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

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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Mr. Edison on Electric Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 4

MR. THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor, announces that his motor electric system has now been perfected, and that the time has at length arrived when the…

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Mr. Edison on Electric Railways

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 4

MR. THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor, announces that his motor electric system has now been perfected, and that the time has at length arrived…

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Railway Duplication

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 3

THE duplication of the southern line, so far as it has been carried out, has been found to be a great convenience. The railway depart. meat expect that the line to Picton will shortly…

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The Railway Commissioners in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 2

MESSRS. EDDY and Oliver, Railway Commissioners, accompanied by Mr. W. T. Foxlee, Acting Engineer for Existing Lines, arrived at Goulburn yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock,…

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Railway Disaster in America. LONDON, Jan. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 2

A collision occurred between two passenger trains at Alladdin, Illinois, during a fog. Some of the oars took fire; and four passengers were burnt to death. Three other persons were killed…

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Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 4

MR. T. Rose visited Crookwel last Tuesday and interviewed the Progress Committee o n Thursday evening. In the course of a short address he stated that the Minister had promised…

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Parish Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that a plan and book of reference, showing the intended. line of the following road are now deposited at the Roads Branch of the Lands…

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Road from Kialla to Pejar

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

MR. ROSE, M.P., has received from the Public Works Department, in reply to a letter from the hon. member of 24th October in regard to the road from Kialla to…

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The Railway Level Crossings. to the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

SIR,—I notice that the railway commissioners were recently interviewed by the city council about the never ending Eastgrove road. It is a pity that they were not asked at the same…

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The Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

ON Thursday evening Mr. Thomas Rose, M.P., met the members of the Crookwell Progress Committee and a number of the townspeople at Harvey's hotel for the…

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A Railway Disaster in America. LONDON, Jan. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 3

A terrible railway accident is reported to have taken place at Crawfordsville, Indiana (U.S). A train ran off the rails and fell over an embankment a depth of 50ft. The carriages were…

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Road at Longreach

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 5

IN reply to a letter in regard to the opening of a road at Longreach, Mr. Rose M.P. has been informed by the department of works that no expenditure can be made on the road…

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Anniversary Day Train Arrangements

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 5

THE railway commissioners have arranged an extra train service in connection with the 26th instant, which will enable visitors to Sydney from Goulburn and intermediate…

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The Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 3

WE understand that it in intended to send a deputation to Sydney to wait on the minister for works and to present the petition prepared some time ago in favour of the re-introduction…

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Railway Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 2

A BALLAST-ENGINE ran off the line at Mittagong on Tuesday morning, owing to the driver not being aware of the now slip-points being on the line. All the wheels being off the rails, no…

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Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 2

MR. ROSE, M.P., has arranged for the Minister for Works to receive the deputation respecting the Crookwell railway on Thursday, the 4th February, at eleven…

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Railway Rates for Country Produce

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 7

MR. Sheldon asked the Colonial Treasurer in the Assembly on Monday whether it was advisable, where railway waggons are said to be returned, empty to…

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Railway Ambulance Corps. Mr. Eddy on the Management of the Railways

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

AT the annual meeting of the Railway Ambulance Corps, hold at the Railway Institute, Redfern, on Thursday night, a report was read which showed that the…

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Railway Accommodation. to the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 January 1892 · page 3

SIR,—With your kind permission I would like to bring to notice if possible the way in which the country people are incommoded, as far as travelling is concerned, and what I…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train. LONDON, Jan. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1892 · page 3

An attempt at train-wrecking in Ireland is reported. The train which it was attempted to derail was one in which Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P. for South Tyrone, was travelling, at…

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