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

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

596 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 30

Reduction of Railway Hands

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 3

Consignors of wheat are holding back their supplies in anticipation of a higher price being obtained later on ; consequently the wheat traffic shows a…

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Railways in Korea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 2

One hundred miles of the railway from Seoul to Fusan is completed. The remainder of the railway with an extension northwards to Ping-Yang will, it is expected, be ready for working in the autumn…

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Frightful Railway Tragedy

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 4

MOLONG, Monday.—A frightful railway fatality occurred near the Gamboola, siding, four miles from Molong this morning, the victim being…

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Railway Across the An[?]rs

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

The railway across the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine Republic, which was projected twenty years ago, is at last to be completed, the Chilcan…

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Railway Across the Anars

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

The railway across (the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine Republic, which was projected twenty years ago. is at last to be completed, the Chilean…

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Road Race

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2
Also in Crookwell Gazette

THE cycle road race, inaugurated by Mr. E. Hennings, watchmaker and jeweller of this town took place on Friday last, and was a great success…

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The Woolgarlo Road

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

The residents between Woolgarlo and Yass are complaining very much lately of the condition of the road down what is known as M Kinnon’s Hill. The road…

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Branch Railway at Adelong

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 3

A report has reached the Minister for Works from Mr. C. Stuart, inspecting engineer in the railway construction branch regarding the proposal to build…

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The Shanhaikwan Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 4

Chinese officials have been authorised to place the Shanhaikwan railway at Japan's disposal…

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Sensational Motor Car Ride

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mr. Robt. Harper had a very sensational experience on Monday when coming, with his daughters, down the road from his summer residence at Upper…

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Railway Safe Working Classes

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 2

PROMPTED by the success which attended the " safe- working classes" recently conducted at Goulburn under the leadership of Inspector Milne,…

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Railways with Trains

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 3

It is settled that New York' is to have a railway on the moving platform principle. This new railway without trains is to have seating capacity for 70,000 passengers per…

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Railways Without Trains. Will This, [?] Seen in England?

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 3

In addition to building moving staircases for their underground railways, Americans are about to adopt for…

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Easter Holiday Railway Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 2

Thursday night was a busy time for. the local officials. Despite hard times and unpromising climatic conditions, the people travelled. Doleful reports of rain and miserable weather…

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Railway Patrol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 4

Russia proposes to raise 50,000 Mongol troops to patrol the railway…

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Death in the Mail Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. H. O'Brien, held a magisterial Inquiry at the Goulburn Court house on Thursday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a married woman…

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Serious Tram Collision a Bookmaker Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday a collision occurred between two Coogee trams, travelling in opposite directions, by which a bookmaker named Snelling was killed and several other persons…

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Railway Holiday Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 2

The receipts at Goulburn from the excursion trains on Easter Monday were £156 15s 2d, there being 30 first and 368 second class passengers. The total revenue collected at…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] Sydney, Wednesday. Fatal Tram Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

A tram collision occurred thin morning. Two Coogee trams collided at Kensington Junction. One man was killed and four others injured. EDUCATION CONFERENCE…

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