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Murray · Railways, roads & transport
19 stories in Murray's papers
SIR,—I was witness to a very mean action on the part of a squatter’s man residing at Conargo, on Sunday last. He was (with horses and vehicles) forcing his way over the tem-porary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenders have been called for a bridge across the Edward at Deniliquin, The bridge is to be of iron, of the same construction as that recommended for Albury four years since, and for which drawings were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The erri[?] cost of railways in Victoria has naturally operated as a wet blanket upon enterprise, whetter on the part of individual capi[?] or by companies. £40,000 per mile for double line, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the conclusion of the great meeting on Tuesday Mr. Woods, M.L.A., of Victoria, was introduced by Mr. Forlonge, for the purpose of explaining his views of the desirability of having a tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHATEVER the political shortcomings of the late Government, their boldness and energy in thus pushing on this great national work are in the highest degree creditable to them. We…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Permit me to call your attention to the shabbiness of some of the people here in reference to the above structure. Numbers of persons evade the toll, and one of them to-day, a Mr. —, late of Conargo, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have to record another foolish and discreditable outbreak of the laborers on the Echuca Railway line. The following particulars are from the Bendigo Advertiser:— For the last few days a very large number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALBURY, just now, like a rich young heir coming into possession of his fortune and his property is besieged and almost overwhelmed by suitors. On all sides an alliance is sought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday evening, it accordance with a requisition addressed to the Mayor, a public meeting was held at the Exchange Hotel, with a view to take steps for the promotion of a direct line of railway between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1. To and from Railway and Post Office, Liverpool, twice or oftener daily. 2. To and from Liverpool, Denham Court, and [?] six times a week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following letter has been received from T. H. Mate, Esq, M.L.A, with reference to the enquiry as to whether he would take charge of the petitions lately signed in this district, urging the extension of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have read with surprise the remarks of your “own correspondent” in Sydney, reflecting on Mr. John Taylor in relation to the punt and quasi bridge. You speak of the high price for puntage : on comparing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the early days of settlement in these colonies, when Port Jackson and Port Philip were but as specks merely of civilisation on the wide waste of unexplored continent surrounding them; when the adventurous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About twenty yean ago an English peer—I forget the name—in his place in the House of Lords, during a debate on the question of capital punishment, expressed pressed himself thus, “My Lords, so convinced am I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with the question of a railway from Sydney to the banks of the Murray there is just now a well-organised movement on foot in the Bathurst district. It seems—in order to make it a sine [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PROBABLY were we desirous of pointing to one of the most noticeable facts exhibiting in clear and distinct features to the general colonial public the systematic neglect with which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday last the meeting to enforce the necessity of immediately proceeding with the erection of a bridge at Echuca and Moama was held at the Echuca Court-house. The Police Magistrate, Mr. Strutt, presided, and opened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A JOINT MEETING of members of the Committee of the Riverine Council and of members of the committee elected at Echuca for the purpose of urging on the Governments of New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE adjourned meeting of the joint committees of the Riverine Council and of the Echuca Bridge Meeting, took place on Wednesday, at the office of the Riverine Association. Mr. Thomas Robertson,…
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