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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

323 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 17

The Railway Agitation. Committee Meeting

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 3

The first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Berrigan-Barooga Railway League was held at Gleeson’s Nangunia Hotel, on Saturday…

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Competition with the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 28

The Victorian railways are threatened with a loss of portion of the Gipps land traffic through the competition of the waterway and the road. At a recent meeting of…

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Wyalong Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 28

The report of the Public "Works Committee upon the proposed railway from Temora to Wyalong was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on 4th inst…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 28

A young man named Charles Murray, while carrying a swag and walking along the railway line at Goulburn, met the paper train on a narrow bridge two miles…

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A Charge Against Railway Laborers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 29

The attention of the Minister for Works having been directed to the alleged drunkenness prevalent among some of the men working on a now railway line, and also to…

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Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 16

At the close of the Hay council meeting, the mayor said that while he was absent on his recent trio he ascertained that the Deniliquin and Moama Railway…

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The Northern Railway. Difficulties Removed. London, October 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 27

Much tension has lately existed between Great Britain aud Russia on account of tho eagerness shown by the Russia authorities in China to assume control of the norther…

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The Proposed Railway to Deniliquin

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

A glance at the map of Australia is sufficient to demonstrate that the natural route for a railway line from this district to the sea is from Hay to…

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The Proposed Temora-gunbar-hillston Railway. The Public Works Committee At Mount Ida

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

Tuesday, 9th inst., was quite a red-letter day in the history of Mt. Ida, owing to the visit of the Public Works Committee, who left Temora on 5th inst. to take evidence…

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About Gunbar. The Proposed Railway and Other Matters

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

The visit of three members of the Assembly and two of the Council, in the capacity of members of the Public Works Committee, which took place last week, was a matter of…

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The Proposed Temora-gun-bar-hillston Railway. The Works Committee at Hillston. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 4

The Public Works Committee arrived here from Temora, via Gunbar, on Thursday. Evidence in connection with the railway extension was taken yesterday. The…

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Train Speeds

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 October 1900 · page 4

A correspondent of the "Times" has collected together date concerning the fastest trains in the world, and it is mortifying to observe what an…

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The Mulwala Road and Lamps on the Bridge. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 34

SIR,—I look on like many others and am at a loss to know how it is that useless metal is broken and spread on the Mulwala-road for years past without some of your readers in…

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A Railway Accident. an Ambush Follows. British Officers Killed and Wounded. London, October 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 26

An unfortunate incident is reported from Kaapmuiden, on the Delagoa Bay railway, 43 miles west of Komati Poort. At this point, where the railway had been…

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Railway Extension at Hay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 24

Mr. George Millor, mayor of Hay, last week paid a visit to Bendigo, and in reference to the subject of railway extension, spoke to a local reporter as follows :—…

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Frauds on the West Australian Railway Department

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 28

In the Legislative Assembly at Perth the report of the select committee on the alleged Ice Company frauds was laid on the table. In the report it is stated that…

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The Netherlands Railways. Hopelessly Compromised. London, October 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 26

Very important evidence with regard to Netherlands Railway Company has been taken by the Concessions Commission now sitting at Cape Town…

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Road Grant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 37

Mr. T. H. Griffith, M.L.A., has received the following communication :—" Public Works Department, Sydney, 19th October, 1900. Sir,—With reference to the petition signed…

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Stonethrowing at a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 29

A painful accident happened to a lady named Bryant, a resident of Ballarat, who was travelling to Stawell by the express train. Shortly after leaving…

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Intercolonial Items the Towong Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 28

In connection with the completion of the vote of £29,302 for road works and bridges, Mr. A. W. Craven, M.L.A., addressed the Victorian Assembly recently,…

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