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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

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Railway Meeting at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1882 · page 22

A meeting of persons interested in railway communication to Corowa was held at the School of Arts on Saturday. Mr. P. Sandral, J.P., was voted to the chair, and read the…

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The Lower Ovens Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 3

We have probably, heard the last of the squabble between the Shires of Rutherglen and Yarrawonga respecting this work, for, at the last meeting…

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The Corowa Railway Petition. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 14

SIR,—In your last issue is a report of a railway meeting at Corowa, in which one of the speakers (Mr. H. Levin) states that his [?]alber, Mr. L. Levin, one of the members for The…

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A Railway Line Incident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 15

A gentleman whose verscity is unimpeachable writes to the Sydney Evening News as follows:—‘‘ On Saturday night last I was a passenger by the train leaving Granville for…

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Railway Extension to Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 4

A meeting has been held at Deniliquin says the S. M. Herald to urge upon the Government of New South Wales the necessity of extending the projected railway from Narrandera to…

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Railway Extension

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 2

OUR ponderously respectable contemporary, the Sydney Morning Herald, has for once stepped cut of the groove which characterises the policy with which it is governed. Usually its writes wait…

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Railway Extension in Riverina

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 4

In another column (says the Wagga Advertiser) will be found a report of a meeting held at Delinique for the purpose of securing railway connection between that town and Jerilderie.- The Deniliquin…

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Railway Bills

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 October 1882 · page 2

OF late years there has been more time wasted, ink shed, and eloquence [?] spent over railway bills than any other subject. As soon as a…

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The Railway Extension to the River Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1882 · page 11

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALBURY BANNER, SIR,—As it may be of some consequence to those interested in the above works, and the travelling public in general, I have been requested…

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The Tumbarumba Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1882 · page 15

On Friday (says a Wagga journal) a deputation, consisting of Messrs. H Hayes, P. Rogers, J.R. Garland, D. Copeland, H. B. Fitzbardinge (ex-Mayor of Wagga Wagga), and S…

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The Proposed Howlong Bridge

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

On Friday last the Hon, Charles Young, M.L.A., the Victorian Minister of Public Works, visited Howlong to inspect the site chosen for the…

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The Railway Petition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 2

If the procrastinating manner in which the gentlemen, who undertook to draft the railway petition, dealt with the subject entrusted to them, is to be taken as indicative of the public interest…

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Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times.) Railway Etxension Versus Procrastination

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 3

Sir.—Same few months ago I was present at what l considered one of the best representative meetings I had ever attended; held in the Town-hall for the purpose of urging upon, the Government the benefits that might…

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Bridge Fees

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1882 · page 15

A case involving the right of the Deniliquin Municipal Council to charge fees on stock for crossing the river other than at the bridge came on (says the Times) for hearing before…

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Railway Petition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1882 · page 7

A meeting of the committee formed for the purpose of prosecuting the agitation for railway extension from Jerilderie to Deniliquin was to have been held last night at the Town-hall,…

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The Recent Railway Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1882 · page 15

In consequence of the injuries sustained by many of the passengers who were in the mail train which recently ran into a goods train at Bathurst, a number of claims for compensation…

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The Railway Petition

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 November 1882 · page 3

A meeting of the general committee appointed to agitate for the extension of a branch line of railway from Jerilderie to Deniliquin was held on Tuesday night at the Town Hall. There were…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 2

The following particulars are taken from the Age respecting the collision reported by telegram on Monday morning, and circulated by us as an "extraordinary":—…

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Robbery at a Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 15

A telegram from Yass on Monday states :— "Two men named Reardon and Merewether robbed the Binalong railway station at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday morning, taking the…

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Terrible Railway Accident. One Person Killed and a Large Number Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 15

A railway accident of a more appalling nature and productive of more serious results than even the Jolimont disaster, occurred on the Hawthorn line of railway a few miles out of…

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