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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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The Wombeyan Caves Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 3

WE would just remind the residents of this district, and our parliamentary representatives in parliament, that it is necessary for them to bestir themselves in…

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The Robertson Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 3

WE do not like to be putting forward ominous forebodings, but when the public interest demands it, we will not refrain, hence it is that we now enter our protest…

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Road to Wombeyan Cayes

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

MR. ROSE, M.P., informs its (Goulburn Evening Penny Post) that the department has expressed its willingness for him to accompany an, office to inspect,…

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Railway Time Table. Down Trains From Sydney to the COUNTRYMail to Melbourne

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 4

MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 9 p.m.; Campbelltown, 10.8; Picton, 10.53; Mittagong, 12.12 a.m.; Bowral, 12.19; and Moss Vale, 12:40. Arrives at Goulburn…

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Railway Time Table. Down Trains From Sydney to the Country. Mail to Melbourne

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 7 October 1891 · page 4

MAIL, TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 9 p.m.; Campbelltown, 10.8; Picton, 10.53; Mittagong, 12.12 a.m.; Bowral, 12.19; and Moss Vale, 12.40. Arrives at Goulburn…

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Road to Wombeyan Caves

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 2

MR. T. ROSE and Mr. Kirwan, Road Superintendent, left Marulan on Friday for the Wombeyan Caves to inspect and report on the direct route from Marulan. Mr. Rose…

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Fatal Railway Accidents. a Singular Coincidence

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 2

ON Wednesday morning a man named George Robinson, a porter at the Homebush Railway Station, was knocked down by a train, and received injuries from the…

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Railway Contracts

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 3

ON Monday the Railway Commissioners received tenders for the erection of wooden cottages at various stations along the railway lines, including Hill Top and Marulan,…

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Fast Railway Travelling

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 1

The New York Central Railway on September 14 broke all records of fast time for long runs of passenger trains on railways on either side of the Atlantic. A special train,…

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Accident to a Goods Train

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

AN accident happened on Tuesday night about eight o'clock to a goods express running from Goulbura to Harden. On nearing the siggnals at the Yass station, three trucks became derailed, the engine…

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Firing upon a Train

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 3

ALBURY, Saturday,—A Sensational affair occurred near Yerong Creek early this morning, when the driver and fireman of a mixed train, which is due here from Wagga at 12…

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Railway Time Table. Down Trains From Sydney to the Country. [?] to Melbourne

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 4

MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 9 p.m.; Campbelllown, 10.8; Picton, 10.53; Mittagong, 12.12 a.m.; Bowral, 12.19; and Moss Vale, 12.40. Arrives at Goulburn…

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The Chief Railway Commissioner

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 2

MR. EDDY, chief commissioner for railways, is now on his way back to the colony. He is coming by the mail steamer Orotava, which is about due at Port Said…

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Railway Accident at Mittagong. Truly Heartrending

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 2

OUR readers will regret to hear that Mr. J. T. Crook, well known in Goulburn, where he has at times resided off and on for years, met with a fatal accident about…

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Railway Arrangements

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 18 November 1891 · page 3

THE following letter appeared in last Saturday's Goulburn Penny Post:—"Sir,—the injustice previously referred to by me in the running of excursion trains still exists. Return fares at Id a mile…

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Railway Time Table. Down Trains From Sydney to the Country. Mail to Melbourne

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 18 November 1891 · page 4

MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 9 p.m.; Campbelltown, 10.8; Picton, 10.53; Mittagong, 12.12 a.m.; Bowral, 12.19; and Moss Vale, 12:40. Arrives at Goulburn…

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Wombeyan Cave Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 2

A CONFERENCE will be held on Thursday next, at 3 o'clock, between the Moss Vale, Mittagong, and Bowral Municipal Councils, for the purpose of deciding upon a united course of action in reference…

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Railway Book Stalls

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 3

THE Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of Mr. Henry Lloyd for the exclusive use of newspaper and book stalls at the Sydney, Suburban, and Newcastle…

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The Wombeyan Cave Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 December 1891 · page 2

IN pursuance of the resolutions carried at the Municipal Conference recently held at Bowral, meetings have been held in the district to urge upon the Government, the…

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The Wombeyan Caves Road

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works has appointed Thursday, 10th inst., at 12.30 o'clock, for the reception of the deputation in reference to the above road. It is expected that an influential deputation…

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