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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1879

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Fatal Railway Accident. Supposed Case of Suicide. (From the Sydney Evening News.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 March 1879 · page 4

The City Coroner, on the 22nd inst., held inquest at the Brecknock Hotel, Lower George-street, respecting the death of a man named Henry Middleton, who was killed on…

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DEPUTATIONS. (From the S. M. Herald ) Deniliquin Railway Re[?]ve

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 March 1879 · page 4

A deputation consisting of Me[?]s. C. H. Ch[?]on, Denis Nash, Joshua Metcalf, a[?] Robert Vagg of the Deniliquin district—were introduced by Mr. R. Ba[?] M.L.A., to the…

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The Wahgunyah Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 April 1879 · page 2

IT is about time that the Government of New South Wales was requested to give at least a sensible answer to the question--" Will you join with…

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The Closed Roads Commission

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 April 1879 · page 2

THE labours of that hard-working triumvirate--the closed roads Commission--are fast drawing to a close, and whether the result of the…

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Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 5 April 1879 · page 10

The following petition regarding the projected railway extension to Narandera has been forwarded to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works:—…

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Opening of the Railway to Breeza

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 April 1879 · page 4

This portion of the extension of the Great North-Western Railway was opened on Tuesday, 25th March (says the Namoi Independent of March 27), and was as tame an…

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The Railway Question. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 26 April 1879 · page 2

Sir,—Being a resident in this district and one holding property, I have read with interest all your leading articles re. "proposed railway communication between Sydney and…

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Telegrams. the Railway Route. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 3 May 1879 · page 2

The Commission appointed to inspect the proposed routes of the extension of the Great Southern Railway report:—"Our…

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Wahgunyah Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1879 · page 2

THE following is the report of Mr. Turner, C.E., on the Wahgunyah Murray Bridge, and which has been handed to us for publication:--…

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The Wahgunyah Railway Station

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1879 · page 2

THE benefits conferred by the completion of the branch line of railway to Wahgunyah are of a "mixed" character, and as it is probable we…

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Railway to Hay

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 May 1879 · page 4

The Commissioner and Engineer-in Chief for Roads (Mr. Bennett) and the Surveyor-General (Mr, Adams) were, at the instance of Mr. Lackey, appointed a commission to…

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Railway to Narrandera and Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 17 May 1879 · page 4
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

The following is the report of Mr W. C. Bennett, and Mr P. F. Adams to the Minister of Works, in reference to this subject:— "In accordance with your instructions, we…

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The Trans Continental Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1879 · page 3

Now that the Queenslander Transcontinental Survey party has safely returned, its mission accomplished, and its investigation complete it is…

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Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 21 May 1879 · page 2

On the 9th of May last year the following resolution was carried at a conference of the Australian colonies held in Melbourne:—"That it is desirable that the Governments…

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The Closed Roads Commission

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1879 · page 3

THE following evidence was given by Messrs. D. Brown and Robert Arrowsmith, the secretary and engineer respectively of the Shire of Rutherglen at Wangaratta…

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Commission on Closed Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 9

A sitting of the Victorian Commission on closed roads was held at Wodonga on Saturday. The members of the Commission were Messrs. A. L. Tucker, G. D. Langridge, and R. Johnstone—…

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Closed Roads Commission at Yackandandah. Thursday, May 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 31 May 1879 · page 8

Messrs. Tucker (chairman), R. de Bruce Johnstone, and Langridge, M.L.A.’s with Mr. Bell, (short-hand writer) as secretary, appointed to inquire into the matter of closed roads throughout…

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Mr. Fitzjohn and the Roads Commission. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 31 May 1879 · page 11

SIR,—I see by a Beechworth paper that what Mr. Fitzjohn, Crown lands bailiff, said about the pastoral tenants trying to prevent settlement, was only imaginary on the part of Mr. Fitzjohn and a…

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Gas in Railway Carriages

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 31 May 1879 · page 4

New South Wales has set an example worthy of imitation by lighting the railway trains with gas. In these days of railway progress it was not to be expected that the…

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