 · page 4

MR. Jones, Public Works Examiner, arrived here from Canowindra on Thursday evening, 12th instant, the object of his mission being to collect information regarding the resources of the country,…

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A Young Man Cut to Pieces on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 4

PENRITH, Friday.—A fatal accident occurred on the railway here this evening, and has caused quite a sensation in town. On the arrival of the express train from Sydney something was…

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The Crookwell Railway Petition

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 4

COPIES of the petition in favour of the Goulburn to Crookwell railway may be seen at the offices of the local papers and at the stores of Messrs. C. Rogers and Co., S. Meyer and Son,…

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Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1891 · page 4

THE following parish roads will be declared open to the public. Any well-grounded objections must be in the hands of the Clerk of the Executive before the 17th April proximo:—…

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