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

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Bicycle Road Race

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 2

A LARGE number of entries have already been received for the 20-mile road race to be run next Thursday for trophies presented by Dr. Thane, Mr. W. Armstrong, a[?]…

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Improvement of Railway Grades. Work for 2000 Men

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 3

THE question of the improvement of grades is a most important one in connection with the economical working of the railways, and since the Commissioners took office…

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Horrible Railway Fatality

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 3

A RAILWAY guard named Hickey lost his life at Camberwell on Monday. A dense fog prevailed, with the result that great difficulty was experienced in running the…

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Road Tenders

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 2

FRESH tenders for contract 4598-9, road Gurrundah via Byalle to the Fish River, closed yesterday, but owing to the absence of the road…

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Improvement of Railway Grades

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 4

THE question of the improvement of grades is a most important one in connection with the economical working of the railways, and since the…

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The Grenfell-Koorawatha Railway. GRENFELL

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

All the money required for the necessary resumptions on the Koorawath-Grenfell railway has been raised Locally, and all requirements of the Act and by the…

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Improving Railway Grades. an Extensive Project.to Cost £55,000. Employment for 2,000 MEN

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 4

SINCE the Railway Commissioners have been in power, radical alterations have been made on all lines in the way of reducing heavy grades. There still remain, however, some…

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Bicycle Road Race

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 5 June 1899 · page 2

ARRANGEMENTS are now almost complete for the road race to take place on Thursday afternoon under the auspices of the Yass Bicycle Club. A start will be…

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The English Football Match.—Cheap Train Far[?]s

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

THE committee of the Goulburn Football Union met on Monday evening and completed all arrangements for the forthcoming match with the English team. It was decided to entertain the team at a…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 2

MET in the Temperance-hall on Monday evening and elected officers for the ensuing year as follows:— Secretary, Mr. D. Me Innes; committee, Meaure. J. Cuzner, F.B…

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Road Race

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 2

IN consequence of the bad state of the roads caused by the recent wet weather, the twenty-mile road , race which was to have been run this afternoon has been…

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Competitive Railway Rates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 4

MR. OLIVER, Chief Railway Commissioner, who has just returned from the conference of Australasian Commissioners at Brisbane, speaks in high terms of the value of these…

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Railway Sleepers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 2

IT has always been the policy of the Railway Commissioners of the colony to use practically nothing but ironbark for sleepers on the permanent way. Within recent years, however, there has…

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Railway Accident at Flushing. London, June 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 4

An accident occurred to an express train at Flushing, on the coast of Holland, through the pneumatic brake failing to act. Miss Roth, daughter of one of the Swiss Delegates to the Peace Conference at…

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Road Contract

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

Fresh tenders were opened to-day for work on road Hippilaw to Breadalbane; lowest, W. Goodwin, £84 10/…

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The Road Race

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

ON account of the heavy rain and sloppy state of the road the race which was to take place yesterday was postponed until next Thursday week…

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Railways. Not Ripe for Federations

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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Railways. Not Ripe for Federation

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 6

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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Railways. Not Ripe for Federation

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 2

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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New Bridge at Rossiville

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 June 1899 · page 3

THIS bridge, which is to replace an older structure, is now nearing completion. The timber-work is in fact finished and only the painting and some trifling minor details…

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