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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 6 of 21

The Goulburn to Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 April 1893 · page 4

CROOKWELL, Saturday.—A very large and influential meeting was held here this evening to advocate the construction of the railway from Goulburn to Crookwell by private enterprise. Many…

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Economy in Railway Administration

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 2

The railway returns for the past quarter in New South Wales show a decrease of about £32,000 as compared with the like period last year; but there has been a decrease in…

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The Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 2

The government, notwithstanding tile now survey which they are making of a less expensive line than the routes formerly measured, are…

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Goulburn to Crookwell Railway. Public Meeting at Crookwell

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 3

THE largest and most unanimous and enthusiastic meeting over held hero in connection with the extension of the railway from Goulburn to Crookwell was that of last Saturday…

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Railway Fatalities. a Prominent Citizen of Wagga Killed

Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 2

WAGGA, Sunday.—Mr. Harry Berkley Fitzhardinge, solicitor of Wagga, mot with a terrible death lost night. Deceased, who lived on the south lido of the railway line, was in…

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Railway to Crookwell

Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 3

ON Saturday a mooting was hold at Mr. John Mo Callum's, Forest Lodge, at which Mr. Rose M.P. explained the project for the constructing by private parties of a line of railway from…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Tuesday, 12.55 p.m. the Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 3

ACTIVE operations are going on at the Sydney end in connection with the Crookwell railway. Mr. Monie has interviewed the Engineer-in-Chief, and the Railway Commissioners have also been seen…

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The Railway Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 2

THE funeral of Mr. Michael Berry, one of the victims of the terrible accident on the line on Sunday morning, took place on Monday afternoon and was attended by a large number of sorrowing…

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Impeding a Railway Official

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Monday afternoon, before Mr. Alexander. P.M., George Harvey, Thomas Holland, and Frank T. Higham pleaded not guilty to having wilfully impeded Henry Landor, railway…

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Goulburn to Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

THE largest and most unanimous and enthusiastic meeting ever held here in connection with the extension of the railway from Goulburn to Crookwell was that of Saturday evening in the…

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Shocking Fatality at Wagga. Mr. H. B. Fitzhardinge Killed on the Railway. Wagga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

PROFOUND gloom has been cost over the town and district by the tragic death of Mr. Harry Berkeley Fitzhardinge, the well-known solicitor. No one witnessed the accident, and it is surmised the…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Two Men Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

A TERRIBLE catastrophe occurred on the railway line near Boxer's Creek on Sunday morning last, whereby a young man named Michael Barry, engaged in repairing a railway bridge across the…

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Road Contracts

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 2

MR. ROSE M.P. has been informed by the department of works that the sum of £100 has been granted for the improvement of the Little Swallow Tail road, and that the…

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The Late Railway Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 2

IN a portion of our last issue it was mistakenly stated that the funerals of the unfortunate men, Michael Barry and David McGill, killed on Sunday morning on the…

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The Wagga Railway Fatality

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 4

INQUEST AND FUNERAL OF MR. H. B. FITZHARDINGS,—Wagga, Monday.—An inquest was hold to-day touching the death of Mr. H. B. Fitzhardinge, who was killed on the railway…

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Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 4
Also in Crookwell Gazette

WE learn that Mr. Rose M.P. interviewed Mr. Monic on Friday in reference to the proposal for tile construction of the Crookwell railway by private enterprise, and that…

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Branch Railways and Private Enterprise

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 3

THE following excellent article is copied from Monday's Goulburn Herald: -- We do not know that any insuperable objection can be raised to the proposal to…

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Railway to Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 2

ON Saturday a meeting was held at Mr. John McCallum's, Forest Lodge, at which Mr. Rose M.P. explained the project for the constructing by private parties of a line of railway from…

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Robbery in a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 2

A young lady named Heateman while returning in the eleven o'clock train from Parramatta yester-night was drugged and robbed by a man who came from under one of the seats of the same…

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