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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

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Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney. 24th February, 1885

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

NOTICE is hereby given that and books of reference, showing the intended lines of roads. are now deposited at the office of the Surveyor-General in Sydney,…

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Grant, of £100 for Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 1

FROM the appended letter, it can be seen that Mr. H. S. Badgery, M.L.A., has obtained a grant of L100 for the repair of the road from Cooma and…

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The Mails and Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 2

THE time For the Sydney mail to arrive in Cooma is a quarter to 7 at night, so that the residents should have the mail delivered by half-past 7 p.m., if the…

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Opening of the Railway to Bungendore. BUNGENDORE, Wednesday, 7.46 p.m

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1885 · page 2

The railway opened to-day under very favourable circumstance. The demonstration committee made elaborate preparations, and there were numerous visitors from the surrounding…

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Land Sesumed for Road. Land Districts of Queanbeyan, [?] and [?] Department of Mines, Sydney, 22nd May, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 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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Formal Opening of Parish Road. Department of Mines. Sydney, 5th June. 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 10 June 1885 · page 3

Notice is hereby given that the line of parish road mentioned in the annexed schedule has been formally marked and opened by the proper officer, and that the…

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To Railway Contractors and Others. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 24th June, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1885 · page 3

TENDERS will be received at this office until 11 o'clock on Tuesday, the 4th August, 1885, from persons willing to contract for the construction of the works comprised in…

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Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 21st July, 1885

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 4

THE Governor, having deemed it expedient to open and make the parish roads mentioned in the schedule appended hereto, to be maintained at the expense of the parish…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney Stock Sales. Salvationist Disturber in Trouble. English Tender for City Water Pipes, The Political Conference. Payment of Members. Sydney University Senate. Bishop Barry and Hon. W. B. Dalley. New Trial of a Libel Case. Gundagal Railway Accident. Land Office Day. New Edition of Laud Regulations. Railway to Bourke. Bishop Turner on Hospital Balls. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1885 · page 3

AT the fat cattle sales yesterday, the market hardened, especially for bet beet, which was sold at from 25s. to 29s. per 100 lbs…

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Railway to Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 2

TENDERS were sent in to the Railway Department on Tuesday for the third section of the branch line to Cooma. This section of the work is to be…

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Telegrams. Cooma Railway. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 3

SIX tenders were received for the third section of the Railway, from Micalago to Cooma. The lowest tender was that of Walker and…

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Telegrams. Railway to Cooma. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 3

MESSRS. WALKER and Swan's tender has been accepted for contract number three on the railway line from Goulburn to Cooma, the third section…

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Latest Telegrams. Snowy River Bridge

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 3

Mr. D. B.RYRIE, M.P., wired from the Union Club, Sydney, to Mr. Geo. W. Spring; Mayor of Cooma. as follows :— £3500 have been placed on the Estimates…

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Brown Mountain Road

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

Is the Legislative Assembly on Friday, 25th September,— Mr. Badgery asked the Secretary for Public Works,—Has he received any petitions asking…

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The Railway Accident. SYDNEY, Monday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1885 · page 3

At the inquest on the body of the telephone operator, p. Donovan, who was killed whilst crossing the railway line at Darling Harbor, the returned a…

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The Harlem Tramp. [?] Entertains the Barkeeper with Some Original Sayings

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1885 · page 2

"THAT'S what I like to see—a good fire; It looks like blooming hospitality. But it would greatly add to my present hospitality If I had a little of the stuff that breaks up houses."…

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Later Telegram. Road Tenders. SYDNEY, Friday night

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1885 · page 3

THE following road tenders have been accepted:—Mr. James McCarron, contract 44o, road from Goulburn to Cooma, £285…

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Roads of Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1885 · page 3

We have received the following communications for publication:—Department of Public Works, Office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads,…

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Buckley's Crossing Bridge

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1885 · page 3

MR. HAROLD STEPHEN, m.p., has sent us the following letter for publication:— Department of Works,…

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Railway Reserve

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1885 · page 4

THE land specified in the schedule appended hereto is reserved from sale for railway purpose:— No, 865 extension, Manaro District,…

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