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

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Crookwell Railway Bill

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 January 1894 · page 2

RECENTLY Mr. Rose saw the Minister for Works concerning the practicability of letting lengths of the Crookwell line (if passed by the House) out to small…

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An Anarchistic Tramp

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 3

LAST Wednesday night (says the Cooma Express) a tramp from Cooma direction travelling towards Nimitybelle camped for the night in an old abandoned outhouse a…

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A Bridge for the Little River

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 2

Mr. T. Colls, M.L.A., has been fighting hard for many years for a bridge over the Little River at Cooradigbee, and notwithstanding the many knock down blows that he has…

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Late Trams and Trains

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 3

MR. FARN[?]LL moved the adjournment of the [?] to call attention to the dis[?] of the Government of a resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly on September 28, 1893…

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Railway Disaster in Russia. London, Jan. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 3

A terrible railway disaster is reported to have taken place in East Russia. A passenger train came into collision with a petroleum train at Samaro, on the Orenburg railway. The wrecked…

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Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 4

In the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Rose said:—"I desire to ask the Secretary for Public Works if he has had under consideration the advisability of including the…

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Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 2

ON the motion of adjournment in the Assembly on Thursday last Mr. Rose said: 1 desire to ask the Secretary for Public Works if he has had under consideration…

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Railway Revenue

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 3

The railway revenue for the quarter will show better results than might have been expected, considering the loss on the passenger traffic…

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Railway Revenue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December last will be laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly in a few days. It will unfortunately…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Thursday, 2 20 p.m. the Goulburn-crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 3

THE GOULBURN-CROOKWELL RAILWAY. A DEPUTATION interviewed the Minister of Works to-day to urge the Government to proceed with the construction of the Goulburn to Crookwell railway…

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Fairy Meadow Road. Letter From the Public Works Department

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 2

THE member for Braidwood is in receipt of the following letter from the Under-Secretary of the Department of Public Works:—Sir,—With reference to that portion of your…

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Crookwell Railway. the Minister Compromises

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 3

YESTERDAY, Mr. Rose introduced a very strong deputation to the Minister for Public Works with reference to the Crookwell railway. The deputation consisted of Colonel…

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Railway Rates for Carriage of Stock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 6

A deputation of fat stock salesmen waited upon the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday to urge that a reduction should be made in the railway rates for carriage of live stock,…

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Railway Goods Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 6

REDUCED rates and charges have been made by the Railway Commissioners for the conveyance of goods and produce over the railway between Molong and Forbes,…

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Goulburn-Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 4

FOLLOWING the example of the Assembly, Mr. Lyne and a number of members, among whom were Mr. Dowel, Dr. Hollis, and Mr. Rose, on Thursday had an interview on the Goulburn to Crookwell…

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The Goulburn-crookwell Railway. the Scheme and Its Vicissitudes

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 2

As was shown in our last issue. the Goulburn-Crookwell railway plan may be considered to have entered upon yet another stage. The matter has passed through various phrases…

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The Bridge-street Affray

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

THE condition of the police officers who were injured in the affray with burglars on Friday morning last has, without exception, improved. Constable Alford's injuries appear to be the most-srious…

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The Bridge-street Affray. Bravery Rewarded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

THE police have been pursuing their investigations of the records of Thomas Millidge and Thomas Carroll, the supposed names of the two men apprehended in connection with the affray in…

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A Midnight Affray. Burglary in Bridge-street. a Bitterly Contested Battle. Five Constables Injured. Two of the Burglars Secured

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

Shortly before 3 o' cock on Friday morning a serious encounter between police and burglars took place in Bridge-street, which resulted in five of the constables being murderously…

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The Railway Station. Erection of an Overhead Bridge

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 2

WORKMEN are now engaged erecting a strong overhead bridge at the northern end of the Goulburn railway station, and leading from No. 1, on the main platform, to No. 2 on the…

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