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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

78 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 3 of 4

Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1879 · page 3

WE hear the site for the railway station is marked out near Mr. Thomas Corbett's freehold. The Engineer-in-Chief is expected in…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 4

Two trial surveys have been made in the interest of the people of Queanbeyan, and a second route is being surveyed by way of Bungendore, but the Braidwood…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 3

MORE petitions in favor of the Railway from Goulburn, via Tarago, Bungendore, and Queanbeyan, to Cooma, having been received and…

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Roads No:—79-2402 R. 1715

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

Description of Road.—Road from the south boundary of George Habden's 322 acres S.P. through that land towards the road from Cathcart to Panbuls, parish of…

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Parish Road. Department of Mines, Sydney. 11th July, 1879

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

His. Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice, of the Execute Council, having deemed it. expedient to open and, make the…

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Latest about Frank Gardiner. the Australian Brigand Again at Work. Mormon Immigrant Train Stuck Up

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

INTENSE excitement was occasioned in this city yesterday, by the tidings that a party of 48 immigrants from the East, and bound hither, were co[?]ralled the day…

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Railway to Cooma

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

A MEETING of the Railway Committee was held at the Court House, Braidwood, on Thursday afternoon last, says the Braidwood Dispatch of 19th July. The…

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Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 29th July, 1879

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 4

THE Lieutenant Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has deemed it expedient to open and make the several parish roads mentioned in the…

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Resumed for Road Purposes. Department of Lands, Sydney, 1st August, 1879

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1879 · page 3

THE Lieutenant Governor, with the [?] of the Executive council, has deemed it expedient to resume for road purposes the land included within the conditional…

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The Road to the Sea

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1879 · page 3

Two gentlemen have called upon us, stating it is the fact that Mr. Murphy, member for the district, who lives and has property near Bibbenluke,…

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Our Roads Again

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 3

ON Tuesday evening, as Messrs. Hepburn and Barnes were returning form Cooma. they were stock up at Wulwyo Greek through the great rush of water…

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The Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 17 September 1879 · page 2

A NEW time-table has been issued, taking effect from Monday last. The passenger train leaves Sydney at 8 in the morning, arriving at Goulburn…

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Railway to Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 8 October 1879 · page 3

PARLIAMENT will assemble at the latter end of the present month, and it is to be desired that honorable members will set to business, and…

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The Cooma Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 3

THE gentleman chosen by the Railway Committee for examining the passage through the Big Badge range discovered by Mr. Honn[?]y as the…

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Queanbeyan Railway Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1879 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at the Courthouse on Tuesday at 2 o'clock. The courtroom was crowded with people from all parts of the district. Mr. J. J. Wright,…

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Serious Railway Accident. PICTON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1879 · page 4

A DISASTROUS collision, though fortunately not attended with loss of life, occurred here last night in a cutting about a mile on the Sydney side of the…

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Roads Under Trustees

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1879 · page 3

THE following correspondence has been placed in our hands for publication:—Department of Public Works…

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Scukpulk Referred To. Roads No., 79-3778. R. 1402

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1879 · page 3

Description of Road Part of the road from Cooma to Umaralia and Green Bills, viz., from the north boundary of M. Harnott's 80 noron, portion No. 1, to the east…

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Parish Road. Department of Mines, Sydney, 31st October, 1870

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1879 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expodient to upon and make the parish road mentioned in the schedule…

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The Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1879 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Committee has been received by the Minister for Works, and Mr. C. K. Payne, of this town, has telegraphed to us from…

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