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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

167 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 9

Culcairn-corow a Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 July 1888 · page 2

THE New South Wales Parliament was prorogued at noon on Tuesday, and just previous to the ceremony the Premier announced the railways which…

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The Prorogation. the Government Railway Proposals

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1888 · page 27

Parliament was prorogued at noon on Tuesday, but it was doubtful up to the last moment whether the Government would be able to carry out their original programme. The…

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Determined Attempt at Suicide. a Wo Man Jumps Off the Victoria Street Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 25

The incidents of the Laura Swain tragedy at the Victoria-street Bridge over the Ya[?]a, which created so much excitement when it occurred some months ago, are revived by an…

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Railway Travelling in Australia

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 4

RAILWAY travelling in this country may still be said to be in its youth, and there is yet time for remodelling it. At present the system in vogue…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 4

The twenty-eighth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held at the Company’s Offices. Deniliquin on Tuesday last. Mr George [?]…

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The Wentworth-Broken Hill Tramway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 2

At the Land Board held at Wentworth on Monday, 6th inst., (says the "Mildura Cultivator") an application was lodged by the Hon. T. F. Cummins…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 3

London, Thursday.—A terrible railway accident has occurred in the States. Forty persons are injured, some fatally. Blood stock valued at forty thousand pounds, the…

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Latest by Telegraph Terrible Railway Accident. London, August 14

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 2

A terrible railway accident is reported from United States. A train on the trunk line ran off the rails while going at a great rate of speed…

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Terrible Railway Accident. London, August 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 21

A terrible railway accident has occurred on the Eyrie railway. Forty persons were injured some it is believed fatally…

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Tumbarumba-adelong Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 4

The Cootamundra Railway League have taken up the question of the Tumbarumba railway [?] Adelong in opposition to the Wagga route. The League wrote to the Adelong Progress…

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Railway Freight on Implements, Farm Produce, &c

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 27

A new scale of charges has recently been Compiled by the Victorian Railway Commissioners in reference to the carriage of agricultural implements, farm produce, &[?]., and this…

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Canals V. Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 10

The introduction of the railway system (says the Weekly Dispatch) was not an unmixed good, inasmuch as it put a stop to enterprise in connection with canal…

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Fencing the Swan Hill Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 2

At Parliament house, Melbourne, on the evening of the 13th inst. Mr. Madden, Mr. Langdon, Mr. M'Coll, and Mr. Brown, Ms. L.A., brought under…

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“Tipping” on the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1888 · page 24

Among the inconveniences of the system of “tipping,” as practised by passengers by rail, the Railway Press points out that it is only those officials who are fortunate enough to…

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Railway Accident in France

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 August 1888 · page 2

London, Monday.—A railway train has been buried under a landslip between Lyons and St. Etienne. No loss of life is reported…

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Match Against Oxford and Cam- Bridge Past and Present. London, August 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 18

The Australian Eleven commenced a match at Portsmouth to-day against a combined team, representing past and present players of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge…

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Railway Accident in France

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 2

London, Thursday.—A terrible railway accident has taken place near Digon, France. The Paris express train, when passing over a viaduct, left the rails, and while the train was…

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Dacoits Destroying a Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 11

On July 3 a band of dacoits, 200 strong, from the Tharrawaddy district in Lower Burmah, Out the railway arid telegraph lines at a point some 200 miles to the south…

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Railway Meeting at Mitta Mitta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 26

One of the largest meetings that has ever been at Mitta Mitta was held in the Mechanics’ on Tuesday night, the 28th August The object of the meeting was to make…

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Song of the Melbourne Tramcars

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 September 1888 · page 5

Ram 'em in, Jam 'em in, Push 'em in the pack. Hustle 'em…

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