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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

197 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 10

The Wahgunyah Bridge Gate

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 2

IN connection with this ridiculous and unnecessary barrier the following correspondence has reached us through the secretary of the Corowa Progress Committee:--…

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On a Western Road

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 2

HE got on at a water tank. He was lean and lank, and was dressed in a suit of clothes of antediluvian date, which showed by the many wrinkles in the long-tailed…

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Latest Telegrams. The Deniliquin Bridge. Closed to Vehicular Traffic. a New Bridge to Be Erected. Deniliquin

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 1

The Deniliquin bridge has been out of repair for several months. Efforts have been made ever since to obtain Government assistance, but without…

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Collapse of the Bridge at Deniliquin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 37

A very serious break occurred in the bridge over the Edwards River on Monday, and the bridge is now practically in a state of collapse. In consequence of this all vehicular traffic has…

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The Tramp Nuisance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 28

The Braidwood Dispatch says :— “Tramps are becoming every day more numerous about here. They are to be met with on the roads in all directions, on the road from Nowra, from…

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Railway Returns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 29

The quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly last week. The traffic for the past quarter shows a decrease of…

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Overhead Railway Bridges

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 29

In the Assembly last week Mr. See, In replying to a question re tho necessity for overhead bridges at Wagga and G[?]ulburn railway stations, said he was informed by the Railway…

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The Corowa Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 29

Our Corowa contemporary says :— “During the last few weeks several changes of arrangement have been made on the Corowa Culca[?] line prominent amongst which is the new…

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The Deniliquin Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 2

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last to consider the unsafe and dangerous state of the bridge over the Edwards river. For some months past the…

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The Tocumwal Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 28

The Dan[?] Chronicle says:— [?] day night Mr. Murcott, the [?] of the Tocumwal bridge, arrived [?] Denil quin for the purpose of laying out [?]…

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The Cobram Bridge. Practical Evidence of Its Construction. Boring Operations Commencing

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 3

On Tuesday evening last a representative of this paper made the acquaintance of Mr James Nutman, the overseer of borings for the Government of New South Wales, and…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Station Master’s Daughter Run Over

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 37

As the 10 45 p.m. train was leaving Rutherglen on Monday night a very sad accident took place. It appears that two children, a girl and a boy, aged about 11 and 10 years,…

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Correspondence. the Henty Railway Station. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 19

SIR, — The residents and farmers of Henty and surrounding district are much dissatisfied with the action of the Railway Department in not providing the Henty railway station with…

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The Edwards River Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 2

THE vagaries of Aldermen Moltine, George Evans and [?] the proposed [?] to the Edwards river bridge, as indicated by their action at the meeting of the [?] Council on…

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Road, Rail, Canal, River: All Near and Parallel

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 2

At the pretty little riverside village of Bowline on the Clyde, two miles above the historic Dumbarton Roek, there is to be seen what is probably without parallel in the…

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Incendiarism and Train-wrecking. London, May 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 18

Outbreaks of lawlessness continue in connection with the strike in the shipping trade now proceeding at Hull, and there have been several attempts at serious…

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Victorian Railway Committee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 28

It was announced some weeks ago that the Government on looking into the question of future railway construction came to the contusion that it was necessary that the Railway…

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Road, Rail, Canal, River: All Near and Parallel

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 17 May 1893 · page 5

At the pretty little riverside village of Bowling on the Clyde, two miles above the historic Dumbarton Rock, there is to be seen what is probably without parallel in the…

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Good Roads

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1893 · page 1

One of the best arguments for good roads is contained in a calculation recently published in one of the engineering papers. It states that on the worst earth roads, not…

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The Edwards River Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1893 · page 28

The Pastoral Times says :—“The tender of Messrs. Johnston and Fox having been accepted for the execution of repairs to the Edwards River bridge, the work will be…

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