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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

323 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 17

Railway Trespassing Tragedies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 33

Few of the general public take any heed of railway statistics, and when they hear that almost every year there are in this country more than a thousand accidents,…

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Defrauding the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 28

Every month (says the Age) 10,000 persons are said to be found travelling upon the New South Wales railways without tickets. The Deputy Railway Commissioner…

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Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 29

At a well-attended public meeting at Boosey it was decided to form a railway league, to agitate for the extension of the railway line from Katamatite to…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Fifty-second Half-yearly Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 4

The fifty-second half-yearly meeting of the share-holders of the above company was held on Tuesday morning last. The Hon. G. Simmie, chairman of directors, presided, and the others present were:…

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The Luck of the Northern Mail. the Story of a Runaway Boy and a Runaway Train. (Concluded.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1900 · page 8

Suddenly there came a pealing roar from the Mogul, a wild shout for brakes! The draw heads crashed together along the train, and involuntarily Sorrel jumped to his feet…

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Mulwala Railway League

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1900 · page 29

At the last meeting of the Mulwala Railway League, the principal business was to discuss the advisableness or otherwise of an alliance with the Clear Hills…

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An Electric Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 25

The electric tram is already known in Australia. In England they have the electric train. Two or three railways of this kind are already in full working order in London, the…

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Wodonga Road Grants

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 33

The usual grant of £400 to the Wodonga Shire Council, to assist in maintaining the Wodonga to Albury road, is amongst the votes provided for in the…

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Traveller. Won on the Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 1

‘People talk about the transatlantic professional poker player,’ observed a gentleman recently, but over here I can prove to you any day that we have men…

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A Dangerous Road

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

WE would earnestly call the attention of the Government authorities to the present dangerous condition of the approaches across the swamp leading to…

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Travellen. Won on the Railway

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

'People talk about the transatlantic professional poker player,' observed a gentleman recently, but over here I can prove to you any day that we have men…

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The Railways. The Annual Report. Some Interesting Figures

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1900 · page 2

The annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended 30th June, is to hand, and from it we take the following interesting figures, which do not include…

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Burglary at Old Junee. the Railway Station Safe Removed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1900 · page 21

At 3.30 on Tuesday morning Mrs. Ross, wife of Mr. A. Rose, stationmaster at Old Junee, was aroused by hearing sounds of rapping in the vicinity of the station. Mrs…

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Temora-gunbar Railway League. Meeting at Gunbar

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 September 1900 · page 2

A meeting of the Gunbar Branch of the Temora-Gunbar Railway League took place at the Gunbar Hotel, on Thursday, the 30th ult. Heavy rain having fallen during the…

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The Proposed Temora to Gunbar Railway. Inquiry by the Public Works Committee Report by the Commissioners for Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 September 1900 · page 4

Mr. Henry Deane, Engineer-in-Chief, Railway Construction Branch, Department of Public Works, was examined on Friday afternoon by the…

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An Important Road Case

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 19

At the Albury Land Board on Friday, before Messrs. F. W. Watt, W. N. Edmondson, and W. I. Johnson, the adjourned case of the petition for road through Owen Daly's…

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Proposed Railway Extension Berrigan to Barooga. Enthusiastic Meeting at NANGUNlA

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 3

It has been a dream with the residents of the districts surround is g Berrigan, and away back as far as Hay, that in the dim future a railway would be constructed to connect the…

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The Railway Clear. London, September 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 27

The Russian troops have now regained the whole of the Manchurian railway, portions of which had been seized by the Chinese and destroyed…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 39

Cattle continue to stray in all parts of Victoria, despite the fact that the department has provided all level crossings at which there are not gatehouses with pits…

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Raid on the Railway London, September 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 26

Another successful railway raid has been made by the Boers. At Klip River Theron's scouts destroyed the railway line and burned a train of 23 trucks laden with…

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