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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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Railway Employes and Election Nominations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

SOME difficulty appears to have occurred in the Railway Department owing to a large party of the men employed in the Sydney, the Eveleigh and the Randwick…

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A Gigantic Railway Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 4

THE Pennsylvania railway system is called an "empire" by an Eastern contemporary, and well it may be, measuring it by the magnitude of its receipts and…

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Mail Train Delayed

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 June 1891 · page 3

DURING the and wind storm last night a large tree was blown across the telegraph and tablet wircs between Marulan and Barber's Creek. In conosequence the officer of the latter…

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Breach of Railway Discipline

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 June 1891 · page 2

On Monday last, the day of nominating the candidates for parliamentary benours in the metropolitan constituencies, 1100 railway employes, engaged in the workshops at Sydney,…

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Reduced Railway Fares for the Teaching Sisters

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 2

THE Rev. Father Finnegan recently represented to the commissioners for railways that about seventy or eighty nine of the diocese of Goulburn travel to and fro on the railways for…

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Railway Collision in Ireland. LONDON, June 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 4

A train laden with a militia regiment stationed at Londonderry came into collision with an empty train on the outskirts of Londonderry. The driver and stoker of the train containing…

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Road Repairs, Gurrundah

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 4

THE department of works acknowledge receipt of letter presented by Colonol Holborow M. P. from Mr. W. F. Storrier of Gullon, in reference to road leading from selections in aud…

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The proposed Galong-Burrowa Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 3

MR. PERCY SGARR, an examiner of public works proposals , has reported to the minister for works on the proposed railway from Galong to Burrowa. After dealing with…

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Galong-burrowa Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 2

The re-publication of the following in the S. M. Herald of Tuesday is ominous at the present juncture:— " Mr. Percy Scarr, an examiner of…

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The Warri Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 7

Messrs. Welsh and McCaffrey have thrown up their contract for the Warri Bridge. This is the second contract which has fallen through, Mr. Harris,…

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The Tramway Strikes in Bordeaux. LONDON, June 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

Renewed rioting has taken place in Bordeaux in connection with the strike of Tramway employee in that city. The strikers smashed the trams and the tram-sheds, and stoned the police…

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Galong to Burrowa Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

MR. PERCY SCARR, an examiner of public works proposals, has reported to the Minister for Works on the proposed railway from Galong to Burrowa. After…

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Wodonga to Tallangatta Railway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 June 1891 · page 2

THE railway line from Wodonga to Tallangatta (Victoria) will be opened for traffic on August 1, and arrangements are being made at Tallangatta to have a festive gathering on…

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Road Repairs, Gurrundah

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

THE Department of Works acknowledge receipt of letter presented by Colonel Holborow M.P. from Mr. W. F. Starrier of Gullen, in reference to road leading…

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Bridge over Fish River at Narrawa Ford. to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

SIR,--I understand that a petition is being signed at Crookwell asking for the emotion of a bridge over the Fish River at the Narrawa Ford, on the main road…

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Projected Railway Extensions

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3

MR [?] JONES one of the temporary examiners of proposed public works, who some time ago was instructed by the Minister for Public Works to inquire into a number of projected…

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Tramway Strike in Paris. LONDON, June 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 4

A strike occurred to-day among the employes on the tramways in Paris. The strikers are reporting to violence to prevent vent the trams from being run, and have…

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Bridge Over Tangmangaroo Creek

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 2

WE have, for years, advocated the erection of a bridge over what is known as Tangmangaroo Creek, on the road between Yass and Burrowa. We have repeatedly had to…

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N.s.w. Railways and Tramways. Increasing Prosperity

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4

ALTHOUGH it will not be possible for the railway commissioners to prepare an exact balance-sheet for the financial years ended June 30,1891, until towards the middle of July, an…

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Middle Arm Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 4

THE Public Works Department in acknowledging a letter from Mr. T. Rose, M.P., in regard to the state of the road between the Forest and Middle Arm, informs him that the…

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