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

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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On an Irish Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 2

A friends of mine (writes a correspondent of the "Cornhill Magazine") was travelling on one of the light railways along which Mr. Balfour ran himself with such wonderul rapidity…

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Tram Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 2

Shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday a tram accident occurred near the railway station, by which an architect named John Darby, aged 70 years, was killed. He was soon to pass in front of a moving…

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Goulburn Railway Ambulance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 4

The value of a knowledge of first aid is continually being emphasised, and the good work being rendered by and through the members of the above corps is repeatedly in evidence…

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Bridge, Coleman's Creek

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1901 · page 3

Tenders are invited to 4th February for a timber beam bridge over Coleman's Creek, road Collestor to Tirranna…

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China. the Tientsin Railway. London, Jan. 5

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1901 · page 4

DR. MORRISON states that the complacency displayed by Great Britian has led Russia to claim possession of important workshops at…

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A Railway Request

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 7 January 1901 · page 4

A deputation was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Thursday by Mr. Watson, accompanied by Messrs. Barnes and Fitzpatrick, Ms.P., who…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

Shortly before midnight on Sunday an elderly man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was knocked down and killed by a motor at Woollahra. It is stated that…

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China. the Shan-hai-kwan-tientsin Railway. London, Jan. 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

Dr. Morrison, the Peking corespondent of the "Times" states that the complacency displayed by Great Britain has led Russia to claim possession of important workshops at…

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Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1901 · page 2

Mr. Austin Chapman states that from conversations he has had with members of the Public Works Committee, he believes an enquiry into the Braidwood line will take…

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Railway and Tramway Traffic. Statement by the Commsisioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners are commencing to find some little respite from the extremely busy times they have been experiencing since shortly before Christmas…

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Bonuses for Railway Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners have already expressed their satisfaction with the work done by the railway staff during the Commonwealth celebrations, and are marking their appreciation in a…

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Railway Progress

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 3

Speaking at the State luncheon. at Berry on Tuesday, Mr. Fehon and Mr. Kirkcaldie gave some figures showing a most gratifying increase in the railway revenue for the…

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The Railway Station

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

AT last night's Council meeting several Councillors referred to the lack of luggage porters at the railway station. Goulburn, for the importance of its station, is very…

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Bonuses for Railway Men

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners have already expressed their satisfaction with the work done by the railway staff during the Commonwealth celebrations, and are marking their…

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The Tientsin-shan-hai-kwan Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 5

Count von Waldersee has declined the proposal of Russia to hand over to Germany of certain terms the Tientsin to Sharn-hai-kwan railway because the terns override British…

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Accident at the Croydon Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 2

An accident occurred at the Croydon railway station on Thursday by which a man named James Adams was seriously injured. It appears that Adams attempted to…

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Frightful Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 4

REFERING to the terrible railway fatality in France on November 17, a Toulouse dispatch of the previous day says:—The flying southern express…

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Narrow Escape. Accident to a Railway Guard

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

ON Friday morning last Mr. Alfred Nakan, guard on the Yass tram had a very narrow escape of lasing his left arm, by being crushed in an engine. As the…

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Boers Near the Western Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2

Raiders have appeared at Damslaagte, 28 miles north of Matjesfontein…

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Railways and Garrisoned Towns Avoided

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 1

It Is semi-officially stated at Capetown that the invaders are avoiding the railway and the garrisoned towns. They are keeping continuously moving, seizing as they go horses and food stuff. Their…

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