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

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Proposed Tramway for Goulburn. an Amendment Rejected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1899 · page 2

PURSUANT to a largely-signed requisition a public meeting was held in the Town Hall last evening to consider "what steps should be taken to urge upon the Government the necessity of providing a…

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Tramway for Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting convened by the Mayor upon requisition was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening for the purpose of considering what stops should be taken to urge…

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A Burked Railway Bill

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 4

TWENTY-EIGHT miles north of Goulburn lies the town of Crookwell, the centre of a prosperous and progressive dairying district, with marvellous…

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Railway Ambulance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

AN ambulance examination was conducted in Goulburn last week by Dr. Woodward, and the following members qualified themselves for certificates:—T. Ashe, F. Barrett, H. Cannon, G…

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Road Tenders

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

TENDERS for two large road contracts were opened at the Crookwell court-house last Saturday, viz., for the Deviations at Commissiontr's Creek and Monkey Crook Hill. Five tenders…

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A Burked Railway Bill

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

THE agitation regarding our much delayed railway appears to have been been recently revived by new blood in the person of Mr…

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The Proposed Tramway. (To the Editor Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 4

SIR,—The attempt made (vide "Siftings" last issue) to frustrate the endeavours of the citizens in a patriotic effort to improve Goulburn strikes me as very far-fetched and unfair. The fact that estimates…

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The Proposed Tramway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

THE committee elected at the public meeting on Monday last to draw up a petition for presentation to the Hon. the Minister for Works and to obtain signatures thereto held a meeting at the Town Hall…

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The Land. Grant in Lieu of Road

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 3

An area of 4a. Or. 20p., Berrima, being boundary road 1 chian wide separating portion No. 117 from portion No. 118 "exclusive of tho part necessary to preserve the continuity…

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The Proposed Tramway

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 February 1899 · page 3

THE committee elected at the public meeting on monday last to drawdp a polition for presentation to the Lion. the Minister for Works and to obtain Eignstures thereto held a meeting…

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Outrage in a Train

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

A telegram from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, dated January 19, to the Natal "Mercury" says:--On Tuesday night, a respectable coloured woman, Katie…

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The Crookwell Railway. to the Editor

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

SIR,--Permit me to encroach on your space to the extent of asking land-owners adjacent to the route of the proposed Crookwell railway to consider the policy of the Betterment Tax as…

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Railway Disaster in Belgium. London, Feb. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 3

A terrible railway collision his occurred in Belgium. The Mons express train telescoped a train near Forest station, Brussels, during a fog. Twenty-one persons were killed and 100 injured…

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Overhead Bridge at Goulburn Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 2

WITHIN a very short time the residents of Eastgrove will be put into possession of a boon for which they have been agitating for years. The local permanent way staff at the Goulburn railway station are now…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. Twenty-one Killed and 100 Injured

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

A shocking railway accident is reported from Belgium. The express from Mons to Brussels dashed into a train at Forest Station…

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The Crookwell Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 4

MR. EDITOR—Permit me to encroach on your space to the extent of asking landowners adjacent to the rento of the proposed Crookwell railway to…

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The Belgium Railway Disaster. London, February 21

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

THERE were 800 passengers in the Mons express train, which telescoped a train near Forest Station, Brussels, during a fog…

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City Tramway Committee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

A meeting of the City Tramway Committee was hold in the Town Hall last evening, Mr. W Kingsell in the chair. An apology was received from Mr. A. M. Betts, the chairman of the committee, who…

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The Prospective Nightmare—the Steam Tram. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 6

SIR,—Were it not almost a certainty that the Government, or Railway Commissioners, or the Goulburn Municipal Council will refuse to entertain the proposal to run a steam tram along…

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The Bullock-driver and the Roads Man

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 27 February 1899 · page 2

A CURIOUS episode has recently been brought under the notice of the minister for works. One of the roads officers in an outlaying district reported that a bullock…

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