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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1867

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Railway From Echuca to Deniliquin. Deputation to the Attorney General

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1867 · page 2

On Thursday morning a, deputation, consist of Messrs. T. Robertson, solicitor, D. G. Jones, James Tyson, Peter Tyson,. .Dr. Wren, Filson, Dalzell, Darchy, John Taylor, M. Stephen,…

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Railway Deputation to the Premier

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1867 · page 2

THE Hon. the Premier and: Attorney-General may have been right, when he assured the Railway Deputation, which waited on him, on Thursday last at Deniliquin, that the Sydney…

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Deniliquin Railway Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 2

The meeting held last night, G.S. Lang, Esq., J.P., in the chair, was a great success, the Masonic Hall being crowded. Mr. ZEAL, C.E., ex M.P. for Castlemaine,…

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Murray and Darling Railway. Public Meeting at Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 2

A public meeting was held on Friday evening, [?] at the Masonic Hall, Deniliquin, to take [?] the formation of a Railway to connect Deniliquin [?] There were about 150…

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Railway Extension

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 February 1867 · page 2

We command our readers tie evidence given by Mr. W. C. Bennett, Commissioner and Engineer of Roads (New South Wales) before the Parliamentary Committee on the Railway extension—it is wall worth…

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Railway Extension to the Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 2 March 1867 · page 2

JUST now, one of the principal topics engaging the attention of the inhabitants of the Murray Districts is the subject of railway extension. It is alike occupying the…

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Railway to the Ovens and Murray Districts. [From the Ovens and Murray Advertiser.]

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 9 March 1867 · page 2

“ Of all the attempts which have been made to bring a good cause into disrepute, the present so-called railway movement bears off the palm. One or two individuals, usurping…

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The Railway Question

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 9 March 1867 · page 2

THE popular question of the moment, so far as the interests of these districts are concerned, is no doubt that of a closer connection with either the metropolis of our own colony, under…

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The Railway Question

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 16 March 1867 · page 2

Railway communication is still the question of the day, so far as these districts are concerned. In the street, in the matt, in public and in private, the principal topic of…

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Railway From Melbourne to Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 16 March 1867 · page 3

The following are extracts from letters which have appeared in the O. & M. Advertiser, in answer to the reports and statements emenating from and published by the secretary of the so-called League. One writer…

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A Railway From Echuca to Deniliquin. Opinions of the Press. (S. M. Herald)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 March 1867 · page 1

Mr. Martin’s remarks to the Deniliquin deputation that sought to sound him on the subject of the railway to Echuca, were quite in accordance with his statement that the…

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Railway to the Ovens

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 March 1867 · page 3

The following letters have been received by the Chairman of the Railway Conference at Beechworth:— [?], near Ballarat,…

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Railway Extension

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 March 1867 · page 2

THE efforts made at Deniliquin for Railway extension from Echuca to this town, and from thence ultimately to the Darling, appear to have stimulated the people of other districts to agitate'…

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Open Column Notes on Proposed Railway Company—moama to Deniliquin. (Contributed.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 March 1867 · page 3

1. THROUGH the projected railway may be reviewed with much interest as the portion of one vast scheme of railway development—yet as all are not yet thoroughly agreed as to the details of such…

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The Railway League

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 2

We extract the following letter from the O. & M. Advertiser of Tuesday last:— SIR,—I am ashamed of you and the Councils of Bright and Yackandandah for allowing…

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Colonial Railways and British Capitalists. (From the Maitland Mercur.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 4

Messrs. Lennon and Cape, stockbrokers, of Sydney, have published a scheme for the more expeditions extension of railways in this colony which is well deserving of general consideration,…

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Murray and Darling Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 2

The General Committee held its usual monthly meeting on Monday last. Present, Mr. Waring in the chair, Messrs. Mayger, Harrison, Marshall, Jones, Simpson, Filson, and the Hon. Sec…

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Cheap Railways

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 April 1867 · page 1

It is certainly curious that these colonies have not yet systems of railways on something like the extensive scale witnessed in Canada and the United States. The progress of the…

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Railway Extension

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 April 1867 · page 1

The Select Committee on Railway from Echuca to Deniliquin called in William Anderson Tetley, Esq, and [?] him as under on behalf of Deniliquin extension :—…

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Road Improvements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 11 May 1867 · page 2

THERE is nothing done in a town or district that can confer greater benefits upon the residents than the construction of good roads. It is a well-known fact that if a river is…

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