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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

42 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 3

Buckley's Bridge Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 3

IN accordance with the terms of an advertisement, a public meeting was held in Mr. G. R. Phillips' Hotal at Buckley's Crossing on Wednesday last, the chairman…

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Sydney Wool Market. Mr. John Bridge reports:— SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 2

I offered 1311 bales of wool at my sale to-day. There was an unusually large attendance of buyers, and competition was a shade better compared…

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The Cooma Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1885 · page 2

MR. David RYRIE, M.P., has been urging the Government to complete speedily te opening of the Railway to Bungendore. From the tenor of the appended…

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Confirmation of Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 13th January, 188[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

NOTICE in 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, has…

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Land Resumed for Road Under 27Th Section of Act 43 VICTORIA No. 29. Land Districts of Cooma and Queenbeyan. Department of Mines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given that the land embraced in the conditional purchases (described in the appended schedule) has been resumed, the same being required for the…

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Land Resumed for Road Under 27Th Section of Act 43 Victoria No. 29. Land District of cooma. Department of Mines, Sydney, 13th January, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given that the land embraced in the conditional purchase (described in the appended schedule) has been resumed, the same being required for the…

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Land Resumed for Road Under 27Th Section or Act 43 Victoria No 29. Land District of Cooma. Department of Mines, Sydney, 18th January, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given that the land embraced in the conditional purchases (described in the appended schedule) has been resumed, the same being required for the…

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Land Resumed for Road Under 27The Section of Act 43 Victoria No. 29. Land District Of Cooma. Department of Mines. Sydney, 13th January, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands embraced in the conditional purchases (described in the appended schedule) have been resumed, the same being required for the JOSEPH P. ABBOTT…

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Railway Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

The meeting called by Cooma Progress Committee on Thursday inst was adjourned to Mr. W. H. Johnson's Australian Hotel, where there was a representative gathering…

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Latest Telegrams. Fat Stock Markets. the Cricket Squabble. Attempted Suicide by Tram. Earthquakes at Waverley. Death of Jerilderie Journalist. Anniversary Handicap. Sir Joe Banks' Foot Race. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1885 · page 3

THE fat cattle market is unaltered, best beef bringing 24s. per 100 lbs. The fat sheep market is glutted, 30,000 sheep having been yarded; 50lb…

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Southern Roads

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 3

Arthur Pooley, Braidwood—Goulburn, Tarago, Boro, Manar, Braidwood, Bell's Creek, Araluon, Mullenderree, and Moruya, 104 miles, six times a week; with a branch mails to and…

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Opening of Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 2

The following letter has been received by us:— Public Works Department. Sydney, 29th January, 1883…

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Daring Train Robbery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1885 · page 4

A TELEGRAM sent from Little Rock, Ark., of December 9 said:—Between 10 and 11 o'clock on Saturday night the passenger train on the Little Rock, Mississippi River…

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Buckfey's Crossing and Jindabyne Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1885 · page 3

OUR readers will see, from the appended letter, that Mr. H. S. Badgery, M.P., has succeeded in obtaining the sum of £100 for repair of the road from Buekley's Crossing…

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Eden-Bega Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1885 · page 3

A DEPUTATION consisting Messrs. A. L. Munn, L[?]dley, Mort, and J. M'Millan, introduced by Mr. Henley Clarke, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Works on…

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Cooma Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 3

MR. H. S. BADGERY, M.P., forward the following letter for publication:— Department of Public Works, Railway Branch…

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Railway to [?]ungendore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1885 · page 3

The following communications have been addressed by Mr. D. Ryrie, M.P., for general information:— Coolringdon, 23rd February, 1885…

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The Electric Light In Railway Carriages

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1885 · page 2

AN important new departure in railway lighting is reported from the district where the passengers railway had its birth—the Liverpool and Manchester line of the London…

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Tarago to Bungendore RailWay Extension

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1885 · page 3

A SEMI-OFFICIAL communication in the Sydney papers says a further extension from the railway from Goulburn to Cooma will be opened for traffic on the 4th March, commencing at…

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Road Cooma to Myaila

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1885 · page 3

FROM the following communication, it will be seen that Mr. H. S. Badgery, M.L.A., has succeeded in getting a grant of £200 for the road from Myalla to Cooma:—…

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