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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1859

36 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2

Original Correspondence. Railways

The Border Post · Saturday 1 January 1859 · page 2

It having been decided that the three lines of railway already commenced in New South Wales shall be continued at a that may take years to complete, I would ask what hopes will yield interest…

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Colonial Intelligence. Railways in New South Walks

The Border Post · Wednesday 12 January 1859 · page 4

The following letter appears in the Sydney [?] SIR,— In common with every inhabitant of Nov South Wales. I have felt an extreme…

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The Great Southern Railway

The Border Post · Wednesday 12 January 1859 · page 2

SOME few months ago, our readers will remember that Mr. Montefiores, an influential member of the Upper House, in New South Wales. endeavoured to direct public attention…

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The Murray Bridge

The Border Post · Saturday 19 February 1859 · page 2

It is proverbially no easy task to extract sunbeams from e[?], or to draw blood out of a stone. Still less easy is if for distant [?]ties to extort local grants from…

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Colonial Intelligence. State of the Railway Negotiations. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Border Post · Saturday 19 February 1859 · page 4

The correspondence that took place last year with Mr. Gabrielle, and which [?] to the definite negotiations with Sir Molten Pape Is now published in fall and the whole history…

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Railways in New South Wales

The Border Post · Wednesday 23 February 1859 · page 2

The following correspondence appears in the Sydney Morning Herald, of Feb. 14 :— 9, Great George-street, Westminster, December 12th, 1858…

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The Murray Bridge

The Border Post · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 2

Once more we have to record an alteration in the prospects of the Murray Bridge project. When we last alluded to the matter, the case appeared hopeless, for the Victorian…

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Parliamentary. Bridge at Albury

The Border Post · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 2

On the 3rd. Mr. Hay asked the Secretary for Lands and Public Works “Whether the Government have had any further communication with the Government of Victoria [?] the…

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Parliamentary. Sir Morton Peto and Colonial Railway Contracts

The Border Post · Saturday 26 March 1859 · page 2

Mr Piddington asked the hon Secretary for Lands and Works, “[?] Should the Government enter into a special agreement with Sir Mor[?] Peto to construct the extensions of railways now…

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Federal Subjects— the Railway

The Border Post · Saturday 16 April 1859 · page 2

It is really wonderful what effects are produced by the institution of an imaginary boundary line, in the midst of a population like that of Australia. Here we have a…

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The Railway Question

The Border Post · Wednesday 20 April 1859 · page 2

By the last mail, Mr. Gabrielli and Mr. Rhodes came out to this colony as representatives of Messrs, Peto & Co. empowered to conclude a contract for the construction of forty…

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Commencement of Sir M. Peto and Co’s Railway Contact

The Border Post · Wednesday 18 May 1859 · page 2

Yesterday (Friday), a commencement was made with the works for the railway extension contracted for on behalf of Sir Morton Peto & Co., by their agent Mr Rhodes…

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The Railway Laborers and the Sub-contractors

The Border Post · Saturday 21 May 1859 · page 2

It will be seen by our report of Friday’s Police Court that judgment for the amount of wages claimed, together with costs, was awarded on that day against the…

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Bridge Over the Edward

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1859 · page 2

If any person will take upon himself the trouble to step into the punt, which plies on the Edward, between the two Deniliquin, he cannot fail, on looking around…

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The Murray Bridge

The Border Post · Wednesday 8 June 1859 · page 2

It appears that New South Wales parsimony has triumphed over Victorian foresight, and the bridge across the Murray is to be one of the old fashioned wooden sort,…

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Bridge Over the Edward

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1859 · page 2

WE offer no apology to our readers for returning to this subject, fraught as it is with the greatest importance to these districts in a [?] as well as in a social sense…

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Echuca Bridge. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1859 · page 3

SIR,—In the Argus weekly summary, it is states “Another Accident at Hopwood’s Bridge,” whereon the writer proceeds to say that Mr. Glass’s horse [?]vehicle were [?] but…

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Local. Bridge Over the Murray at Wahgunyah

The Border Post · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 2

A mating was held at the Wahgunyah hotel, on Tuesday evening, the 5th July, to consider the most expedient means of furthering the erection of a bridge across the Murray River at…

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Local. Southern Road Repairs

The Border Post · Saturday 23 July 1859 · page 2

At length a commencement has been made towards expending the road vote for the southern road, and tenders have been called for the construction of twelve [?] over the various [?]…

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Colonial. the Southern Line of Railway

The Border Post · Saturday 23 July 1859 · page 2

The principal portion of the railway works now in progress in this colony is that undertaken by the agent for Messrs. [?] Brassey and Belts, the full particulars of which we…

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