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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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Thee English Fast Train Record

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1889 · page 1

During the recent railway racing to Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Northeastern Company made a change in their engines; the regular engines that had been on the Scotch…

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Tramps in Saxony

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 February 1889 · page 1

Wilting from his consulate at Annaberg, Germany, Mr. George B. Goodwill, formerly a Maine journalist, gives the Saco Board of Trade some suggestions for the treatment of…

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The English Fast Train Record

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 2

During the recent railway racing to Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Northeastern Company made a change in their engines; the regular engines that had been on the Scotch…

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Railway Disaster in Canada

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 3

London, Friday.—A disastrous railway accident has taken place at Canada. A train on the Canadian Grand Trunk line fell into a ravine, and 10 passengers were killed and 40…

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Tramps in Saxony

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 2

Writing from his consulate at Annaberg, Germany, Mr. George B. Goodwin, formerly a Maine journalist, gives the Saco Board of Trade some suggestions for the treatment of…

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Railway Gauges of the World

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 10

From a comprehensive review of the history and development of railroad gauges, the following particulars in regard to the gauges of the world are extracted from the…

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New Shout Road to Mount Hope. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 March 1889 · page 2

SIR,—I had the privilege through the kind courtesy of Mr Lakeman of reading a letter from the Under-Secretary of Works to the former gentleman, intimating that the papers…

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Railway Disaster in Canada

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 March 1889 · page 4

London, Friday.—A disastrous railway accident has taken place at Canads. A train on the Canadian Grand Trunk line fell into a ravine, and 10 passengers were killed and 40…

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Correspondence. the Upper Murray Bridge Question. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 25

SIR,—To all those who look upon the erection of a bridge over the Upper Murray as a national necessity, and who recognise the great importance of having the structure fixed upon…

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Railway Commissioners for Queensland. London, March 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 18

It is reported that Mr. F. C. Newton, of the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway, is likely to be appointed Chief Commissioner of Railways for Queensland…

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The New South Wales Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 15

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ending December shows that, while the passenger traffic was slightly heavier than for the corresponding quarter of last year, the…

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Original Correspondence. the New Road to Mount Hope. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 2

Sir,—In last Tuesday a issue of The Grazier a letter appeared form Mr A. N. Grant, advocating the opening up of a new road to Mount. Hope, tia Roto, which, be…

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The Wahgunyah-corowa Bridge to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 25

SIR,—What is everyone's business is proverbially nobody’s business, but it would be a good many people's business if this structure become impassable, in fact it would be almost…

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The Short Road Hillston to Mount Hope. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in The Grazier of the 12th inst: that "Roadster" condemns the shortening of the present mail route from Hillston to Mount Hope. I think it would…

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Tram Accident in Lancashire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 2

London, Thursday—A terrible accident has occurred at Lancashire. A steam tramcar overturned in rounding a curve. It was crowded with passengers, twenty of whom were killed,…

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The Hay Road Murder

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 2

THE circumsta[?]ces in connection with the trial and execution of the man Cordini for the murder of the hawker George Mizon, on the Hay road, near Pretty Pine, on the 10th October, 1883, have again been…

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The Tram Conductor’s Brother in Law

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 4

The Melbourne Age remarks that it is not long since an attempt at imposing on the Tramway Company was made by a new arrival from the United States, who bad brought with him a…

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A Chat with Edison. The Many Electric Wonders of the Wizard's Workshop. Practical Methods Pursued by the Great Inventor—Recent Experiments in the Application of Electricity to Railway Transportation

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 2

If you meet Edison this morning he has just found something, and if you meet him to-morrow he has added a mew discovery to the realm of scientific invention. It is…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 16

A most terrible accident happened to a young woman named Margaret D'Arcy, at the South Melbourne railway station, on Saturday evening. She was a domestic servant in the…

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The Jerilderie Th Deniliquin Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 2

As stated in this [?] Roberts. the District [?] made an inspection [?] Jerilderie to Deniliquin [?]…

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