Revision of Railway Rates
THE revision of rates by the Commissioner of Railways on suburban season tickets, trending to an increase on the previous charges, has caused the residents of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
43 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 3
Proposed Railway From Moss Vale to Robertson
A DEPUTATION Consisting of residents of Kangaroo Valley, Shoalhaven, and Wild's Meadow, accompanied by Messrs, Garrett, M'Court, Humphreys, Ms.L.A., waited upon…
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THE Minister for Works has managed very cleverly to relieve himself and the railway branch of his department from the invidious task of selecting the route of any…
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NIAGRA FALLS, Dec. 20.—The day for testing the cantilever bridge, the first of its kind ever completed, has been looked forward to with a great deal of interest by ingineers…
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THE new cantilever bridge built for the Vanderbilt Railways across the Niagara River below the Falls, was successfully tested the other day in the presence of some…
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THE following particulars, extracted from the Sydney Morning Herald, with reference to the Picton, Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale, and Murulan railway stations, will, no doubt, be of interest to many…
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A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. A. Osborne, W. J. Miller, D. McIllwraith, and J. Alexander waited upon the minister for works last Wednesday week, to ask that a trial survey of a light line of railway…
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THE ro[?] of the light [?] of railway from Moss V[?] to [?] [?] [?]w, has been survey [?] Mr. [?]. The line will be [?]urty c[?] [?] than that…
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THE following is a return of the railwy traffic to, and from Bowral station during the month of May last:—Inwards; goods, 371 tons 12cwt; coal 18; tons; sheep 100; horses 4; carriages 3; dogs 17;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Railway to Robertson. to the Editor of the Free Press
SIR,—I have noticed from a paragraph in your last issue that the route of the proposed railway line to Robertson has been surveyed from Moss Vale and is stated to…
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A NEW railway time table came into operation on Monday last; but only alteration, as far as Bowral is concerned is that the passenger train for Sydney, instead of leaving Moss Vale at 7.5 a.m. [?]…
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THE Scrutineer stated that the wooden railway bridge over Argyle-street, Moss Vale, is in a dangerous condition, and that if a new bridge is not shortly erected a dreadful catastrophe will happen; and think that…
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A SHOCKING accident by which a man named Daniel Cameron, a coal-miner, employed at the Ringwood Colliery, was killed by being run over by the mail train from Goulburn, occurred at Bundanoon last…
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A HORRIBLE railway disaster took place near Ciudad Real on April 26th. The scene of the accident was on the line to Portugal, the Ciudad Real and Badajos railway,…
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In the Legislative Council on Wednesday last Mr. Jacob moved that the Mittagong Coal-mining Company's Railway bill be read the second time. He explained briefly that…
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IN reference to the recent fatal railway accident at Bundanoon a correspondent has drawn our atten tion to a letter that appeared in the Serutineer some six weeks since, painting a rather glowing picture of…
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IN the Legislative Council last Wednesday, on the motion of Mr. Jacob, the Mittagong Coal-mining Company's Railway Bill was read the third time, and it was ordered that it be forwarded to the…
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MR. McCourt, M.L.A., has received a letter from the under-secretary, department of public works, stating that the secretary of public works has approved of a sum of £150 being granted for expenditure by the…
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DURING the years 1881 and 1882, the following sums have been expended on alterations and additions to following railway stations, the whole of which has been done by day…
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THE following is a return of the traffic to and from Bowal railway station during the month of June, 1884:—Inwards: googs, 335 tons 10cwt.; coal, 12 tons; parcels, 327; horses, 1; carriages, 1; dogs,…
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