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

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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The Proposed Goulburn-Crook-well Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 January 1893 · page 5

THE minister for public works was waited upon on Wednesday by the members for Argyle ( Messrs. Rose and Holborow), who presented to him the following resolution,…

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Cable News. Railway Disaster in Russia. London, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 6

Telegrams from St. Petersburg give particulars of a terrible railway accident which has occurred at Slatoust, in Russia. While a passenger train was running at a fats…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 3 p.m. the Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 3

LAST week the minister for public works announced that he had appointed experts to inquire into the cost of constructing new railways. Interviewed on the matter this…

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Conolly's Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 2

THE bridge over the creek near Conolly's mill has suffered a good deal from the late rains, and the Council men are busy effecting the necessary repairs. A hole, several feet deep, has been washed…

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Increase of Railway Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

IT has already been announced that the Railway Commissioners intend to make certain increases in the goods rates and passenger fares on the railways The retrenchment proposals of the Government…

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Goulburn-Crookwell Railway. Sydney, Monday, 12 a.m

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

LAST week the Minister for Public Works announced that he had appointed experts to inquire into the cost of constructing the new railway. Interviewed on the matter this morning, the Minister promised…

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Railway Disaster in America. London, Jan. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

A shocking calamity has taken place at Alton, in the United States. A passenger train came into collision with an oiltank train. The wrecked cars of the passenger…

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A Railway Smash

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 2

A serious railway smash occurred at Darling Harbour yesternight. A goods train became unmanageable and dashed down a grade into another train of nineteen trucks, six being smashed…

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The Railway Disaster in America. London; Jan. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 2

Further accounts of the disaster at Alton, Illinois, show that the total number of persons injured by the collision of a passenger train with an oil train is 94. Besides those already dead, to the number of…

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Bellallaba Bridge

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

THE minister for work has a accepted the tender of J. W. Page for erection of bridge over the Shoalhaven River at Bellailaba. Amount of tender, £3380 17/3; highest…

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Kingsdale Bridge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

THE bridge over the crossing at Kingsdale, on the road between Goulburn and Crookwell, has been open for traffic since the beginning of the year. It is placed…

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Rossiville Bridge

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

WE are informed that the bridge at Rossiville crossing still remains closed, pending repairs. Although it is now considerably over a month since the traffic was diverted,…

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Roads in Argyle

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

WE learn that Mr. Rose has interviewed the Minister for Public Works with respect to expending as much money as available on the various by-roads…

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A Dangerous Bridge

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

THE late heavy rains have had the effect of exposing the dangerous condition of the bridge in Stoane-street, near Conolly's mill. The timber forming the breastwork of the…

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New Railway Rates

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

In his financial statement last week the treasurer mentioned that the railway commissioners have increased the rates to the amount (estimated) of £65,000. The increase…

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Proposed Goulburn- Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

THE Minister for Public Works was waited upon on Wednesday last by the members for Argyle (Messrs. Rose and Holborow), who presented to him the…

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Increase of Railway Rates

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

IT has already been announced that the Railway Commissioners intend to make certain increases in the goods rates and passenger fares on the railways. The…

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Rossi's Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 4

MR T. McMillan, mail contractor, complains of the great inconvenience to which he and others are subjected through the delay in repairing Rossi's bridge. Mr. McMillan states that the bridge has…

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LONDON, Thursday. Railway Catastrophe

Goulburn Herald · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 5

A TRAIN on a railway line near Vaina in Russian-Poland was blocked with snow, when a passenger train coming in the opposite direction and not being warned, dashed into…

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The Railway Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 4

THE traffic on the railway lines on Thursday showed a falling-off as compared with that of Anniversary Day last year, the keen interest that was taken in the intercolonial…

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