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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

Railway Platform at Micalago

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 2

IN response to another request from Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, M.P., the Commissioner for Railways has had a report made upon the desirability of erecting a platform…

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In a Western Railway Depot

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 2

"'Whenever I feel blue and disheartened," said a struggling attorney recently, I always go to the depot; and watch the gentlemanly and sauve man in blue who has charge there…

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Application to Close and Purchase a Road

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Mr. W. M‘CARTHY has applied to close and purchase a road bearing the following description:—County of Murray, parish of Gininderra. The road separating portions…

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Railway Time Table. Queanbeyan to Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 4

A MIXED TRAIN leaves Micalago daily, Saturdays excepted, at 7.20 p.m.; Rob Roy a; Tuggranong a; Queanbeyan 9 5; Molonglo 9.25;…

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Railway Time-Table. Queanbeyan to Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 4

A MIXED TRAIN leaves Micalago daily, Saturdays excepted, at 7.20 p.m. ; Rob Roy a; Tuggranong a; Queanbeyan 9 5; Molonglo 9.25;…

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A Tragic Death. A Train runs down a Horse & Rider. a Dead Man Carried 4 Miles on the Engine Buffers

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

"POOR CON!" was the remark passed from mouth to mouth on Thursday night as the intelligence reached town that Mr. Cornelius Grady, a well to do farmer…

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Railway Time Table Queanbeyan to Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 4

A MIXED TRAIN leaves Micalago daily, Saturdays excepted, at 7.20 p.m.; Rob Roy a; Tuggranong a; Queanbeyan 9 5; Molonglo 9.25;…

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Original Poetry. Run Down! a Railroad Tragedy.( Cornelius Grady was run down whilst on horseback and killed by a railway train, near Queanbeyan, on 8th March, 1888.)

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 3

OUT from the town he went: Was he on home intent, On that night dark and weird? Was he, in sober mood,…

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Proposed Road Deviation

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

THE member for Queanbeyan is in receipt of [?]he following communication from the Department of Land[?] under date [?] March:—“Sir,—With reference to your…

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Railway Time Table. Queanbeyan to Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 4

A MIXED TRAIN leaves Micalago daily, Saturdays excepted, at 7.20 p.m.; Rob Toy a; Tuggranong a; Queanbeyan 9.5; Molonglo 9.25;…

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Railway Gates and Gate-keepers

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 3

[The following letter appears in the Sydney Telegraph of Tuesday last.] Sir,—You are no doubt aware…

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Railway Gates and Gatekeepers

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 3

[The following letter appears in the Sydney Telegraph of Tuesday last.] Sir,—You are no doubt aware…

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The Southern Coast Railway

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

AN important deputation waited upon the Minister for Works on Friday afternoon to urge upon the Government the necessity of continuing the Southern…

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Improved Railway Accommodation

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

FOR several mouths past—almost since the opening of the railway to Queanbeyan in fact—Mr. John Gale, M.P , has been quietly working to bring about an…

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N.S. Wales Railway and Tramway Association. A Local Branch Formed. Banquet to Mr. W. F. Schey, M.P.

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 2

MR. W. F. SCHEY, MP., Secretary of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Employes Association, visited Queanbeyan on Saturday last, for the purpose of opening a…

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