Post Box at the Railway Station
MR. Gavin George has favoured us with a copy of a letter received by the Hon Bruce Smith from the Under-Secretary of the General Post Office relative to the ereotion…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Extension of Train Service
The following letter has been received by Mr. W. McCourt, M.P., and speaks for itself';-— Government Railways of New South Wales, Secretary's office, Sydney…
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THE following letter has been received by Messrs. McCourt and Kidd, Ms.P., in reference to a road from Bundanoon;-—"Pablio Works Department, Sydney, 29th…
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THE Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of Mr. W. Richards for alternations to Mittagong railway station, the price being, £119…
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OF several railway projects now receiving, attention, that of a line from European Russia, across Siberia, to Vladivostock,. is the greatest. It will cost some £75,000,000,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dowh Train From Sydney to the Country
MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted at 9 p.m.; Campbelltown, 10.5; Pieton, 10.50; Mittagong, daily, Mondays excepted., 12.8 a.m.; Bowral, 12.15; and Moss Vale, 12.38…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Time Table. Trains From Bowral to Sydney
8.8 a.m.—Daily (Sundays excepted). 7.12 a.m.—Mondays only. 9.26 a.m.—Daily (Sundays and Mondays excepted) 9.22 a.m.—Mondays only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Tragedy at Clifton Hill. a Tram Conductor Murders His Affianced. The Deed Prompted, by Jealousy
A HORRIBLE Murder was committed shortly before last Sunday midnight at Clifton Hill, Melbourne. It appears that a domestic servant named Louisa Marks, aged 24 was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duplication of the Southern Railway
WE notice that the railway commissioners are calling for tenders returnable on Monday 9th February, for the duplication of the southern line from Mittagong to the tunnel near Bowral. The carrying out…
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THE Railway Commissioners propose to provide a railway water supply at Pioton. The water will, be brought down by gravitation. For this purpose seven miles of 4in…
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THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. McCourt, M.L.A., we are enabled to publish the following:— Public Works Department, Sydney, 30th Jauuary, 1891. Gentlemen,—…
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MR. REED, in charge of a large survey party, arrived in Bowral yesterday, for the purpose of making a further trial survey of the Bowral to Robertson railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Time Table. Trains From Bowral to Sydney
3.3 a.m.—Daily (Sundays excepted). 7.12 a.m.—Mondays, only. 9.26 a.m.—Daily (Sundays and Mondays excepted). 9.22 a.m.—Mondays only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor. The Railway Crescent Road
-SIR—I notiece in your report of the late meeting of the Bowral Council that some remarks were made about the road under the red bridge, otherwise called Railway Crescent, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The History of Our Railways. The Difficulties attending their Inception. Turning of the First Sod. Reminiscences of the Past. (Written Specially for the Bowral Free Press.) No. I.
At the present time when hundreds of persons travel daily in ease and comfort on the railways of this great colony, and when the means of transit have become almost as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor. Railway Accommodation
SIR,—As Easter is drawing near, and the encampment being, as usual, held at that time, may I, while it is yet time, express the hope, through the medium of your paper, that the…
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The Railway Commissioners are completing their arrangements in view of the increased passenger traffic during the Easter holidays, and will ran a aeries of special cheap…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duplication of the Railway
THE work of duplicating the railway line between Mittagong and the Bowral tunnel is now going on, and all along the line gangs of men are to be seen at work. It reminds one of old times, when the…
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THE Railway Institute at Redfern was opened last Saturday evening. A public meeting which was held was presided over by Mr. H. M'Lachlan, secretary to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Death at the Princes Bridge Station
MR. W. A. Moore, traffic-superintendent for the railways running from the Princes Bridge station, Melbourne, met with a terrible death on Saturday afternoon…
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