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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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

Culcairn and Corowa Railway to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 19

SIR,—The many meetings already held throughout the length and breadth of this important district on the subject of the shelving of the Corowa and Culcairn Railway Bill,…

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Corowa and Culcairn Railway. New South Wales Alliance, Burraja Branch

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1886 · page 22

A special meeting of the above association was held at the Woolpack Hotel, Burraja, on the evening of Saturday, 13th inst., to take into consideration the rejection of the…

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An Alarming Danger to Railway Travellers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 11

At a meeting of the Railway Servants’ Congress at Brighton, England, a signalman made the astounding statement that system of signalling at present in vogue…

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Founded on Fact. the Tramps Story. ( Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 8

“ I returned home feeling as if the world were quite a different one from what it had been before, and counted the hours till the one came when I could go and call. It…

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Three Men Killed on a Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1886 · page 27

An accident which resulted in the death of three men occurred on October 18, on the Midland Railway, near Carlisle. The men had just completed their day's work as painters,…

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The Country. 16-Mile Gums, Deniliquin Road

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 2

Since my last we have had several very hot days. which parched the herbage and grass, and dried up all water holes along the route, until the night of Friday the 3rd, when rain commenced about…

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The New South Wales Railway Frauds

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 27

The railway frauds case against Wright, Heat[?], and Co. was again brought on at the Cent[?] Criminal Court, Sydney, on Monday, before Mr. Justice Stephen. Immediately…

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Railway Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 27

On Tuesday afternoon a serious accident occurred on the North-Eastern railway line, one mile from Glenrowan, while the special train was travelling from Melbourne to…

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

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 9

“At last, wearied with waiting and almost at the end of my resources, I accepted a ‘billet,’ as it was called, as tutor and storekeeper on a station on the Lachlan, at £1…

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A Sydney Firm Takes a Railway Contract in New Zealand

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

The New Zealand Herald is glad to learn that there is every prospect of work being vigorously commenced on the Kaihu Valley Railway. Mr. H. Morton Williams, the…

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Heavy Fall of Rain in New South Wales. Railway Lines Damaged. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

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

A telegram received by the Commissioner of Railways states that heavy floods have occurred at Dubbo, and that the river bas risen 24ft. The Department have taken the…

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The Country. 10-Mile Gums, Deniliquin Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 December 1886 · page 2

Since my last the weather has been very changeable and during the 6th, 7th, and 8th very cloudy with frequent showers, the guage registering for that time 44 points, since which time fine clear weather and cool,…

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The Country. 16-Mile Gums Deniliquin Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 December 1886 · page 2

Since my last the weather has been very hot, companied with high wind and clouds of dust, the grass and herbage look fair and fresh, though in groat quantities, until Saturday, when a…

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Country Tramways

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 December 1886 · page 4

The following excellent article appears in the Age:—"It was not without good reason that a special paragraph in the Governor's speech was assigned to the Shire Tramways…

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Contrast Between the Roads Around the Neighboring Provincial Towns —Albury and Beechworth. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1886 · page 15

SIR,—I avail myself, if with your leave, of the wide circulation on both sides of the Murray of your excellently-printed andgot-up repertory of weekly news, to submit to your…

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16 Mile Gums—(deniliquin Road)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 December 1886 · page 2

Since my last the weather has been very hot, with high winds and much dust. Herbage, fresh and green, and water plentiful along stock routes…

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The Country, 16-Mile Gums, Booligal Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 December 1886 · page 2

Amount of rain since last report, 160 [?] weather mild, with cold nights. Great dissatisfaction is felt by several drovers on this road in not getting their stock watered at the…

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The Proposed Northern Tramway

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 December 1886 · page 2

[?]estion of a tramway or light railway from a [?] Junee to Hay line, into the interior, is a [?] importance, and one that should be [?]ated through the press. That one…

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