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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

323 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 17

The Lockhart Savernake Railway. Deputation to the Minister for Public Works (By Wire — From Our Correspondents.) Sydney

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2

The question of the [?] of a line from [?] to Savernake was brought prominently under the notice of the Hon E. W. O Sullivan, Minister for Public Works,…

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The Lockhart-savernake Railway. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 21

A deputation relative to the Lockhart to Savernake railway was received by tho Minister for Works to-day, consisting of Messrs M.Lelsn, Brett, Killen, and Thornber, were…

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Railway Accident. a Chinaman's Luck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 27

Our old friend Wan Goon, the vegetable merchant of Wodonga, had a very narrow escape of being numbered among the slain on Friday afternoon. As the goods train which…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Annual Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

The fifty-first half-yearly meeting of the above Company was held at 11 o’clock On Tuesday last at the Company’s offices. Present:—Messrs G. Simmie (Chairman), J…

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Original Correspondence. an Unsafe Bridge. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 3

SIR,--Your strictures on the unsatisfactory state of our approach bridges are not made too soon or too severe; and with but little qualification they could be…

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Light Railways. the Line From Lockhart to Savernake. Deputation From Urana, Clear Hills, and Savernake

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 2

On the 7th inst. a deputation from Urana, Clear Hills, and Savernake waited upon the Minister for Works asking for the extension of a light line of rail from Lockhart via…

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Light Railways. Deputation From Urana, Clear Hills, and Savernake

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 3

ON Wednesday morning the Minister for Works received a deputation from the Urana, Clear Hills, and Savernake districts. There were present--Messrs. P…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 16

A Shocking fatality occurred on Friday morning at Mary Vale, five miles from Wellington, to Mr. Angus M'Millan, a fottler, and his daughter, Miss Kate M'Millan,…

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Hay-Deniliquin Railway League

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1900 · page 2

At a public meeting held at Hay in reference to the above, The Mayor said that the meeting was called to advance the Hay-Deniliquin…

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Railway Runaways [?]Ekciting Chases After Truant Trains

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 1

Of the many romantic aspects of our iron roads few, perhaps, are more exciting than adventures in connection with, runaway railway engines and trains…

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Original Correspondence. the Lighting of the Bridge. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 2

SIR,--A matter that should engage the attention of tho local Progress Committee is the system of lighting adopted on the bridge. There is a sufficiency of lamps,…

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Proposed Railway from Lockhart to Mulwala. a League Formed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 3

In response to the advertisement which appeared in our last, from Mr. John M'Namara, convening a meeting at Mulwala, for last Friday evening, to consider the…

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Original Correspondence. Re Lamps on Bridge and Approaches. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 2

SIR,--In reply to your correspondent in this matter, the Progress Committee has had a great deal of trouble and correspondence to secure the lamps already…

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Loud Roberts Success. Details of Osfontein. Bloemfontein Threatened. Boers Blow Up a Bridge. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 March 1900 · page 2

The latest news from South Africa states that General Botha is in command of 6000 Boers at Glencoe, in Natal. General Clements, it is reported, has…

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His Time Was Limited. The Train's Delay Was a Matter of Importance to the Traveller

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 5

They were holding the west-bound express at Reno for the east-bound to pass, and after a while a tough-looking character came sauntering into the…

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Rags and Bones. a Night in a Tramp's Hotel

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 1

In the summer the vagrant pauses his existence loafing in the sunshine. In the winter he passes his time in a steady journey from one extremity of the…

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How I Escaped From Pretoria. Adventures on the Road to Delagoa Bay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

How unhappy is that poor man who loses his liberty! What can the wide world give him in exchange? No degree of material comfort, no consciousness of correct…

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Railway Extension

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

YEARS ago, when the greater proportion of the colony was devoted to entirely pastoral pursuits, the necessity for the extension of our railway…

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The War! Another British Successs. Troops at Bloemfontein. Seizure of the Railway. Telegraphs to Pretoria Cut. Good Work by the Australian Troops. Per Reuter to the "Albury Banner." General Buller's Losses. Kruger Determined to Fight to the Last. London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 26

General Buller'a additional casualties in rank and file from 16th to the 27th ult. were 115 killed, 582 wounded, and 54 missing, chiefly 1st Inniskilling Fusiliers, of whom…

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Private Railways That Are Not Toys

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 2

Of late years there has been a craze for constructing miniature railways in gardens and drawing rooms, While these models are, many of them, as beautiful as they are…

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