Railway.—valedictory
ON Saturday evening last at the Emu Inn about a hundred railway employee and others assembled together to bid farewell to Mr. E. Taylor, district inspector of the loco…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
319 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 16
Railway to Captain's Flat. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—I was amused a short time since when I read of a movement by certain interested parties, headed by our member, trying to induce the Government to grant an extension of the railway…
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VERY few passengers to-day, thought I, as I proceeded to make myself comfortable in the empty compartment of the Melbourne express on cold damp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycle and Motor Cars
THE Australian Cycle and Motor Coy., Ltd., of 45 York-street, Sydney, have just landed a number of 97 Pattern Bicycles, including American Humbers, Simpsons (fitted with the famous Simpson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road From Bungendore to Tarago. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—Allow me space in the columns of your valuable journal to draw attention to the disgraceful state of the above road. This road, at one time a first-class road, has been shamefully neglected by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Strike. London, Feb. 27
The strike of employes of the North-Eastern Railway Company is affecting the collieries, is paralysing trade, and is restricting food supplies. The strike is causing immense loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Man Who Knows the Road
HE drives directly home, even in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The overhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds don't bother him. He can feel the ground under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Visit of the Minister for Works. the Waterworks Debt. Overhead Bridge to Eastgrove
THE Hon. J. H. Young, Minister for Public Works, accompanied by Mr. Vernon, colonial architect, and Dr. Manning, Superintendent of asylums, arrived in Goulburn by express on Friday…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a hawker named James Smith, aged thirty-one, when crossing the railway bridge midway between Marulan and Wingello was met by a goods train coming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Junee Railway Station
JUNEE, Wednesday.âWilliam Taylor, a carriage examiner, was run over by an engine at the railway station this morning, and fearfully injured. Taylor had attended the down express, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents on the Railway. Miraculous Escape
THE engine of a heavy trial knocked down a hawker named Smith near Barber's Creek on Tuesday afternoon, and the whole train passed over him. One of his feet was completely smashed, but he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Longest Bridge in the World
THE longest railroad bridge of Europe, and, in fact, the world, was recently opened for traffic with great ceremony. The new railway bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of the Convention.—the Federal Capital.—advantages of Choosing Goulburn.—safety Against Filibustering Expeditions.—salubrity and Coolness of Climate.—railway Communication.—water-supply and Lighting.—courts of Federal Adjudicature.—rossiville.—gundary.—other Land Easily Acquired.—the Case Stated Without Hostility to the Claims of Other Colonies or Towns
THE Federal Convention will be meeting about the time that this article goes to press. As to what course may be taken different opinions will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Arbitration Case
With regard to the case of McSharry v. the Railway Commissioners, which has now been before the Arbitration Court for some months, a little misconception appears to…
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In reply to Mr. Rose's letter, re state of the road on the Goulburn side of Governor's Hill, that gentleman is informed by the works department that the length of road referred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Union Bridge at Albury
The Minister for Works has accepted the tender of Messrs. J. B. and W. Farquharson, at £6668 10/2, for the erection of a bridge at Albury, which is to replses the onion bridge…
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In reply to a letter from Mr. Rose respecting the state of the Laggan road near Binds, the works department state that the necessary repairs to place complained of will be at once…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Man Who Knows the Road
HE drives directly home, even in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The overhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds don't bother him. He can feel the ground under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suggestions As to the Federal Constitution.—state Representation in the Senate.—powers of the Houses.—seems to Be Forgotten That Both Are Representative.—as the Federal Legislature Would Be of a Higher Type Than the Local Parliaments, Its Powers Should Not Be Restricted.— the Railways and Lands Not Assets. — Federal Government Should Be Supreme As to the Railways, But Local Management of Details Should Continue
WITH reference to the Convention we desire in the first place to say that in the speeches made by candidates in New South Wales when before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political & Governmental. Railway From Narrabri to Moree
The railway commissioners notify that the line from Narrabri to Moree having been inspected and passed, it is intended to open it for traffic on the 1st proxim…
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