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

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Tenders for Road Work

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 3

BY a perusal of our advertising columns in this issue it will be soon that tenders for work upon eleven roads in this district have been called for. Mr. Hanly, the…

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Correspondence. the Goulburn-crookwell Railway. to the Editor of the Goulburn Herald

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of Monday last, under the heading of the "Vicissitudes of the Scheme," you refer to the various phases through which the Goulburn-Crookwell…

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The Crookwell Railway. the Minister Compromises

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

ON Thursday last Mr. Rose introduced a very strong deputation to the Minister for Public Works with reference to the Crookwell railway. The deputation…

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Overhead Bridge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 4

AN iron overhead railway bridge connecting the two parallel platform is being erected at the Goulburn railway station. The structure is being made cut of old rails, and is already more than…

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Railway Revenue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 2

THE detailed railway revenue returns for January show that the revenue it still decreasing, The total decrease for the month is about £30,000 In the quarterly report of the railway recently issued…

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Bridge at Tharwa. Plans and Specifications to Be Seen in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 3

TENDERS will be received up to 14th March next, and plans and specifications may be seen at the Court House, Queanbeyan and Goulburn, and also at the Roads Office,…

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The Bridge-street Affray. Application by the Prisoners' Solicitor. Sydney, Friday, 3.15 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 5

THE two men arrested for the Bridge-street murderous burglary were before the Court this morning and wore further remanded for seven days. Their solicitor called attention…

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The Railway Revenue. a Large Decrease for January

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 4

THE detailed returns for the railway earnings for January, as already indicated by the Treasury receipts, have shown a large decrease. The quarterly…

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The Simplon Railway Tunnel. London, Feb. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 1

The Swiss Federal Council has approved of the construction of a railway across the Simplon Pass, the principle fasture of which will be a tunnel over five miles in length…

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Country Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 2

IT will be remembered that recently Mr. Lyne had placed on the supplementary estimates a sum of £30,000 for the construction and repair of country roads, and instructions were given…

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The Railway Revenue

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

THE detailed returns for the railway earnings for January, as already indicated by the Treasury receipts, have shown a large decrease. The quarterly report,…

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Railway Disaster

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--A remarkable railway disaster has occurred near Compiege, in France. It appears a case of goods fell from the truck of a goods…

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Telegrams. the Bridge-street Affray. the Accused Remanded. Sydney, Friday, 3. p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 5

THE two men concerned in the murderous affray in Bridge-street were before the Police Court this morning. They were further remanded for a week…

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Land Resumed. Widening of Road From Bundanoon to the Gullies

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 4

FIVE areas, containing 1 acre 3 roods 10 perches, in the parishes of Bundanoon and Sutton Forest have been resumed under the Lands for Public…

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Post Boxes on Tram Cars. an Interesting Novelty

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 4

At Portsmouth, in England, arrangements have been made between the local postmaster and the manager of the Portsmouth Tramway Company…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 4

SPRINGWOOD, Sunday.—Sarah Harris, aged 18, a domestic servant, was crossing the railway line at the station gates last night about 9 o'clock, when an up-goods train passed…

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The Ships of the Road

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 2

SUCH service as tho ships of .the sea perform in the commercial intercourse between countries, or tho ship of the desert—the camel—accomplishes in carrying the products of the Dark Continent…

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The Cheap Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 2

THE cheap excursion train which passed through Goulburn on its way to Sydney on Wednesday morning bad a large number of passengers on board. There were two divisions and it is…

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Shrinkage on the Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 3

DURING an interview last week, Mr. See, Colonial Treasurer, said that the shrinkage in the railway revenue so far for the present year was 40,000. "A noticeable thing,"…

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The Bridge-street Affray. Police Court To-day. Sydney, Friday, 3.5 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 5

THERE was an immense crowd at the Police Court to-day when the Bridge-street burglars were brought up; but the Court was ordered to be cleared. The prisoners were remanded…

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