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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

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The Boer War. the Fight at Rensberg. Gallantry of the Canadians and Queenslanders. Canadian Artillery Most Effective. General French Holds Road and Bridge. Into Orange Free State. London, January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 21

Details are now being received regarding the recent engagement at Sunnyside, 20 miles to the north-west of Belmont, in which the colonial troops took part…

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Railway Communication Open to Escourt. Later

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

The latest news from South Africa states that a British armoured train has arrived at Estcourt, showing that railway communication is feasible up to that point…

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Electric Trams in Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 4

The new electric trams have been running from Pyrmont to Redfern, down George-street to Circular Quay and buck again, for the last month, to…

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The Position in Natal. The Boers Destroy an Important Railway Line. Rumoured Russian Movement in Asia

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

Kimberley heliographed New Year greetings to the Queen. The New Zealand trooper Bradford a dead…

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The Proposed Hillston Railway. Visit of an Inspecting Officer. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

Mr. Usher, of the Railway Department, in here collecting statistics with regard to the probable traffic in wool and stock in connection with the proposed railway extension…

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Railway Extension. the Savernake Line

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

A meeting was held at Savernake on Saturday last, to further deal with the proposed extension of the railway system to Savernake, when Mr…

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The Siberian Railway. Completion of the Line. London, January 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 35

It is announced that the Trans - Baikal section of the Siberian railway has been completed. Direct railway communication is now…

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Terrible Railway Accident Wear Bendigo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 31

A very shocking accident happened at the M'lvor-road crossing, four miles from Bendigo on the Wallan line, on New Year's day, a picnic party in a cab being run into by an…

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Poetry. the Love Bridge

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

Two little feet upon the stairs, Two little arms were open wide, Two little hands would bar the way Trying to reach from side to side…

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The Cobram Bridge

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 2

MATTERS in connection with the erection of the bridge across the Murray connect Barooga and Cobram, appear to be proceeding at a very…

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New Bridge for Colenso. Built in England. London, January 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 27

Sir Redvers Buller having reported some time ago that the Boers had destroyed the girders of two bridges over the Tugela River at Colenso, orders were given by the…

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The Late Railway Strike in West Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 25

The result of the strike of railway employes in West Austrrlia justifies Mr. Piesse's estimate of its importance. It will be remembered that the cause of final complaint…

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The Victorian Social Science Congress. Railway Labor. Interesting Figures. the Wealth of the Brasseys

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 1

While the ethnologists were discoursing of blacks at the Melbourne Science congress last week, Mr W. Walker (Victorian railways, Spencer street) was entertaining the Economic…

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The Pontoon Bridge. Smart Piece of Engineering. London, January 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 27

Great praise has been accorded Ly Sir Redvers Buller to the pridge company of Royal Engineers attached to the Ladysmith relief column…

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The Boer Camps. a New Siege Train. London, January 18. London, January 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 27

Reports lately received from Natal point to the Boers being threatened with an outbreak of the illness they dread the most. Small-pox is said to have broken out in the Orders have been received at Sheerness from the War Office to immediately organise a siege train for embarkation to South Africa. The train is to be sent to Cape Town…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

A Chi[?]man was cut in two on the railway line this morning in the vicinity of Pennant Hills…

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Hay-deniliquin Railway League. a Public Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

A public meeting under the auspices of the Hay-Deniliqiun Railway League was held last night at the Academy of Music There was a good attendance, and the…

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Hay to Deniliquin Railway

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2

A meeting in connection with the above League was held at the Academy of Music on Thursday evening. There was a good attendance…

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The Road to Ladysmith. a Series of Entrenchments. London, February 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 26

Balloon and other reconnissances from Colenso have shown that General Buller's troops, on fighting their way to Ladysmith, will have to contend against not only the natural…

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The Proposed Railway to Hillston. Visit of the Railway Commissioners. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners, with the Traffic Manager, arrived at noon yesterday, meeting the Farmers' Association and prominent townsmen in the evening,…

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