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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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

Railway Meeting at Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 22

A public meeting was held at Morgan’s Royal Hotel, Coolamon, on Friday evening last, 15th inst., for the purpose of urging upon the attention of the Government the necessity…

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Corowa Progress Committee. the Culcairn-corowa Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 22

A special meeting of the Corowa Progress Committee was held at the School of Arts, Corowa, on Friday afternoon, for the purpose of diseasing the action to be taken in…

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Riverina Railway Extension

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 2

TAKEN by itself the rejection of the proposed extension of the great southern railway from Culcairn to Corowa by the Legislative Council last week, is a matter of small importance…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway. Opinions of the District Press. Pastoral Times

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 3

IN a leading article on the subject of Riverina Railway Extension the Pastoral Times of Oct. 23 thus criticises the action of the Council in rejecting…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway. Public Meeting at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting of residents, convened for the purpose of protesting against the rejection by the N.S.W. Legislative Council of the plans for the…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway. Indignation Meeting at Corowa. [By Electric Telegraph.] Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 24

A very representative meeting of fanners and residents was held at the School of Arts this afternoon. About 100 were present, Mr. J. R. Hudson occupying the chair. Great…

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Founded on Fact. the Tramp’s Story

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 11

I was on the staff of a weekly paper in New South Wales; and having fallen into low health, gladly availed myself of the invitation of my friend Merton, owner of…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 15

A serious railway accident happened near Niagara Falls on Tuesday, 14th September, to an excursion train on the Nickel Plate railway on its way to Niagara Falls. It consisted…

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Railway Accident in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 14

On Saturday afternoon a special train, conveying a company of the Brisbane volunteers, two companies of the Queensland Scottish Rifles, and the headquarters band to…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 14

Another shocking railway accident occurred in Melbourne, on the St. Kilda line, on Friday, by which a young man named George Douglas, living in South Melbourne, lost his life. The…

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Founded on Fact. the Tramp’s Story. by Carrawab.( Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1886 · page 10

“Towards evening of the third day the hoped-for help arrived, in the shape of a steamer, and in due course all the passengers of the stranded vessel were taken on…

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The Corowa Railway. Public Meeting at Burrum- Buttock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1886 · page 23

A public meeting under the auspices of the Hume Farmers’ Union was held at Burrumbuttock on Saturday last. Mr. W. Zweck, president of the Union, occupied the chair, and…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1886 · page 3

THE following is the text of the memorial for the re-introduction of the Corowo-Culcairn Railway to be presented to Parliament by the residents…

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Founded on Fact. the Tramp’s Story. ( Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1886 · page 10

“The routine of my teaching for some weeks after this saved me from brooding over my loss, and I am certain made a better man of me, though the hours after…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 November 1886 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the N.S.W. Land and Industrial Alliance, Barryjaa Branch, was held at Mr. D. Johnston's Woolpack Hotel, on the evening of…

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Founded on Fact. the Tramp’s Story. (Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1886 · page 10

“The evening came and found me at the door of ‘The Cedars.’ Leaving my coat with one servant, I followed another along the hall to the door of the reception-room,…

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Culcairn to Corowa Railway. Meeting at Goombargana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1886 · page 22

A numerously-attended and influential meeting was held at Mr. S. Shipard’s, Goombargana, on Saturday, November 13th. Mr. S. SHIPARD (in the chair) said that the…

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Fatal Accident at Rutherglen Railway Station

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon the Rutherglen Railway Station was the scene of an accident by which a guard named James Mitchell, residing at Benalla, received injuries which…

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Railway Accident at Rutherglen a Guard Fatally Injured. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 4

A guard named James Mitchell, in charge of a special train from Benalla to Wahgunyah for sheep, was caught between the buffers while shooting at Rutherglen railway…

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Founded on Fact. the Tramp’s Story. ( Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 10

“ Some few months after her husband’s death I met Elsie again, and this was how and where it happened: I was going one afternoon to visit one of my favorite pupils,…

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