Along the Wombeyan Caves Road
THE road to the Wombeyan Caves is being gone on with in down right earnest, and we owe a great deal of gratitude to Mr. A. P. Duprez for pushing the matter,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
118 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 6
Trapped Train Robbers. a Brave Little Woman's Story
In 1873, when but a girl of 18, I left my home in Ireland and went to America to fill the position of night operator at a small station on the Pacific Railway. It was a dreary, desolate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Serious Charge. of Obstructing a Railway
James Robert Cross, said to be an ex-Sobraon boy, was charged at the Albury Police Court on Saturday with maliciously placing obstructions on…
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A great many of the men who were employed on the Wombeyan Caves road "folded their tents like the Arabs and [?]ently stole away" last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wembeyan Caves Road. the Work and the Men
Since this work was undertaken four weeks ago some four miles of the mad has been nearly completed, and this includes half a mile at Consecration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wombeyan Caves Road. the Work and the Men
SINCE this work was undertaken four weeks ago some four miles of the road has nearly been completed, and this includes half a mile at Consecration Creek, which is deemed the worst and most difficult…
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For some ti[?]e past the South Singleton Coun[?] been endeavouring to devise a [?] of arranging by co-operation [?]ther councils similarly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Along the Wombeyan Caves Road
ON my former visit along this road, a few weeks ago, I went out alone on horseback, returning the same night rather the worse for wear; but on this occasion I took the…
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SINGLETON, Thursday.—A case which has caused widespread indignation has just been reported from Breeze, a small railway station to the north of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Out Along the Wombeyan Caves Road
I TOOK a run out from Bowral to Bullio to inquire into the working of the "buttygang" system that has been introduced by the authorities. It was clearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wombeyan Caves-road. Statement by One of the Men
Tuesday's Australian Star says:— With reference to a paragraph which appeared in the Star yesterday giving some particulars of the trouble which…
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Some little commotion has been caused on the question of the defeated Ministers and their railway passes, so that the truth had to be exposed, to…
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The road to the Wombeyan Caves (says Saturday's "Telegraph") is being constructed under what is termed the butty-gang system. Some complaints…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. Wombeyan Caves Road
SIR,—Seeing so many letters both in local and Sydney papers in reference to the Wombeyan Caves Road job, I wish to insert a few lines in reference to the same. This is no reply to any, but plain truths…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wombeyan Caves Road. the Butty Gang System
Since the butty-gang system was introduced in the construction of this road some complaints have, reached the Minister for Works on the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowral Fres Press Do as adversaries do in law: strive mightily, but eat and drink at friends. Wednesday, August 31, 1898. Wombeyan Caves Road. The Butty Gang System. Statements by the Sydney Men
TUESDAY'S Australian Star (23rd instant) says:— With reference to a paragraph which appeared in the Star yesterday giving some particulars of the trouble which has occurred on the work proceeding…
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THE Minister for Works, Mr. J. H. Young, has received a further satisfactory report from the local officer with reference to the butty-gang work on the road being constructed to the Wombeyan Caves…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road to Upper Burragorang
WE received a visit on Tuesday from Mr. Geo. Willis, an old resident of Upper Burragorang. Now Mr. Willis is a hardworking, horny handed son of toil—a man…
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The city railway has broken out again, in the shape of an epidemic, owing to another startling warning from the Railway Commissioners, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys Wreck a Train. Six Persons Killed
LONDON, September 3.—A shocking railway accident occurred at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, yesterday. Some boys placed a luggage barrow on the line, with the result that a Midland…
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