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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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Binda to Tuena Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 3

THE following letter has been received by the members for Carcoar:—"Public Works Department, Sydney, 7th April, 1891. Gentlemen,—With reference to…

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Hours of Labour of Tram-men. LONDON, April 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 6

The London County Council have granted a concession to the employes on the tram lines, who in future are only to work ten hours a day…

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Fatal Accident to a Railway Gatekeeper

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Shortly after 6 o'clock on Saturday evening a signalman named John Coffey, aged 56, who was in charge of at level crossing at Arden-street, North Melbourne, was…

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Binda to Tuena Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1891 · page 2

THE following letter has been received by the members for Carcoar:--"Public Works Department, Sydney, 7th April, 1891. Gentlemen,--With reference to…

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The Railway Petition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1891 · page 2

PERSONS to whom copies of the petition in favour of the Goulburn-to-Crookwell railway were sent for signature are requested to return the same to the…

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Road Windellima to Nerrimunga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1891 · page 4

COLONEL Holborow and Mr. Ball, Ms. L.A., are in receipt of the following:—"With reference to the petition presented by you on the 10th January lost from residents in the District,…

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Deviation of Road Read's Flat to Bigga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1891 · page 4

THE following letter has been received by the Carcoar members:—"Public Works Department, Sydney, 15th April, 1891. Gentlemen,— With reference to the petition forwarded by you…

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Railway Accident near London. LONDON, May 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 4

A serious railway accident has occurred at Norwood. While the Brighton train was passing over a bridge the structure collapsed, end six carriages of the train were completely wrecked…

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Road to the Lookdown

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 May 1891 · page 2

IN reply to letter making for an additional grant for the road from Bungonia to the Lookdown, Colonel Holborow M.P. has received a communication from the public…

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Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 May 1891 · page 2

THE petition in favour of the construction of the branch railway to Crookwell is being numerously signed in Goulburn…

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Road Bungonia to the Lookdown

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1891 · page 4

THE members for the county lave received the following:—With reference to your letter of the 23rd ultimo, in which you ask for an additional grant for the road from Bungonia to…

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Robbery at the Bundanoon Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1891 · page 2

MOSS VALE, Monday.—Information has been received by the police that a robbery was committed last evening between 6 and 9 o'clock at the Bundanoon railway station and a cash-box…

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Robbery at Bundanoon Railway Station

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1891 · page 2

INFORMATION has been received by the Moss Vale police that a robbery was committed on Sunday evening between six and nine o'clock at the Bundanoon railway station, and a…

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Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

MESSRS. Eddy and Oliver, railway commissioners, passed through Goulburn this afternoon, being on a tour of inspection over the southern line as far as Harden, and over the…

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Railway Accident at Culcairn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

ALBURY, Friday.—An accident happened to the Sydney express shortly after leaving Albury last night, which, though of a serious nature, resulted only in…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

Two of the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy and Oliver, accompanied by Mr. David Kirkealdie, chief traffic manager, Mr. J. T. Parry, outdoor superintendent, Mr. E. A…

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Bridge over Molongo River

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 May 1891 · page 3

TENDERS will be received to 28th instant for a timber truss bridge over Molonge River near Queanbeyan…

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The Country Roads

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 4

THE state of the country roads in the United States is at last beginning to attract notice. In Pennsylvania an agitation has been begun by a number…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1891 · page 2

THE list of the special cheap excursion this season from Albury, Hay, Jerilderie, Narandera, Gundagai, Young, and Cooma will leave Albury on Friday, the 22nd Instant, at 2.45…

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How to Make a Road

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 7

WE condense the following hints from a circular issued by the Roads Improvement and Maintenance Association of London, an organisation…

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