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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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A Horrible Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 9

The Buenos Ay res Standard gives the details of the accident which occurred on. the Rosario line on 14th March. It says : —" The accident occurred on the…

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The Railway Commissioners in the Wagga Wagga District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 25

Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, Railway Commissioners, visited Tumbarumba on Friday, and were interviewed by a deputation of the townspeople, who placed before them statistics…

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Obscene Literature at French Railway Stations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 17

A small rampart is about to be erected against the overflow of obscenity—at least in French railway stations on the northern line —and English eyes (the Paris correspondent of…

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Hillston Railway Movement. Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 1

At the public meeting convened yesterday by the Mayor to support the Cootamundra Railway League in obtaining a railway via Barmedman, a motion to that effect was moved by Mr…

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Murderous Assault in a Railway Carriage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 10

Robert Mann, a millworker, residing in Blantyre, near Glasgow, was examined before the sheriff Hamilton, and committed to prison, charged with committing an…

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Banquet to the Queensland Railway Commissioners London, June 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 18

Messrs. John Mathieson and Andrew Johnston, who were recently appointed respectively chief and assistant commissioners for the Queensland railways, were entertained last…

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Hillston Railway Movement. Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

At the public meeting convened yesterday by the Mayor to support the Cootamundra Railway League is obtaining a railway via Barmed man, a motion to that effect waa moved by Mr…

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Hillston Railway Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 2

As wired you, a public meeting was held at the Royal Mail Hotel on Friday, the 21st inst., for the purpose of considering the advisability of uniting with the Cootamundra…

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Cost of Stopping a Train

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 June 1889 · page 2

"It is not generally known what loss of power is involved in the starting and stoping of a train of cars. There is required about twice as much power to stop a train as…

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The Proposed Murray Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 4

Last week there was laid on the table of the House, on the application of Mr. Lyne, the report of the engineers appointed to enquire into the question of various proposed bridge…

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The Armagh Railway Accident. London, June 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 18

The coroner's inquest in connection with the Armagh railway accident on the 12th instant, when 100 school children and others were killed, and as many injured, has resulted in a…

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Railway Rebates on Goods for Riverina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 25

In accordance with the powers conferred upon them by the Railway Commissioners Act 1883, the Victorian Railway Commissioners have framed a new by-law dealing…

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Riverina Railway Freights. Abolition of the Rebate System

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 4

The Melbourne Herald of Saturday says that the Railway Commissioners have, as we previously announced, had under their consideration for several days a new bye law, whereby the…

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The First Cantilever Bridge

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 4

The most unique bridge in Japan is the monkey bridge that one sees in the Kof[?]aide before reaching the town of Kofu, wirtes a St. Louis Globe correspondent. It spans a…

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The Wahgunyah-murray Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 2

WHEN Mr. JOHN NIMMO was enjoying the sweets of office for the last few days before his successor, Mr. D. M. DAVIES, was appointed Minister of…

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Cost of Stopping a Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 2

"It is not generally known what loss of power is involved in the starting and stopping of a train of cars. There is required about twice as much power to stop a train as…

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Tramcar Slavery in England

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 35

“Annie Besant” thus writes to the Pall Mall Gazatte :—English workers are more longsuffering than their foreign comrades, and such a strike as that of the tramcar…

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The Railway Commissioners at Wilcannia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 25

The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Eddy and Oliver) arrived at Wilcannia on Saturday. A deputation from the Wilcannia Railway League, introduced by the Mayor, met the…

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The Delagoa Bay Railway. the Concession Cancelled by Portugal. London, June 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 18

Portugal has cancelled the concession for the construction of a railway from Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal, to Delagoa Bay. Three hundred railway employes have…

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Bridge Requirements Across the Murray. One Bridge at Tocumwal

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 4

Some time ago two engineers, representing the New South Wales and Victorian Governments were appointed to inquire into the whole question of the bridge requirements for the intercolonial…

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