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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

78 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 4

Railway to Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1879 · page 4

BY notices on the racecourse and at the police houses a public meeting of all interested in the railway extension from Gunning via Gunda[?] to Monaro was…

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Telegrams. Railway to Manaro. QUEANBEYAN

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1879 · page 2

A LARGELY attended Railway League meeting was held in the Court House, Queanbeyan, yesterday, for the purpose of deciding the route of the…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1879 · page 4

THE petition of the 410 inhabitants of the town and district of Braidwood to the Legislative Assembly avers that the utility and necessity of constructing a…

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Roads No. 79-1019

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1879 · page 4

Gate No. 476. Applicant—J. Feilen. Gate (not less than 11 feet wide), on the road from Cooma to Tinker's Lake and Jillimatong, at the south boundary of J…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1879 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly on Thursday,— Mr. Greville asked the Secretary for Public Works—In reference to the…

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Roads No., 79-1223

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 4

Gate No. 473. Applicant H. G. Powell. Description—Gate (not less than 12 feet wide), on the road from Bungendore to Gundaroo, at fence near Bungendore, at…

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The Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 4

THE movement for bringing the proposed railway to Cooma by way of Braidwood in one which should not be allowed to flag. Importunity derives its force as a…

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Braidwood Road Work

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 3

Our energetic Superintendent of Roads, Mr. J. Coleman, has since his arrival here, some months since, pushed on the work upon the different…

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The Railway Line

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 4

WE hear that Mr. Stevens, the line explorer, has examined three or four routes between the Shoalhaven River and Cooma. He has had every assistance…

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Telegrams. Cooma Roads. [Through Gerville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Tuesday, night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1879 · page 3

MR. JAKES RODDAM'S tender for metalling the flat near Bunyan Bridge has been accepted…

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The Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1879 · page 4

Mr. STEVENS, Railway Line Explorer, returned to Braidwood on, Thursday having Waited Cooma by way of Jinden Gap. Of course the result of his journey will…

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Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 20th May, 1879

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 3

HIS Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make the Parish Rood mentioned in the…

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Schedule Referred To. Roads No. 79-1513 R. 1653

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 3

Description of Road. Part of the road from Cooma to Bombala, via Bobundara, viz., from Bombala-street, in the village of Cooma, to the 15th mile post, within John…

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Lands Resumed for Roads. Department of Lands, Sydney, 20th May, 1879

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with the provisions of the 15th section of the Crown Lands Acts Amendment Act of 1875, his…

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A Thrilling Railway Incident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT has supplied the "Pleasant Creek News," May 14th, with particular of an almost miraculous escape from sudden death to…

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Railway to Cooma via Braidwood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1879 · page 4

A PUBLIC MEETING convened by Mr.R. Madd[?] in accordance with a requisition to him for that purpose, was had at the Court House. Braidwood, on…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 4

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Thompson, M.L.A., the Hon. L.F. D[?] Salis, M.L.C., Mr. Murphy, M.L.A., and Mr. Wright, formerly member for…

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Railway to Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 3

LAST Saturday, Mr. Sempkins, the gentleman in charges of the party entrusted with the trail survey of the railway route from Goulburn via…

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RailWays and Turkey

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1879 · page 3

THE Braidwood Dispatch says a resident of that district drove a flock of 400 turkeys from Braidwood to the railway at Goulburn for…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1879 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday,— Mr. Grovillo asked the Secretary for Public Works,— (1) In reference to the proposed railway connecting…

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