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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

223 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 12

New South Wales Parliament. the Hyde Park Railway Scheme. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 35

In the Legislative Council the second reading of the Income Tax Declaratory Bill was carried, members strongly objecting to the retrospective clauses of the measure…

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The Congo Railway. a Stupendous Undertaking

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1898 · page 9

Commenced in 1888, tho Congo Railway has taken ten years to build; has cost 65 million francs, or £2,600,000 sterling; and has entailed a loss of life, among both…

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Traveller. a Railway Story

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 2

There is a romantic story in several chapters being carried on near the main line of the Santa Fe Railway in the United States, between Topeka and Emporia, and…

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