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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

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

More Tram Accidents

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1882 · page 3

TRAMWAY accidents are now becoming of such common a currency that, u[?] they are attended with less of life, they fail to [?] more than a passing comment. That the blundering system of [?], to which we have an often drawn attention,…

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Queanbeyan District Roads

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1882 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, consisting of the Hon.L.F. De Salis,Mr. Thomas Rutledge, and Mr. Sale, on behalf of the Roads and Lands Association of "Settlement of them— Friday's Evening News…

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Another Tram Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1882 · page 3

AFTER a rest of three or four[?] without an accident, the Sydney trainway [?]has again [?] its right to be considered one of the most scientific engine of…

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Railway Extension

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1882 · page 2

A DEPUTATION, consisting of T.Rutiedge, M.L.A, T. Power, F.Campbell, and J. Bull waited this morning upon Mr.Lackey to urge…

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Eden Railway Extension

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1882 · page 4

THIS morning Mr. H. Clarke and Mr. J. P. Garvan, the members for Eden, and Mr. E. J. Coleman, of Candolo, waited upon Mr.Lackey to urge upon him the necessity of pushing on…

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Braidwood Roads

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1882 · page 3

YESTERDAY Mr. Ryrie, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Hon. the Minister for Mines, consisting of Messrs. Blatchford, Wilson, McDonald, and Hassell. The deputation…

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Confirmation of Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 25th August, 1882

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1882 · page 4

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

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Formal Opening of Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 25th August, 1882

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1882 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby gives that the lines of parish road mentioned in the annexed schedule have been formally marked and opened by the proper officer, and that the same are now open for…

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Land Resumed for Road Under 27Th Section of Act 43 VICTORIA No. 20.—Land District of Cooma. Department of Mines, Sydney, 25th August, 1882

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1882 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given that the land embraced in the conditional purchases (described in the appended schedule) has been resumed, the name being required for the following road, viz.:—…

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Bridge, &c. in Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 2

IN accordance with the invitation issued by the Municipal District of Cooma, a goodly number of ratepayers and residents attended the meeting at Mr. D. O'Rourke's Australian…

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Road to Kiandra

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 2

Alderman Body said a great deal of business would be done at Kiandra shortly. He had heard that the road from Cooma to Kiandra would be placed upon the first-class schedule…

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Telegrams. The Cooma Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 2

WE received the following telegram too late for publication in last issue:— (To the Editor of the Manaro Mercury.) REDFERN, Friday, 5.49 p.m…

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Road, Cooma to Kiandra

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1882 · page 4

THE following memorial, which has received many signatures, will be forwarded to Sydney to Messrs. Badgery and Tooth, the members for Manaro, by Mr. G. W…

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Road to Kydra. THE following letter is to hand: Department of Mines, Sydney, 4th October, 1882

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1882 · page 3

Gentlemen.—I have honor to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial on the subject mentioned below, and I am directed to inform you that matter shall receive…

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Railway Rates Reduction

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1882 · page 3

THE [?] in [?] railway rates, whish have been spoken of for some time, have at last been [?] and show [?]derable reductions both in [?] and [?] traffic…

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The Cooma Railway. (To the Manaro Mercury, Cooma.) SYDNEY, Thursday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1882 · page 3

The tender of To[?]m, Angus, and Co. has been accepted for the construction of the first section of the Cooma Railway viz., from Goulburn to Bungendore, the…

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Goulburn to Cooma Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1882 · page 4

As our readers are aware, the tender of Messrs. Topham, Angus and Co., an extensive and well-known firm at contractors was accepted for the first section of the…

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Cooma to Kiandra Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 October 1882 · page 3

MR. ROBERT L. TOOTH, one of the members for Manaro, has sent the following communication to Mr. George Spring, hon. secretary to…

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Railway Collision

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 3

BATHURST, Saturday.—At half-past 3 o' clock this morning a serious collision, and one purely attributable to grown neglect on the part of some of the railway officials, took…

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Railway Collision. Latest Particulars

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 4

ONE of the passengers who travelled from Sydney in the train which collided at Bathurst on Saturday gives the following graphic and pathetic account of the accident, After…

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