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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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The Railway Over the Alps. London, August 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1889 · page 4

Two German companies formed for constructing a railway over the Alps have amalgamated and propose to construct two lines over the mountain…

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Railway to Urana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1889 · page 26

On Saturday last a large and influential meeting of the residents of the district was held at Mr. Hughes’s Four Corners. Every class was well represented, upwards of 150 persons being…

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The Murray Bridge at Cobram. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 19

SIR,—In glancing over the columns of your valuable paper of the 23rd inst., I came across the correspondence contributed by “ Fingal” of Tocumwal. After reading the epistle twice…

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Shocking Accident on a Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1889 · page 26

A shocking accident occurred between Hexham and Tarro, on the Northern railway line, on Friday night. Two brothers, named Henry and Martin Carroll, and another man…

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Deniliquin. and Jerilderie Railway League

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Deniliquin and Jerilderie Railway League was held at the Town Hall on Monday afternoon last Mr J. G. Evans occupied the chair, and Messrs Chandler, Reriot.,…

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The Floods and the Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 2

Not since the high roadway was constructed have the flood-waters of the Murray risen to such a level as they are to-day. The recent rains have sent down an immense…

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The Corowa Wahgunyah Bridge. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 2

On the Loan Estimates, submitted last night, £7,500 appears for the Corowa-Wahgunyah Bridge. For other bridges on the Murray the…

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Heavy Rains and Floods in Victoria. the Damage to the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1889 · page 26

Official reports were received by the railway authorities on Saturday respecting the effects of the floods on the lines in the country. The North-Eastern railway about…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 September 1889 · page 2

THE sectional committee of the Public Works Standing Committee visited Corowa last Saturday accompanied by the members for the district, Messrs. LYNE and HAYES,…

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Corowa to Culcairn Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1889 · page 37

The Sectional Committee took evidence at Albury, in open court, at the court-house on Wednesday, the 11th instant, at 11 a.m. The first witness was Mr. Bowyer-Sm[?],…

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A Great Chinese Railway. London, September 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1889 · page 27

The Chinese Government have sanctioned the construction of a railway from Pekin to Hankow, an important town at the junction of the Yang-tse Kiang and the Han rivers, 688…

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Proposed New Bridge Over the Murray Minister in Favor of Tocumwal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 15

A well-attended deputation, representing residents in the neighbourhood of Tocumwal on both sides of the Murray, accompanied by Messrs. Graham, Hall, Graves, Heighett,…

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Losses of N.s.w. Railway Lines £55,000 Per Year Lost on the Junee-bay Line

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 2

Some interesting evidence relating to the earnings of some of the southern railways was given before the Public Works Committee on Wednesday. It was shown that the…

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The Jerilderie-mulwala Railway. to the Editor of the Albuby Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 15

SIR,— Whilst all other parts of the New South Wales border districts are urging on their Government to afford them railway communication with Sydney, the residents of…

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Our Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 2

ALTHOUGH it has long bean an open secret that the working of the Junee-Hay line is accompanied by an annual low, there was, nevertheless, we…

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The Corowa-culcairn Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 2

IT would be strange, if, with the recent visit of a portion of the Committee of Public Works still fresh in their minds, the people of this district should calmly and…

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The Bunyip Railway Station Robbed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 27

A robbery was committed at the Bunyip railway station some time during Friday night. the surroundings of which leave little doubt that the theft was not committed by…

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Original Correspondence. Railway Extension. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 October 1889 · page 2

SIR,—As the Government will during the recess be considering what railway lines should be recommended to Parliament it is time that the country districts were bringing…

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The Victorian Railway Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 2

LAST Friday morning the Railway Commissioners visited Wahgunyah for the purpose of personally inspecting the goods sheds, with a view to…

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Railway Accident in Italy, Collision in a Tunnel Many Lives Lost. London, October 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 18

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