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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1884

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Railway to Silverton

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 2

The following is a copy of the petition:— To the Honorable the Minister for Works. The memorial of the undersigned Colonists of New South Wales humbly showeth…

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The Albury Railway Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 August 1884 · page 4

The railway bridge over the Murray River at Albury, to permanently connect the systems of Victoria and New South Wales, bas been completed, and will be opened for traffic in a few…

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THE Hay-Silverton Railway. Deputation to the Minister. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 1

A deputation consisting of Messrs Wilkinson, Cramsie, Gill, A. Ryrie, Loughnan, Day, M.L.A's., and Messrs J. Witcombe, R. Chambers, A. Lakeman, and A. Smith, waited on the Minister of Works this…

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Proposed Opening of the Narandera-jerilderie Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 August 1884 · page 15

A public meeting was held at Jerilderie on Monday in reference to the opening of the Jerilderie railway. Mr. J. D. Rankin, J.P., occupied the chair,…

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Stabbing Affray on the Railway Works

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 August 1884 · page 14

A very bad fracas occurred on the railway works near Queanbeyan on the 21st inst. The victim in the affair was one O'Connor, and the attacking party his father. It seems that the…

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The Wagga-tumbarumba Railway. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 August 1884 · page 14

A deputation waited upon the Minister of Works to-day urging the construction of a railway from Wagga Wagga to Tumbarumba, a distance of 68 miles. It was stated that by…

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The Railway to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 September 1884 · page 3

Mr. J, Fitzgerald then alluded to Mr. Sandral's motion advocating the extension of the railway system from Jerilderie to Corowa, contending that…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Sheffield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 September 1884 · page 5

One of the most dreadful disasters that has ever occurred on an English railway took place on Wednesday, 16th July, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire…

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Jerilderie to Deniliquin Railway Extension

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 3

A meeting of the committee was held on the 29th inst. Present: Messrs Evans (in chair). Hatch, Watson, Heriot, Mayger, Hanson, T. R. Hunter, M. Mackenzie, .Burchfield, R. Galbraith and H…

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Railway to Silverton. (To the Editor of the Herald.)

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 4

Sir,—referring to a letter that appeared in jour issue of August 1, under the above heading, and signed "T. J. Heyden," I notice one paragraph in particular that is…

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Hatfield Road

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 2

Since my last there has been nothing worth noting. Some of the sheds are already finished: Kilfera is among the finished; Till Till has also cut out. The prospects are very gloomy, and unless rain come…

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Latest by Telegraph. the New South Wales Railway Scheme. Over £14,000,000 to Be Borrowed. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 September 1884 · page 2

The House on going into committee of supply, Mr. Dibbs asked the indulgence of the House, as he was only the mouthpiece of the Minister of…

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The Railway to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 September 1884 · page 2

THE unexpected opening of the extension to Jerilderie and the comparative vicinity of another route to the eastern metropolis again brings the question…

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Late Telegrams. New South Wales Parliament. the Ministerial Railway Police. Over £14,000,000 to Be Borrowed. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 September 1884 · page 4

In the Assembly this evening the House went into committee of supply. Mr. Dibbs asked the indulgence of the House, as he was only the mouthpiece of the Minister for…

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The Jerilderie Railway Opening

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 September 1884 · page 4

Speaking of the opening of the railway to Geraldine, on the day after the event, the correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph says:— intense excitement which was caused more…

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The Jerilderie Railway Opening

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 September 1884 · page 2

SOME people would speak of the opening of the railway to Jerilderie as s fiasco, and s few may bold a contrary opinion; but there are not many, who are acquainted with the details, who would…

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Rainfall at Tupra. Train Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 1 October 1884 · page 4

Intelligence to hand by this morning mail states the rainfall at Tupra was 56 point…

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The Railway to Corowa. Mr. Levin and the Progress Committee

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 October 1884 · page 2

LAST Friday a committee meeting of the Corowa Progress Committee was called at the School of Arts, in order to hear Mr. Levin's views on the…

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A Railway Horror in America

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1884 · page 8

At 11 o’clock on the night of August 29 a train belonging to the Anglo-American Circus, Miles Orton, proprietor, left Port Collins for Golden, via Greeley, Salt Lake;…

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The Railway Proposals. Indignation Meeting at Germanton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1884 · page 20

A large and influential indignation meeting was held on the show-ground on Monday, 29th September, to protest against the way in which the Government is treating us with…

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