The Cobram Bridge
Tacitly for the last two years the Victorian Government has been committed to the construction of a bridge over the Murray at Cobram. Recently plans of the bridge were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
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Intercolonial Items. the Murray Bridge at Cobram
Every now and then a step is taken — sometimes it is forward a:-d sometimes backward— in regard to the proposed bridge over the Murray at Cobram. The matter is one of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Latest Telegrams. the American Railway Strike. London, Thursday
The grand jury found true Bills against Deps and other leaders, The men are accused of conspiring unlawfully to block »he progress of mails of the United States Government, an offence…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Martial Law Proclaimed at Indiana. a Mail Train Wrecked. London
Martial law has been proclaimed in Indiana. The strikers wrecked a mail train by removing a number of rails from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The American Railway Strike. a Ringleader Punished. London
Phelan, one of the leaders in the American railway strike, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Armoured Train
Why armour trains have not been included in our scheme of nationat defence—especially in a country possessing so many good railways as England—is a question which the military…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Victorian Railways
Henceforth the system used in the issue of railway circulars to the staff will cease, and instead all instructions except those relating to train movements, live stock tr[?]ic and other…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway Competition
A Sydney telegram ease :—W.th reference to the telegram received from Melbourne, stating that the Minister of R til ways there bad Information to the effect that New South…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Non-paying Railways
The Swan Hill Guardium refers to a recently published list of non-paying railway lines, included in which was the Swan Hill to Kerang line, set down as showing an approximate loss…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Cablegrams. the Railway Strike in America. Thousands of Men Returning to Work. Immense Destruction of Railway Property. Total Amount, £800,000. LONDON, July 16
The railway strike has now completely Collapsed. Thousands of the striker[?] are returning to work and are severing their connection with the union…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Extraordinary Crimes. Wholesale Murder in Railway Carriages. Fifteen Persons on Trial. London, July 17
A criminal trial of an extraordinary character was commenced to-day at B[?]ssels. For sometime past the murder of railway passengers has been of frequent occurrence,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Victorian Railway Freights. the New South Wales Wheat Rebate Abolished
The question of securing some intercolonial arrangement to charge ordinary railway rates near the border was discussed at a conference on Tuesday between the Minister of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Differential Railway Rates
A correspondent, writing to a Deniliquin paper, says that there seems to be some confusion of ideas respecting the Victorian differential rates and the action of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Railway Strike in America. the Situation in Chicago. London, July 19
The disorder which prevailed in Chicago consequence of the recent strike of railway employes has now entirely subsided. President Cleveland has, therefore, given…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Railway Rebates
One of the consequences of the repeal of the railway by-law giving rebates on Riverina wheat shipped round to Sydney was promptly brought under the notice of the commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Border Railway Rates. Action of the Victorias Authorities
The question of the border railway rates again formed the subject of an interview on Tuesday in Melbourne, between the Minister and the Commissioners of railways. Mr Richardson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railways. Decrease in Revenue. 600 Men to Be Reti[?]ed
A long sitting of the Victorian Cabinet wm held on Monday last, when the question Of reducing the enormous expenditure on the railways was considered Sir James Patterson pointed out that the…
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The driver of the midnight train to Preston on Wednesday felt the wheels of his engine meet with some obstacle on the line near the Regent-street crossing. Looking out on his…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway Men on the Land
The proposal of the Victorian Government to settle officers who can be spared from the Railway Department on the land has now reached a practical stage. By instruction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The New Bridge. Tenders Called
As was announced some time ago tenders have been called for the erection of a new bridge over the Edwards River at[?] the advertisement for which appeared for the first time in last…
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