The Father of New South Wales Railways
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4
ON Sunday intelligence was received of the death of Mr. John Whitton, at Mittagong, at the age of 79. Mr. Whitton was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, in 1819. After many years' experience on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Grenfell Railway. To the Editor of the Burrangong Argus
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 2
Sir,—In your issue of the 16th instant, again I find another of Mr. Green’s tiresome and vague letters. In addressing myself to the subject a issue I not only speak so that I can be understood…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 4
MR. JOHN WALKER, leading fitter in the Goulburn loco. sheds, has been promoted to a higher position at Forbes. Mr. Walker has been in Goulburn for the past nine years, and held the…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 4
AT the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions on Tuesday James Tuxford, John Keogh, and Patrick Duggan were charged with having on December 11 uttered three forged railway tickets at Strathfield with intent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway and Telegraphs of Newfoundland. London, Feb. 22
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 2
The Newfoundland Government has agreed to transfer the railway and telegraph systems of the colony to Mr. R. G. Reid, the eminent contractor of Montreal…
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Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2
TENDERS are invited for work on roads Windellima to Mayfield, Goulburn to Taralga, and Kippilaw to Breadalbane. See advt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramp, Tramp ; Loaf, Loaf, Loaf.—work? Perhaps, Perhaps Not.—impatience Under Discipline. — Perversity of Nature Makes Even Industrious Men Become Nuisances.—a Strange Idiosyncrasy. — Tramps When Ungrateful Wrong Not Only Benefactors But Other Tramps Also
Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 February 1898 · page 2
THOSE who are familiar with country life in New South Wales are continually afflicted with the sight of a nuisance comparable to one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Employes' Hospital Fund
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2
THE report of the committee for the year ending February, 1898, shows that the amount collected during the year was £766 0s 11d, being an increase on the previous year of £146 3s 0½d. The nett…
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Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 February 1898 · page 2
THE report submitted to the annual meeting at the Railway Institute, Sydney, on Friday showed that there had boon a substantial addition to the membership with a consequent…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2
AT the Goulburn Police Court on Monday, before the Police-Magistrate, William Henry Davis and Thomas Connor were charged with wilfully trespassing on the railway premises at Goublurn on 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways in China. London, Feb. 28
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2
The German Ambassador at Pekin insists upon the employment of German engineers and the use oft German material in the construction of the projected line of railway from Tientsin to Chin-Kiang…
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The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2
ON Friday the Public Works-Sectional Committee returned to Young from Grenfell. They were met at Grenfell by Messrs. J. C Watson, M.L.A., D. Mackenzie, and A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Criminal Tramp
The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 1
THE question of the tramp is one of increasing and argent importance in rural England, and it has risen to the proportions of a great problem in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket. Senior Competition. Railway Ambulance V. Federals
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 4
THE interesting position of these clubs in the competition made their match on Saturday more than ordinarily attractive. Both clubs are equal in the number of points, and are lending the competition;…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 2
THE Railway Commissioners—Messrs. Oliver (Chief Commissioner), Fechon, and Kirikcaldie—accompanied by Messrs. Harper, chief traffic manager, Parry, outdoor traffic superintendent,…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1898 · page 2
ARE inspecting the southern railway line, and are accompanied by Mesers. Harper (chief traffic manager), Parry (out-door traffle superintendent), and Loughrey (outdour…
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The Yass Courier · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 2
THE Road Race which was to have been held yesterday under the auspices of the Yass Bicycle Club has been postponed owing to the bad state of the roads. However arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway From British Burmah. London, March 16
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6
At a conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce held to-day it was resolved to urge upon the Government to press China, with a view of obtaining permission to construct a railway from a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Time-Table
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4
THE Railway Commissioners intimate that a new time-table will be brought into operation from April 3 next. The principal alternatives will be made in the running of the Northern mail trains. On the…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2
Arrangements are now complete for the load race to Murrumhateman on Thursday next. A start will be made from the Post Office at 2 o'clock sharp. Mr. J. O'Mara will act as…
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