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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

323 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 17

Original Correspondence.. the Old Bridge Fatality. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 3

SIR,--In last Friday's issue of the Coram Free Press appears a report of the enquiry into the late accident at the bridge. Part of the evidence given by the boy Moras…

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Thursday's Wires. Attack on a British Train. a Railway Bridge Collapses. The Kuruman Rebels. No News from Lord Roberts. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

Judge Vanleuin took Lord Roberts' assurance that Kruger would not be exiled if he surrendered. Kruger was asleep in his train when the judge arrived, and Mr Reitz…

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Collapse of a Bridge

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 3

A railway bridge, only 18 miles from the Portuguese frontier on the Delagoa Bay line, has collapsed, and traffic is blocked. The Boers suspect that…

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Proposed Railway Extensions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

IN our issue of last week appeared a paragraph taken from one of the Sydney papers to the effect that the officers of the Public Works Department…

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Another Railway Raid

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 3

The Boers attacked a British repairing train between Kroonstad and the Vaal River, and the raid was successful, three British being killed, five…

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The Wyalong Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 28

A large and influential public meeting was held at Temera to protest against the proposed extension of the railway from Temora to Wyalong, and against the…

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Railway to Tumut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 29

The Public Works Committee reported to the Assembly that they were iu favour of continuing a line of railway from Gundagai to Tumut "providing that some…

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Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 38

At the Supreme Court, Sydney, on Thursday, John Redpath and Annie Redpath, husband and wife, jointly sought to recover £500 damages from the Railway…

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His Railway Residence. the Treasury on Board. London, June 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 27

President Kruger eats and sleeps in the railway car in which he has taken up his residence since he fled from Pretoria. The engine fires are kept constantly alight…

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Railway Collision. a Fearful Disaster. Serious Loss of Life. London, June 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 27

A serious railway accident occurred yesterday in connection with the race meeting at Windsor. An express train going to Plymouth dashed…

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The War. Monday's Wires. Further Particulars of the Hatherly Battle. Good Work by the Australians. Standerton Captured. The Boers Capture a British Train LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

In the engagement at Hatherley the Australian Mounted Infantry doggedly pursued the enemy to within 800 yards of the laager unperceived, killing two field cornets. The…

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Cross-country Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

SOME months ago the Corowa Progress Committee had under consideration, and invited other bodies concerned to consider, the question of opening up a portion of…

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The Cobram Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 28

To many of the inhabitants of Cobratn, Barooga, Naranghi, Nangunia, Berrigan (remarks the Courier), the news of tenders having been called for the Cobram bridge…

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Boers Capture a Train. London, June 24

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

Lord Roberts's long lino of communications through the Orange River Colony is still an unceasing source of anxiety, as the Boers neglect no opportunity of attacking…

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Seymour's Expedition Relieved. Railway Line Destroyed. Foreign Ministers Leave Pekin LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

The latest from China states that Seymour's expedition has been relieved, and has reached Tietstin. Fifty thousand Chinese prevented his reaching Pekin. Sixty-two…

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This Afternoon's Latest Message. the Boers on the Aggressive Capture and Burn British Army Clothing. Spies in Pretoria. The Railways being Tampered With

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

Commandant De Wet has captured and burnt the clothing intended for the First Division of the British army. Pretoria is swarming with spies…

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Railway Extension

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

The agitation for an extension of the railway from Berrigan to Barooga, in favor of which there has been some considerable correspondence in…

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The Railways Act

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 29

The new bill introduced in the Assembly by Mr. Quinn for the amendment of the Government Railways Act, 1888, in respect of the tenure of office of the…

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Road-making by Animals

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

There are still traces on Western American plains of the great main roads used by the buffalo in their annual migrations from north to such in autumn and from…

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The Cape to Cairo Railway. a Tremendous Undertaking

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 4

When the Cape to Cairo railway is finished it will prove the greatest scheme of its kind ever propounded, the greatest effort of its kind ever attempted, and will prove the realisation…

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