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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

261 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 14

Railways in China. Russia Aggressive. Fresh Demands. London, May 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 26

Russia continues to show great diplomatic activity in connection with her demands for railway concessions from China…

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Traveller. a Wonderful Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

The world contains many vary remarkable railway, but of those those perhaps, is more wonderful than the one which can claim the honour of being the highest in Europe…

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Two Chicago Tramps

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 1

Eight or ten of them, men and women, were having a picnic out in Douglas Park the other day. The women were just "laying the things" and preparing for supper…

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Railways. Not Ripe for Federation

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2
Also in The Corowa Free Press, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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Railways Not Ripe for Federation

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 2

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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Railway Dubbo to Coonamble

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 29

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works had tinder further consideration the question of censtructing a fine of railway from Dubbo to…

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Single-lime Railway. Manchester to Liverpool. London, June 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 27

A committee of merchants of Liverpool and Manchester propose that a single-line railway on the Behr system, shall be constructed between Manchester and…

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Railway Accident. Three Persons Killed. London, June 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 26

A railway accident has occurred at Flushing, in the Netherlands. Owing to the failure of a pneumatic brake to act, an express train dashed off the line…

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Railways. Not Ripe for Federation

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 5

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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Traveller a Wonderful Railway

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 6

The world contains many very remarkable railway, but of those none, perhaps, is more wonderful than the one which can claim the honour of being the highest in Europe…

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Cycling. Bordeaux-paris Road Race

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 19

The Duulop Tyre Company received the following cable, dated London, Thursday:—"The Bordeaux to Paris road race finished to-day. The winner was C. Huret (France)…

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Railway Cauge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 28

The matter of uniform gauge is, like the border rates, one of those in which the late Mr. Eddy took a warm interest, and his insistent advocacy of uniformity…

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Railway Sleepers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 29

It has always been the policy of the Railway Commissioners of the colony to use practicably nothing but ironbark for sleepers on the permanent, way. Within…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Ganger Run Down by a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 37

A shocking accident happened on Tuesday morning to a gauger named William Hart employed on the railway line between Baddaginnie and Violet Town. Hart was…

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The Proposed Railway to Tocumwal. Meeting at Tocumwal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 4

The Tocumwal Railway League held an enthusiastic meeting in Hillson's Hall on Monday evening, which was largely attended and included 10 delegates from the…

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The First Motor-car Marriage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 35

I felt sure (writes the Paris correspondent of M.A.P.) that it was bound to come [?]oner of later. It has come, and what is more, by one of those glorious flukes which…

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Victorian Railway Service

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 29

The time for receiving applications for the 387 vacancies in the Railway department closed on Thursday when it was found from a rough calculation that no fewer…

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Suicide of a Railway Employe

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 29

A retired railway employe, named Patrick Nelson, cut his throat on Thursday in an abandoned cottage in which he had been sleeping at South Melbourne. Workmen…

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