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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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Railway Returns for May, 1888. Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 5

OUTWARDS: Passengers 726, goods 436 tons 11cwt., horses 8, dogs 20, parcels 269. Inwards: Goods 751 tons llcwt., horses 3, carriages 1, dogs 10, parcels 692.—C…

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Letters to the Editor. Bowral Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 2

SIR,—I have been fully expecting to see in the "Herald" a telegraphic summary of the indignation meeting recently held in Bowral with regard to the inadequate accommodation at the…

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Tenders for Road Work

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 4

THE following is a list of tenders recently accepted:- 4R. Bundanoon to South Lambton J. E. Donnelly, £74 2s…

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The Express Goods Train

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

MR. MoCourt, M.L.A., has received tho following letter from the Secretary for Railways: —"With reference to the further representations contained in the request of the Bundanoon…

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Bowral Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. McCourt moved—"That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all papers, correspondence, minutes and reports of officers having reference to the…

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The Robertson Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. McCourt moved—"That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all papers, minutes, reports of officers, or other documents, having reference…

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Railway Workshops at Picton

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 June 1888 · page 1

A DEPUTATION appointed at a public meeting held at Picton on the 6th instant, and accompanied by Messrs McCourt and Nobbs, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Government…

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Railway Time Table. Down Trains From Sydney to the Country

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1

MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 9 p.m.; Granville, 9.30; Campbeltown, 10.10; Picton, 11; Mittagong, daily, Mondays excepted, 12.30 a.m.; Bowral, 12.38; and Moss Vale, 12.50…

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Bowral Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 3

MR. McCourt, M.L.A. means business in connection with the Bowral railway station. We append herewith an official letter received by Mr. McCourt from the secretary…

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Shipley's Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 1

MR. McCOURT, M. L. A. has kindly handed to us for publication the following letter:—"Department of Public Works, Sydney, 21st June, 1888.—Sir,—I have to…

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TALE. The Priest's Bridge. a Legend of Mexico

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 2

THERE can be little doubt the holiest priest, the saintliest man, who ever lived in Mexico, was Juan de Nava. Indeed, it would be hard to find, in any clime or generation, under…

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The Government Railway Proposals

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 1

IT is the intention of the Minister for Works to submit in a definite form to parliament in the course of the next few days the railway proposals of the government, as announced by the…

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Bowral Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly last Tuesday, Mr. McCourt asked the Secretary for Public Works,—(1) Referring to letter of 26th June, [?] that the question of improving…

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Bowral Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 1

THE answer given by Mr. Sutherland, Minister for Works, in the Assembly on Tuesday last, in reply to a question put by Mr. McCourt in reference to the Bowral railway…

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Accident on the Railway Line near Gunning

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 4

AN accident to the express goods train occurred on Friday at about half-a-mile this side of Gunning station. The good fortune which generally attends Now South Wales…

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The Robertson Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 4

MR. SUTHERLAND was again last week interviewed by a large and representative deputation on the subject of the proposed branch railway to Robertson. Mr. McCourt was…

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PERSONALITIES. The Late Russian Railway King

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 2

The Jewish Chronicle contains a biography of Samuel Poliakoff, the Russian railway king, whose death has already been announced. Proprietor of five great railway…

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The Channel Bridge

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 4

THE Temps, Paris, furnishes particulars of a remarkable proposal, as follows:—The scheme of constructing a bridge over the English Channel has just been completed…

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Deputations from Bowral to the Government. The Bowral Railway Station. Court of Petty Sessions for Bowral. Bridge over the Merrigang Rivulet. Bowral Public Cemetery. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday, 4.25 P.M.

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 2

A DEPUTATION consisting of Aldermen Campbell and Farrow and Mr. T. C. Brown, of Bawral and Mr. A. A. Shorter, solicitor, of Moss Vale, was introduced to the Hon. W…

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Railway Station, and Merrigang-street Bridge

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 1

The two following letters received by Mr. McCourt will explain why the deputation did not wait upon the Minister, for Works:—…

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