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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

227 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 12

The Frozen Meat Export Trade. the Railway [?] Fourteen Pence Per Truck [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 2

The [?] the freight to [?] charged [?] Railway [?] frozen [?] the railways for [?] On [?]…

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The Sunday Greek Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting was hold at Scott's Hotel. Wahgunyah, on Wednesday, 21st inst., to consider the most suitable site to erect the new bridge over the Sunday Creek, the…

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Camping in Railway Carriages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 28

One of the favorite refuges for the homeless —the railway carriages at Prince's Bridge Melbourne — was descended upon at 2 o’clock on Friday morning, and in…

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The Minister of Railways and the Victorian Farmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 29

Mr. Richardson, the Minister of Railways, talketh in parables. A deputation of farmers waited on him to ask for reduction of freights, and predicting ruin for themselves if what…

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Proposed Land Grant Railways. an Offer to the Government. Interview with Mb Price-williams

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 4

On Tuesday Mr Richard Price-Williams, M.I.C.E , the distinguished engineering and railway way expert, who four years |and a half ago recommended the expenditure of £1,300,000 in…

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The Swan Hill Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 2

A large and influential meeting of residents of Swan Hill and Stony Crossing was held last night at Bell's Hotel, Swan Hill, Mr. J. W…

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A Murray Bridge for Swan Hill

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 2

THE residents of Swan Hill, as was shown at the meeting on Thursday evening, referred to elsewhere, are evidently determined to do all in their…

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The New Road Making Machine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 2

The trial of the New American Road Making Machine for which Messrs Carolin and Co., Limited, are the colonial agents and Messrs Mackenzie Bros., the local agents, came off on Wednesday last,…

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On the Country Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 4

At the Iowa stations it was found that a small quantity of liquid manure sprinkled around the corn when about two-thirds grown increased the vigor of…

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Train Robbery in Spain. London, April 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 21

An extaordinary incident has occurred in Spain. The Duchess of Manchester was travelling by railway in that country, when her jewels were stolen by a robber. The thief…

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Moree Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 29

In connection with the Moree railway, a telegram to the chairman of the Public Works Committee was published in the Herald a few days since, In reply to which Mr. James…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 4

A shocking accident, which had a fatal termination, occurred at Wangaratta railway station on Tuesday night. A young man named William Hadley was travelling to Melbourne by a cattle…

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Important Change in Railway Freights

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 26

The Railway Commissioners of New South Wales have made some further alterations in freight rates, which are calculated to seriously affect the amount of the trade done…

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Railway From Jaffa to Jerusalem

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 1

There is one country which stands, and must ever stand, pre-eminent among all Christian nations and in all Christian communities. That is Palestine—the Terra…

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The Swan Hill Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 2

THE people on either side of the Murray have long sighed for a bridge across the river at Swan Hill. If sighing can make it such, it should prove a veritable…

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Railway Construction

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 2

THE new development that has taken place in connection with railway construction, and the advocacy of expensive lines by a Government that has…

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Anew Road-making Machine

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 4

The trial of the New American Road Milking Machine, for which Messrs Carolin and Co., Limited, are the colonial agents, and Messrs…

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Railway Construction

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 29

From Melbourne we have received a pamphlet entitled "Railway Construction and Maintenance," by Mr. C. J. Wentworth Cookson. The pamphlet is published at the…

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The Swan Hill Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

At a meeting last week of the Swan Hill Progress Committee several letters were read with reference to the bridge, including one from the Premier, Mr. Patterson, and…

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The New Road Making Machine

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

The trial of the New American Road Making Machine for which Messrs. Carolin and Co., Limited, are the colonial agents, came off on Wednesday last, and was…

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