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

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Railway Employes and their Hours of Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 4

MR. SUTTOR, answering in the Assembly on Thursday evening (on behalf of the Colonial Treasurer) a question relative to fettlers employed on the railway, said that they bad…

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Another Train Captured. London

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 3

THE Coxeyites captured another train in Oregon; but the United States' cavalry recaptured it…

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Railway Collision at Tarago. Damage Slight

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 2

ON Saturday night last a collision occurred at Tarago between the mail train from Cooma and a stock train. Fortunately it was unattended with any serious results. Both…

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Railway Collision at Lake Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 2

WE have received further particulars of the railway collision reported on the fourth page of this issue. The collision occurred at the Tasks, Lake Bathurst, at 11.30 on Saturday night between a…

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Railway Collision at Tarago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 4

A collision of rather a serious nature occurred at the Tarago railway station early on Sunday morning. Particulars are not yet to hand, as all the chief officials are at present at Tarago holding an…

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Hodge's Creek Bridge

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

MR. ROSE has been informed as follows:— With reference to your letter of to the 10th instant in which yon urge that fresh tenders be invited for the erection of a bridge over…

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Richlands Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

MR. ROSE has received the following from the works department:—"With reference to your letter of the 18th ultimo in which you urgently urge repair of Richlands road, I am directed…

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£75 for Pejar Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

MR. ROSE M.P. is in receipt of letter from the works department stating that in reference to his personal representations on the subject of the necessity for making a grant…

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Electric Tram-cars for Sydney. Sydney, Wednesday, 6 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

AN experiment is now being made by the railway commissioners which, if successful there seems to be a prospect of leading to a total revolution in the tramway system of the…

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Telegrams. the Bridge-street Outrage. Sydney, Friday, 3 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 5

THE Full Court has upheld the conviction of Montgomery and Williams, sentenced to death for the Bridge-street affray…

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Amended Railway Goods Rates

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

A SUPPLEMENT to the government Gazette was published yesterday proclaiming a new railway bylaw and amended rates, to come into operation on Monday , and repealing all…

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The Railway Rates

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 2

THE following letter has been received by Mr. J. Forsythe from the Railway Commissioners in reference to the petition recently sent, by the storekeepers and other residents of the town…

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The Railway Commissioners in the South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 4

THE Commissioners left Sydney on Thursday morning on their annual visit of inspection of the Southern lines and branches. Whilst the Commissioners are away they will…

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Amended Railway Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 4

A supplement to the Government Gazette was published on Thursday proclaiming a new railway by-law and demand rates, to come into operation on Monday, and…

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Opening of Lismore-tweed Railway. Sydney, Monday, 6 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 May 1894 · page 3

THE first section of the Lismore-Tweed railway will be opened on Tuesday, 15th instant, by the minster for works. The ministerial party leave by the steamer Thetis on Friday…

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The Little River Bridge

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

FOR some years .Mr. Colls has been agitating for a bridge over the Little River, and we have repeatedly pointed out the great inconvenience caused to the residents ol that part, by want…

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The Railway Commissioners at Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

ON Saturday morning last about 8 o'clock the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy, Fehon and Oliver, who are on a tour of inspection along the Southern line, paid a visit…

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Electric Tramways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 4

THE Metropolitan Tramway Company of New York having made the generous offer of a £10,000 prize to anyone who will produce a working system of traction possessing…

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Reduced Railway Goods Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 3

THE Railway Commissioners announce a series of reductions in the charges for the carriage of goods over the various lines, the object being to assist as largely as possible…

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The Bridge-street Affray

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 3

ON Friday the greater part of the sitting of the Full Court was devoted to the consideration of arguments by counsel in support of a point reserved in the case of Montgomery and Williams,…

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