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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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Railway Time Table. Down Trains From Sydney to the Country

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 1

MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 8 p.m.; Mittagong, daily, Mondays excepted, at 12.30 a.m.; Bowral, 12.38 and Moss Vale, 12.50. PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays…

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Bowral Railway Improvements

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday last, Mr. Garrard, in reply to Mr. Kidd, said that a plan of improvements at Bowral railway station had been made about six…

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Rapid Railway Travelling. — Public Meeting

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 2

AN enthusiastic public meeting was held in the School of Arts last Saturday night. It was convened by Mr. J. G. Morris, J. P., and Mr. Gavin George and was for the purpose of disclosing the…

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Railway Communication—Sydney to Moss Vale

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 2

ON Friday Messrs. Kidd, Barbour, and Davies, Ms.P. introduced to the Minister for Public Works, a deputation from the districts of Campbelltown, Moss Vale, Picton…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends Monday, May 10, 1886. Railway Collision at Bowral. Hair- Breadth Escape. Sixteen Passengers Injured

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Monday 10 May 1886 · page 2

AN almost miraculous escape from a fearful railway catastrophe happened at Bowral to the tourist train which arrived from Sydney at midday on Saturday, the 8th instant…

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Bowral Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 2

THOSE injured in the railway accident on Saturday last have, so far as we are able to learn, all recoved, or very nearly so, with the exception of Mrs. Hannaford, who still…

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The Late Railway, Accident at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

TPE following is an abstract of the report and finding of the board appointed by the Commissioner for Railways to inquire into the circumstances connected with the,…

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Proposed Train Alterations

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 2

THE following correspondence bearing upon the above subject has been handed to us for publication: Sydney, 4th, 1886…

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The Late Railway Accident at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 2

MR. W. McCOURT has written the following letter to the Sydney Morning Herald:—Sir,—In order to find out if blame was attached to anyone in connection with the…

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Alleged Railway Frauds

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 3

SIR Patrick Jennings, in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, said that he desired to make an explanation with regard to rumours which were current…

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The Railway Frauds

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 2

The matter of the alleged railway frauds, which has evolved considerble interest throughout the colony, has at last been brought to a head. After a thorough and careful investigation, the authorities have…

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Another Railway Accident in Tasmania. One Passenger Killed

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 2

ANOTHER railway accident occurred on the Fingal line last Tuesday. A ballast engine and train ran off the line on the Fingal side of Launceston, at a quarter to four in the…

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Bowral Railway Station Improvements

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 3

MR. KIDD, M. L. A., has received the following letter from Mr. Goodchap, commissioner for railways, and it has been handed to us for publication by the Mayor of Bowral:—…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 3

The Minister for Works stated, in reply to a question in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, that the whole of the railway refreshment rooms were let to Mr. Castner for…

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 3

THREE years ago (says the Home News) no one know where the Pacific Terminus of the Canadian Pacific railway was to be placed. Vancouver was the station selected…

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Railway Report

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 3

THE official report on the railways mid tramways for the year ended June 30 last was laid on the table of the Assembly last week. The following is a recapitulation of the railway…

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The Robertson Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 21 August 1886 · page 3

THE following letter, having special reference to the proposed Robertson Railway, has been addressed to the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald…

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The Robertson Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

THE following letter, signed "A Producer," appeared in the S. M. Herald of Wednesday last:—Sir—In your issue of the 18th instant I…

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The Railway to Tenterfield

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

The extension of the Great Northern Railway to Tenterfield will be opened for traffic next week, and the demonstration and official opening is fixed for October 5, when his Excellency has consented to be…

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Railway Passes for School Children

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly Assembly last Friday night a long debate took place on a resolution moved by Mr. Stokes, the object of which was to socure for all children travelling to and fro from any…

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