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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1880

30 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 2

The Cooma Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 3

As we promised in our last issue, we now proceed to give an account of the trip to Cooma of the party formed to take Mr. R[?] the…

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Confirmation of Parish Road Department of Mines, Sydney, 13th January, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 4th William IV No.41, that His Excellency the Governor with advice of Executive Council,…

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Confirmation of Parish Road. Department of Mines, Sydney. 17th February, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 4th William IV. No. 11, that his Excellency the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council,…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road. Department of Mines, Sydney, 17th February, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given that plans and books of reference showing the intended lines of the road in question, are now deposited at the Office of the Surveyor…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road. Department of Mino[?], Sydney, 27th February, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1880 · page 3

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advices of the Executive Council, having deemed it expendi[?]nt to open and make the Parish Road mentioned in the schedule…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road. Department of Mines Sydney, 16th March, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 3

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make the Parish Road Mentioned in the schedule…

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Humour. the Tramp's Mistake

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 2

HE was jogging along O'er the rough country road In the morn, near the hour of five, Wondering where he should strike for a…

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The Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1880 · page 3

A MEMBER of the Progress Committee has recently received a letter from Mr. John Murphy, M.P. for the Manaro district, from which we have…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1880 · page 3

THOUGH our farmers are blessed with a magnificent season, they are cursed with a restricted market. It is almost a fact that they cannot get…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 3

IN response to the advertisement inserted by Mr. George Spring, the hon. Secretary to the Cooma Progress Committee, a large and influential meeting was hold in Cooma…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 23rd April, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1880 · page 3

NOTICE in given that plan and book of reference showing the intended line of road in question, are now deposited at the Bombala Police…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1880 · page 3

No time has boon lost by Mr. John Murphy in presenting the memorial recently adopted at a public meeting of the Cooma Progress Committee…

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Latest Telegram. Railway to Cooma. [Through Grevills's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Tuesday, 5.35 p.m

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Lackay said the report of the Engineer-in-Chief in reference to the Railway to Cooma had only…

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Railway Accident in Victoria

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 4

FROM the Mary borough Advertise we obtain particulars concerning the shocking accident at the Talbot railway station on Saturday night, when the…

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Railway to Cooma. [Through Gerville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Friday, 4.56 p.m

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 2

A deputation to-day advocated the construction of the Railway from Gunning to Cooma via Gundaroo, Queanbeyan and Micalago…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, consisting of the Hon. Charles Campbell, M.L.C., Mr. J. B. Thompson, M.L.A., Messrs. W. Affleck, W.B. Reynolds, E. Massey and J.Sutton…

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Railway to Cooma. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY, Friday. 5.30 p.m

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1880 · page 2

To-day, a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Thompson (member for Queanbeyan), Badgery, M.P., Teece, (member for Goulburn), Rutledge, A…

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Railway to Perdition

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1880 · page 4

THIS line being in the brew'ry And runs thro' all public houses, Dram shope, and jerry shops, In a zig zag direction,…

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Appalling Railway Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1880 · page 4

An appalling calamity happened on the South Pacific Coast Railroad on Sunday afternoon, May 23, by which sixteen persons were killed and forty other badly…

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The Greatest Bridge in the World

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1880 · page 4

The Brooklyn bridge, which it now nearing completion, spanning the arm of the sea which separates New York from Brooklyn, is without doubt the boldest…

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