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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1874

27 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 2

The description of Trengrouse's 1ft. 6 in narrow [?]ne Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 23 September 1874 · page 4

The drawings show a proposed new railway scheme of an eighteen inch guage line, find is equally suited for a narrower guage. The object in bringing this new scheme before the Government and the public is that it may be…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 September 1874 · page 2

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held at the Royal Hotel, Deniliquin on Wednesday, the 23rd instant. There were present about thirty-five shareholders, besides…

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Cattle Crossing Near Hay Bridge. to the Editor of the Riverine Grazier

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 30 September 1874 · page 2

SIR,—Having noticed a letter signed "Pedestrian," trying to induce the Hay authorities to stop cattle crossing near the Hay bridge; which suggestion, if carried into effect would necessarily also stop cattle from using…

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Another (Proposed) Trans-continental Railway. (From the Sydney Morning Herald, October 7.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 October 1874 · page 4

The outlines of another great project of colonial railway construction have been published. About a fortnight ago our Brisbane correspondent informed us of a rumour that the…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 2

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held at the Royal Hotel, Deniliquin, on Thursday, 22nd instant, at noon, for the purpose of passing a resolution to empower the…

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The Trans-continental Railway. (From the Rockhampton Bulletin)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 October 1874 · page 4

The details of Messrs. Collier and Co.’s offer to construct the trans-continental railway way are somewhat less satisfactory than they appeared as forwarded by telegram. Their…

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The Bridge Over the Murray at Echuca

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 December 1874 · page 2

Mr. Hay, hearing that doubts were expressed in the Murray as to the sincerity of new South Wales in [?] the bridge, sent a telegram to Mr. Parkes, on Thursday last, and has received the…

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