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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1884

178 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 9

Proposed New Railways

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 October 1884 · page 1

The following are the particulars of the Government proposals respecting the construction of new railways, showing the respective extensions, length of lines, and cost of each :—…

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The Government Railway Policy

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 October 1884 · page 2

THE announcement of the intensions of the Government with regard to railway extension has caused a sensation throughout the colony, not only because of the magnitude of the proposals,…

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Hatfield Road

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 8 October 1884 · page 2

The appearance of the country has been slightly improved by the late showers, but More rain is urgently needed, and unless we get it very soon, the country around Til Til, Clare, and other back country…

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A Lady Killed by a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1884 · page 21

A sad fatal railway accident happened on Saturday afternoon, at the Kensington railway station, the victim being Mrs. Susan Marks, aged 55 years, wife of an employs in the…

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Terrible Railway Accident in India. Calcutta, October 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1884 · page 10

A terrible railway accident occurred to-day on the Eastern Bengal Railway, resulting in great loss of life. Two trains were travelling in opposite directions near the Aurungatta…

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Fatal Railway Collision in Queensland. an Enginedriver Killed, and Several Others Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1884 · page 15

A serious railway collision occurred on Friday evening between the 5.30 up train from Brisbane and a goods train from Mitchell. The former train, which was due at Oxley…

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Railway Extension in Riverina

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 October 1884 · page 2

IT is difficult at all times to Understand the reasons which actuate ministers in formulating a policy upon any particular question, and it is especially so to discover and determine the…

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Railway Accident in New Zealand. Wellington

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 4

A railway accident has occurred at Auckland. A stationary shunting engine was struck violently by a truck. which caused the steam regulator to fall, and the engine started…

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Railway Extension on the Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 October 1884 · page 15

The following letter appears in The Argus:— "Sir,—As I was deputed by the Upper Murray Railway League to wait on the then…

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The Hay Road Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 2

Some unfortunate reports were circulated at Echuca on Saturday last respecting an alleged confession of Mrs Stephenson that her husband had murdered the hawker Mizon on the Hay road in October…

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Humor. The Harlem Tramp

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 2

"THAT'S stove's going to be taken down soon." As the barkeeper said this [?] Harlem tramp gave a shudder…

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humor. The Harlem Tramp

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 October 1884 · page 2

"THAT'S stove's going to be taken down soon." As the barkeeper said this last night the Harlem tramp gave a shudder, as he seated…

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Latest by Telegraph. Railway to Corowa. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 October 1884 · page 2

The Corowa-Culcairn and German-ton-Tamberumba lines were both passed last night without a division. ST. PETERSBURGH, Oct. 22…

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Hatfield Road

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 2

Since my last I have had nothing to report. The back country is getting to be the horror of all horrors. The whole country—for hundreds of miles round—is getting from bad to worse. Stock are still fast leaving the stations. It…

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The Railway to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1884 · page 2

THE efforts of the members for the Hume have been crowned with a success for exceeding the hopes of their constituents, and the announcemnet…

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New South Wales Railway Bill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 October 1884 · page 2

ON Tuesday, in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Dibbs obtained a suspension of the Standing Orders in order to pass the Railway Loan Bill through all its stages at one…

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The Deniliquin to Jerilderie Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1884 · page 15

A deputation from Deniliquin waited upon the Minister pt Works on Friday urging the construction of a railway from Jerilderie to Deniliquin. Mr. Wright, in reply, said it was…

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The Railway Agitation

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 2

TAKEN altogether the result of the deputation from Deniliquin to the Minister of Public Works, Sydney, respecting the extension of the railway from Jerilderie to Deniliquin, must be considered…

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Jerilderie to Deniliquin Railway League

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 1

The ordinary meeting was held on Tuesday evening. Present: Messrs J: G. Evans (chairman), Watson, Waring, Hanson, Galbraiih, Jameson, Manger, A. Robertson, Moltine, Hatch,…

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A Runaway Engine. Miraculous Escape of a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1884 · page 21

The following remarkable: occurrence is related in an Auckland (New Zealand) journal : —“ On the 15th October an ordinary shunting locomotive was being supplied with fuel…

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