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

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. The Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 4

Further evidence was taken to-day at the railway inquest on the question of the speed at which the derailed train travelled. Coningham Divorce Case…

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Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 2

Mr. Rose, M.P., is informed, In reply, to his letter of the 9th ultimo, that the resumption of the route of the ''railway through Crookwell…

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Correspondence. Bad Roads. To the Editor Yass Tribune

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

SIR,—I would deem it a favor if you would permit me, per medium of the Tribune, to call .the attention of the authorities to the dangerous state of…

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The Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

FRIDAY was occupied in the examination of Professor Warren, Mr. Selfe, and others. The former declared that the chief cause of the derailment of the train was the class of…

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Official Items Railway Freights

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 2

Since the beginning of the year 556,700 bales of wool have been received at the three principal seaports, as against 470,000 bales for the previous season, an increase of…

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Business on the Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners furnish a glowing report relative to the business done by their department. Since the beginning of the year 556,700 bales of wool…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

Dr. Woodward, the railway medical officer, will visit Goulburn on Friday next to conduct an examination for the corps silver medals. Competitors will include Goulburn, Towrang, Breadalbane,…

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Here and There. Cheap train to Sydney next

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 2

Perfumes sweet and delightful Delicious perfumes in great number and variety for the trying hot weather. Toilet articles, Fancy Soaps, Face Powers.--W. Taylor, Chemist…

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Extraordinary Claims by Mr. Rose.—he Still Allows the Sun to Shine!—the Railway and the Hospital; the Bridge and the Caves.—other Matters.—the Herald's Opposition

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 2

HAVING in previous articles treated of the principles involved in the federal election, we now turn to one or two local matters…

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Bicycle Road Race

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 1

About twenty-eight starters took part in a five-mile road race, out and home, on the Braidwood road, on Saturday afternoon. A strong wind interfered with the pace on the outward journey. J…

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Accident on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 1

Donald Cunningham, seventeen, son of Mr. Cunningham, of Eastgrove, and employed as cleaner on the railway, met with a painful accident on Sunday night. He was sitting on an engine engaged in…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 4

THE examination for the Railway Commissioners' silver medal in connection with the above was held b Dr. Woodward, the railway medical officer, on Friday last. Fourteen candidates appeared, and it…

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Railway Appeal Board

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 4

The Railway Appeal Board which was constituted last session of Parliament (Act 72 Victoria, 1900) has entered upon the duties imposed on it by the Act, and has held six meetings, hearing 27…

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A Railway Company As Prohibitionists

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 4

IT is not generally known that the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. for years past has refused to sell land immediately adjoining its stations…

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The Railway Murder

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 1

IT is stated by cable that George Henry Parker has been sentenced to death for the murder on January 17 of William Pearson, an elderly farmer, in a…

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Railway Business

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners are in a position to furnish a glowing report relative to the business done by their department. Traffic in all branches…

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Fall Over a Bridge. a Baby Killed. Mother Seriously Injured

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 4

GUNNEDAH, Thursday Afternoon.—On Tuesday night last, about 11 o’clock, a remarkable fatality occurred at the railway bridge crossing the Moo[?]…

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The Latest. French Moving Westward. May Meet De Wet. Boers Derail a Train

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 2

London, March 30.—General French is reported to be returning westward from Vryheid. There is an exciting possibility that he…

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A Corean Railway. London, April 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

The loan to provide for the construction of the railway from Seoul, the capital of Corea, to Fusan, the port, has been covered many times over in Tokio…

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A Bad Road

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 2

There is a stretch road leading off from the main Good Hope road, to the Yass river, which is in a very bad state and sadly needing the expenditure of a little…

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