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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

309 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 16

The City Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 31

Mr. E. W. O'Suillvan (Minister for Works) speaking at the Paddington Town Hall, referred to the city railway scheme. He said that what he desired was (1) to see the railway…

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Strange Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

A railway mishap of peculiar character happened on the night of the 4th inst., to a man who is said to be an hotelkeeper in Melbourne. The injured man arrived in Albury by the…

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The Proposed Temora-gunbar Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 4

A deputation was introduced to the Minister for Works lust week by Mr. T. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., including Messrs. Carroll, Nielson, Watson,…

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Proposed Temora-gunbar and Hillston Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 34

A deputation was introduced to the Minister for Works recently by Mr. T. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A, including Messrs. Carroll, Neilsen, Watson, Spence, and Holman…

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Berrigan-barooga Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

A meeting of the Executive of the above League wis held at Gleeson’s Nungunia Hotel on Wednesday afternoon last, there being present, Messrs…

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Compressed Air Tramway Cars

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

Compressed air as a motive power for tramway cars seems to be successfully applied in New York and Chicago. We learn from the ‘Street Railway Review’…

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The Siege Train at Work. What Is Expected of the Powerful Ordnance Sent Out to South Africa

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 1

The progress of the war in South Africa has directed a good deal of attention to the subject of trains of all description. Thus, much has been heard of late…

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Train Looted. No Lives Lost. London, April 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 26

The Boers have succeeded in capturing and looting another British train. The occurrence took place near Molento, in Cape Colony, during the night…

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The Wildura Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 29

Dr. Renwick, tho Eagineer-in Chief of the Victorian railways, visited Wentworth to mekfinel arrangements for the establishing the terminus of the Mildura railway at Yelts…

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Compressed Air Tramway Cars

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 1

Compressed air as a motive power for tramway cars seems to be successfully applied in New York and Chicago. We learn from the ‘Street Railway Review’…

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Road Tenders

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2

The following tenders for roadwork in this district were opened by Mr. E. H. Bowden on Wednesday Hill Plain to Mathoura— Anthony Oldham, £93 11s 6d; H. J. Jackson, £94 18s; J. W. Adams, £104…

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Cross-country Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 2

THE Victorian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways visited Springhurst on Saturday in connection with the proposed construction…

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The Most Wonderful Train in the World

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 1

The "Princess Christian" in the, perhaps, most wonderful train in the World. It is unique for several reasons—in tho first place, of course, because it approaches nearer to…

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A Bridge of Ropes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 5

My profession is that of an engineer, and in the year 1855 I procured a poet as manager to a silver mine on the western or Chilian side of the southern chain of the Andes, and…

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Darlington Point. Surveying Site for Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 16

The Works Department has dispatched a survey party to select and report upon a site for the Darlington Point bridge. This should mean business…

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A Railway Raid. Boers in Search of Food. London, April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 26

The Beers have blown up the line in three places between Graspan and Belmont, on the Kimberley railway. At Belmont they entered the station in search of food…

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German East Africa. Proposed Railway. London, April 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 27

In the Reichstag yesterday a bill was introduced by the Government providing for the construction of a railway from Dar-es-Salaam, the principal port of…

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Railway Accidents. London, April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 27

An accident has occurred on the railway line between Tiestsin and Peking through the collapse of a culvert. A train was derailed in consequence. Eleven Chinese…

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The Cross-country Railway. Springhurst Evidence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

THE Victorian Standing Committee on Railways visited Springhurst on Saturday last, 27th inst., and were met by Mr. T. G. Clarke, President of the…

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A Commonwealth Undertaking in the Future. Transcontinental Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 4

Among the great national enterprises which will probably be sent ahead by Federation, and which will give splendour to the birth of the…

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