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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

124 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 7

Humour. Where the Train Was

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 March 1882 · page 2

THERE were a dosen of us waiting at the station near Strasburg, Vs., for the noon train. Everyone had out his dinner short to catch the train, but the hour…

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Railway Excursion on Easter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1882 · page 14

We notice that the committee of St. Matthew’s Sunday-school have made a change in the arrangements for their excursion by rail to Tabletop which will prove a convenience to…

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Serious Railway Collision Near Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1882 · page 9

A railway collision, which, with the Jolimont disaster in August last fresh within their recollection, created intense alarm amongst the passengers, occurred on one of the suburban…

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Railway Extension in the North-eastern District of Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1882 · page 14

Further railway extension is contemplated in the North-Eastern district of Victoria. A few days since Mr. Bent, Commissioner of Railways, was waited upon by a deputation from Moyhu…

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Railway Meeting at Tin- Taldra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1882 · page 14

A meeting of the Tintaldra branch of the Upper Murray Valley Railway League was held on the 3rd inst. at Tintaldra, when it was finally arranged that a deputation should at…

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Household. How to Train a Child Physically

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 12 April 1882 · page 2

THERE is no prettier sight, to our way of thinking, than that of three or four rosy-checked children at work on a hearty meal. Yes, I said "work," and I do not mean to…

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The Bridge Question

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 2

IT is not at all surprising that the question of a free bridge across the Murray was brought prominently before the Trriff Commissioners, on the…

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Household. How to Train a Child Physically

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 2

THERE is no prettier sight, to our way of thinking, than that of three or four rosycheeked children at work on a hearty meal. Yes, I said "work," and I'do not mean to…

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Railway to the Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 14

Mr. P. B. Wallace, M.L.A., on Wednesday introduced a deputation from the Upper Murray district to the Minister of Railways. The deputation asked that a line of railway…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 7

The Bendigo Independent furnishes the following particulars of a fatal railway accident on Good Friday :—“ A shocking accident occurred yesterday morning on the railway…

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The Tramp's Story

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 26 April 1882 · page 2

IF experience has gold in it (as discerning folks agree). Then there's quite a little fortune stowed away somewhere in me…

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The Tramp's Story

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 2

IF experience has gold in it (as discerning folks agree). Then there's quite a little fortune stowed away somewhere in me…

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The Tumbarvmba Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 14

The Wagga people are evidently determined to spare no pains to secure the connection of Tumbarumba with their town by rail. A local correspondent writing to Sydney says :—…

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The Railway Fares Between Melbourne and Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 8

The following very sensible letter has been addressed to The Argus:— “Sir,—I see that the Minister of Railways announces an increase in the return fares…

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Border Duties and Bridge Tolls

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 3

REFERRING to the recent ventilation of the free bridge and border duties question in Corowa and Rutherglen before the Tariff Commission and the members for Moira,…

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Open Column. the D. AND M. RAILWAY [?] (To the Editor of the Pastoral [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1882 · page 2

DEAR SIR,— In justice to a [?] which I consider has been much [?] Rev. Mr Moss in his remarks at the [?] in aid of the Victorian Bind [?]…

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The Murray Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1882 · page 2

IT will be seen by our report of the proceedings of the Rutherglen Shire Council that Mr. McINTYRE's interpolation in the Assembly on the…

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Dastardly Attempt to Overthrow a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1882 · page 15

A correspondent writes:—“As the 6 o’clock tram from Camden, loaded with some 40 or 50 passengers, was nearing Kenny’s Hill, en route for Campbelltown, on Saturday evening, a very…

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The Railway Connection

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1882 · page 14

On the 4th inst., the tender of Messrs. Mitchell Newel), and Daglish was accepted by the Victorian Government for the construction of a railway from Wodonga to the Murray. The…

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The Hay Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1882 · page 15

The approach of the railway to Hay has already sensibly affected the return of goods to that town, via the Deniliquin and Moama Railway and Deniliquin. The line has now…

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