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

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

413 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 21

Special Train, Bungendore Races

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 2

A SPECIAL train will leave Goulburn for Bungendore on Thursday morning, 2nd instant, at nine o'clock, returning the same evening from Bungendore at 5.30…

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Road to the Lookdown

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 3

IN reply to letter from Colonel Holborow M.P. under date 11th October last, urging repairs to the road from Bungonia to the Lookdown, the hon member has received…

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Rossi's Bridge

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 3

THE work in connection with the muchneeded repairs to the bridge at Rossiville, on the Wollondilly, has now been commenced. While the work is going on the bridge is…

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Argyle Road Expenditure

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 5

MR. ROSE has been informed by the under secretary for public works that his personal representation for effecting repairs to by roads in various parts of Argyls will receive…

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Railway Matters

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 February 1893 · page 5

BY a now regulation which came into force on the 1st instant, the mail train on Saturday eight from Sydney will not run further than Goulburn, whore it arrives at 11.30. It…

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Argyle Roads Expenditure

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 3

MR. ROSE has been informed by the Under-Secretary of Public Works that his personal representations for effecting repairs to by-roads in various parts of Argyle will receive the necessary…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting in connection with the Goulburn branch of the above corps will be held at the Protestant Hall on Thursday evening next. Mr. W. Shellshear, divisional engineer, will preside and…

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Bridge at Rossiville

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 3

MR. Roan M.P. has received from the works department a letter informing him that all arrangements have been made for the repair of the bridge over the Wolloudilly at…

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Railway Earnings

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 2

The quarterly report of the railway commissioners which was laid before parliament last week shows a decrease of £61,273 in the earnings of the railways for…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 3

A PUBLIC MEETING in connection with the Goulburn branch of the Railway Ambulance Corps will be hold to-morrow evening in the Protestant Hall. Mr. W. Shellshear,…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon on the railway line near Kelso, an employé named James Swan, while endeavouring to ascend an engine in motion, Blipped and fell under the…

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Railway Business

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 4

THE quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners, which was lid before Parliament last week, shows a decrease of £61,273 in the carnings of the railways for the quarter ended 31st December last…

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Sudden Death at the Railway-station

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 5

A SUDDEN death occurred at the railway-station this morning. The deceased is Mr. William hidden, a sub-inspector in the permanent way branch of the railway. Mr. hidden, whose…

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Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 4

THE members of the Goulburn branch of the above corps hold their first meeting for the year at the Protestant Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. Shellshear, divisional engineer, occupied the chair…

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Accident to a Railway Employe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

THE Evening News gives the following account of an accident which befel Mr. Donald McDonald, who was engaged as platform porter at the Goulburn station about 12 years ago:—The Redfern…

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Land Resumed for Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

WITH a view to the adoption of the betterment principle in the construction of future railways, Mr. Stevenson asked the Minister for Public Works in the Assembly on Thursday for a return showing…

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Special Cheap Excursion Train

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

TICKETS to Sydney from stations on the Southern line and branches will be issued at special cheap rates by trains running on Friday, 24th instant. The train will leave…

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Alleged Railway Negligence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4

THE Murrumburrah Signal says:—'It appears on Saturday morning last a gentleman in Goulburn forwarded a paper parcel to a person in Murrumburrah by the goods express—or as it is more…

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Goulburn and Roslyn Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 2

IN reply to a representation in regard to the necessity for making a deviation in the Goulburn and Roslyn road, so as to avoid Paterson's Hill, Mr. Rose M.P. is informed by the…

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Yass Tramway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 2

YASS TRAMWAY.—We learn that on and after 13th instant the rate for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class goods carried over the Yass tramway is to be 2/6 per ton instead of 3/- as hitherto,…

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