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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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The Holiday Railway Traffic at Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1891 · page 2

THE number of passengers booked at the Goulburn railway-station during the Easter holidays was 1164 and the amount received in fares £831, showing an increase on last year of…

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Important to Road Contractors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 7

AN important regulation (says the Braidwood Dispatch) has recently been framed by the Department of Roads and Bridges, which stipulates that in future…

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Correspondence. Our Railways. (To the Editor of the Burrangong Argus.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 4

SIR.—The inspired Sydney dailies inform us from time to time that the railway and tramway receipts are increasing most fabulously from month to month, but nothing is said of the enormous…

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Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 April 1891 · page 3

THE petition in favour of the Crookwoll railway is being numerously signed. When all the lists are completed it is proposed to appoint a deputation of gentlemen from…

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Binda to Bigga Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 4

THE members for Carcoar have received the following:—"Public Works Department, Sydney, 4th April, 1891.—Gentlemen,—With reference to the communication forwarded by…

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Binda to Bigga Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 3

THE members for Caucoar have received the following:--" Public Works Department Sydney, 4th April, 1891,--Gentlemen.--With reference to the…

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Important to Road Contractors

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

AN important regulation has recently been framed by the Department of Roads and Bridges, which stipulates that in future road contractors are required to…

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A Dangerous Bridge to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1891 · page 2

DEAR SIR,-- I hope you will allow a little space in your valuable columns to make a fow remarks about the state of the bridge at the Pejar crossing of the Wollondilly…

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The Paper Train Delayed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 2

THE engine attached to the paper train broke down this morning between Balmoral and Hill-top, a delay of throe hours thus being caused, the train not reaching Goulburn till nearly two…

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The Alternative Railway and the Monaro District

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 3

VICTORIA has still an undiscovered, or at least unappreciated, territory in her far eastern province of Croajingalong. She will never know its value or begin…

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Cable and Electric Tramways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 6

The report of Mr. W. Thow, the officer appointed to inspect the cable and electric tramway systems in America, submitted on Wednesday to the Public Works…

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Another Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 4

PENAITH, Friday.—John or Patrick Kiernan, a middle-aged man, a ganger working near the Pearith railway station, was run over and killed by a passing train this morning. The body was…

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The Electric Motor's Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 7

THE New York Sun thus speaks of electric power, in which the work of the motor is summed up as follows:—"In some cities, so far has the use of electric…

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The Royal Road

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 April 1891 · page 4

"Dorothy Jones!" call the district teacher; The girl looks up with a saucy smile; His voice is stern, though his eyes beseech her—…

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Proposed Railway from Monaro to Eden

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 April 1891 · page 3

SOME time ago the minister for works obtained the sanction of the cabinet to offer premiums of £300, £150, and £50 for the discovery of the best practicable route for a railway from…

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Proposed Railway Extensions in Riverina

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 April 1891 · page 2

AT different times during the last two years the minister for works has had placed before him a number of proposed railway extensions in the Riverina district. A few months ago,…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 3

ON Tuesday the railway commissioners left Sydney by special train on a tour of inspection in connection with different works on the southern railway line as far as Goulburn…

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The Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 3

FROM a paragraph in our last it will have been seen that a deputation representing Crookwell, Goulburn, and Taralga, has been appointed by the Crookwell Progress Committee…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 2

The Railway commissioners, Messrs. Eddy, Feehon, and Oliver, paid the Goulburn station n flying visit on Tuesday. They arrived at about five o'clock in the evening by special train, and…

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Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 6

THE Braidwood Despatch states that Mr. Alexander, public works examiner, has concluded his inquiry in regard to the proposed railway to Braidwood, and was to leave…

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