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

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Telegrams. the Bridge-street Burglars. Sydney, Wednesday, 3 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 May 1894 · page 3

IN regard to the Bridge-street burglars, the premier, the attorney general, and the premier, the attorney general, and the this morning for lands had a further conference…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 May 1894 · page 2

ON Friday about 6.10 p.m Mr. Frank Wallacs Holden of Asbfield received serious injuries at the Asbfield railway station, and four hours later died in the Sydney Hospital. How…

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Horrible Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 May 1894 · page 2

ABOUT 6 o'clock on Friday night Mr. Frank Wallace Holden, of Ashfield received serious injuries at the Ashfield railway station, and four hours afterwards…

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Potato Railway Freights. to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 May 1894 · page 3

SIR,--As some misunderstanding prevails to the above-mentioned matter, permit me to state that to-day I again waited on the Under-Secretary, and was assured…

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The Bridge-street Burglars Execution of Montgomery and Williams. a Pitiful Scene

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 May 1894 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon, immediately the House had adjourned for tea, Mr. R. D. Meagher went up to Darlinghurst Gaol to acquaint the condemned men with the fact that they must prepare for the carrying…

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Little River Bridge

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 June 1894 · page 2

MR. ADDISON. C.P.S., on Thursday received the plans, &e., of the Little River Bridge. They are now at the court house for inspection. The bridge will be a very handsome [?] when…

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The Late Bridge-street Burglars. Sydney, Friday, 6.10 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 June 1894 · page 5

IT has transpired that Montgomery expressed his intention of making a statement on the scaffold to point out mistakes in the constables' evidences, but was persuaded by the…

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The Romance of the Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 June 1894 · page 1

ENGLAND is indebted to her railways for a very great deal-far more than we often think; for they have to a large extent made ber earnest…

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A Roads and Bridges Member

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 4

THE following questions were put to the Premier by Mr. M'Court, in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday:—1. In view of his assurances that the most rigorous retrenchment has been carried out…

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Carriage of Fruit on the Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 2

IT was represented to the Railway Commissioners lately that by making a rate for the carriage of single cases of fruit by train an increased trade would go to the lines. The object was that…

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Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 2

A FATALITY happened on the railway at Rockdale on Friday night, the victim being Mr. Otto Warmbrandt, an Austrian, and an independent gentleman. About a quarter past 7 o'clock Mr. Leedey,…

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Railway Employes and Political Meetings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 6

MR. Darnley, in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday asked the Colonial Treasurer whether the Railway Commissioners had issued orders prohibiting their employes…

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Railway Collision in America. London, May 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 4

A terrible railway collision has occurred on the Wisconsin Central line, United States. One of the wreaked trains took fire, and 20 passengers who could not be extricated from the…

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Tram Tickets and Railway Tickets

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 4

Both the trama and the trains are managed by the railway commissioners; and yet in respect to tickets the two services are worked on exactly opposite principles. Tram tickets…

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BOWLES V. Railway Commissioners. Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 3

IN the action by Bowlers and wife against the railway commissioners for damages caused through the female plaintiff falling from a moving train, by which she lost her arm,…

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Carriage of Fruit on the Railways

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 2

IT was represented to the Railway Commissioners lately that by making a rate for the carriage of single cases of fruit by train an increased trade would go to the…

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A Horrible Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 2

ON Friday night at about 6.45 o'clock, a man named Otto Wurmbrandt, was run over and mangled to pieces by a train at Rockdale railway station, near Sydney…

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Rhyanna Road

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

THE public works department write to Mr. Rose:—Sir,—With reference to your representations. in regard to the neccesity for repairing the road known as Campbell's Lsue…

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Carriage of Fruit on the Railways

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 4

IT was represented to the Railway Commissioners lately that by making a rate for the carriage of single cases of fruit by train an increased trade…

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[?]v. the Railways

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

FOR some months past the presence of 8, 10 and [?]teams in the streets of Sydney la[?] with country produce has madespparent the fact that the transport facilities offered…

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