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

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Railway Charges. Local Millers' Protest

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 2

THE local Chamber of Commerce recently forwarded to the State Premier the following resolution:—"This association cordially supports the country millers in their efforts to…

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Railway Returns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 3

The railway returns for the month, compared with the same month last year, show an improvement of nearly £40,000. The increase for six months is £250,000…

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Cab and Tram Collision

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 3

ABOUT 8 o'clock last evening a cab collided with a tram at Kogarah, with the result that two men were injured, one seriously. On approaching Endeavour-street, a horse…

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Train Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Thirty soldiers were killed and many injured in a collision between military trains at Lebedin, Little Russia…

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Road Tenders

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

FRESH tenders were opened to-day for work on the Goulburn to Mount Wayo road, the lowest of ten being that of G. Smith and A. Webb (£118)…

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Railway Returns

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

The railway returns for the month, compared with the same month last year, show an improvement of nearly £40,000. The in rease for six months…

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Suicide in a Railway Station

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 3

Late on Tuesday night a young woman was found lying unconscious in the ladies' waiting room at the Hnrstville railway station. Her…

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Mails for Southern Railway Towns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

Late mails made up in Melbourne for Junce, Goulburn, and other inland towns in New South Wales are at present detained at Albury until they are sorted. The Postmaster-General has made…

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In the Card-Room : A "Bridge" Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 4

A curious bridge story is going the round of the clubs. At a well-known club in London, four men had just finished a rubber when a member, who had been abroad for many years,…

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Sensational Accident on the Taralga Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 4

Mr. J. Bergin, carrier, had a most sensational experience at Cooper's Hill on the Taralga road last week as he was bringing a load of wool into town on his waggon, which was…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

Newcastle, Wednesday.—A meeting of hotel-keepers was held at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, for the purpose of dealing with the new Liquor Act. A general…

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Railway Records

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

The wave of prosperity continues to register new railway records, The Christmas and Few Year holiday eclipsed all previous seasons as faro earners on the trams. Now the trains have taken a hand…

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Road Tenders

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2
Also in Argyle Liberal and District Recorder

Tenders for works upon roads in the district, and to close at the Crookwell court-house on 22nd instant, are called for by advertisement elsewhere in this…

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China's Railways

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 4

With the object of conciliating those opposed to foreigners, China has withdrawn the British concession for the constructions of the Shanghai-Haugchau railway, which…

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Squatter Knocked Down by a Tram

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. Alexander M'Kenzie, proprietor of the Junction Station, Tnena who is on a visit to Sydne, met with an accident on Tuesday afternoon,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 2

A railway train loaded with sleepers bolted [?]t Collio, Western Australia on Friday. The [?]shed into the station yard and left the train [?] and fireman jumped off and…

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Railway Concessons for Teachers

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 4

MR. BOARD, the Under Secretary for Education, referred on Friday to the question of extending the duration of cheap excursion railway tickets held on by teachers attending…

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Railway Returns

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 2

The New South Wales railway carried their record week’s traffic in the week ended Saturday last The takings for the first time passed the £100,000…

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Road Tenders

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

Four tenders were received at the court house on Saturday last for contract No. 46, road, Taralga to Roslyn, the lowest being Mr. Joseph Flood,…

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