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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1876

12 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Subordinate Roads

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 5

COPIES of lists of subordinate roads under control of the Roads Department or under Trustees have been laid on the table of the House:—…

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Middling Bank Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 5

MR. JAMES MONTAGUE very courteously places the following in our hands for publication:— Department of Public Works,…

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The Proposed Road From Bermagui Harbor to Cooma. (To the Editor of the Manaro Mercury.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 5

SIR,—There was a meeting held at Cobargo on last Saturday, at which a committee was formed to take the necessary steps for having the track of the…

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The New Road From Cooma to Bermagui

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1876 · page 2

THE Cobargo Secretary sends the following lette"— "SIR,—At a meeting held here on the 2nd instant to hear the report of those…

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Road From Cooma to Braid-wood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 3

MR. A. MONTAGUR, M.P., corteously places the following communications at the disposal of our readers. It seems a petition (of which we have heard…

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McLAUGHLIN River Bridge

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1876 · page 3

OUR Bombala friends have to thank our members for his exertions respecting this bridge, as may be preceived from this letter:—…

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Accepted Mail Tenders, Southern Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1876 · page 3

GEORGE COHEN, Cooma; from and to Queanbeyan, Micalago, Colinton, Bredbo, and Cooma; distance, 68 miles; three times a week, by a three or four hor[?]…

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The Fairlie System of Cheap Railways

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 4

WE are glad (says a Sydney paper) to notice the arrival in Brisbane, by the last Torres Straits mail, of Mr. G. N. Royce, one of the partners of the Fairlie Engine…

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Raid on a Railway Train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 3

ST. LOUIS, July 8.—Another during railway robbery took place in Western Missouri last night. The eastern bound train on the Missouri and Pacific…

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Bobundarah and Seymour Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1876 · page 1

By the following letter, it will be seen that the representative for Manaro has obtained £238 for expenditure on the above road…

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Road From Cooma to Braidwood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1876 · page 1

THROUGH the exertions of Mr. A. montague, M.L.A., the sum of £280 is to spent on the above road, as may be learnt on perusing this communication…

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Letters Returned From the Country. Road No.18 General Post Office

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1876 · page 2

Sydney, 15th September 1876. PARTIES applying for unclaimed letters at the General Post Office are requested to give the correct number of the letter,…

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