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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

374 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 19

Using Railway Reserves

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 13

Mr. C. B. Luffman (Victorian Director of Horticulture), according to a Melbourne agricultural correspondent, has recently hit upon the idea that good instructive work can…

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Jerilderie-Deniliquin Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 November 1902 · page 2

It will interest those who favor the Jerilderie Deniliquin railway extension to learn that the Minister for Works last week informed a deputation comprising the members for…

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Killed by an Express Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 2

On Thursday morning information was received at Chiltern by the police that a man had been run over and killed by the morning express…

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The Bridegroom Missed His Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 11

A big policeman at a railway station early one morning some days ago walked up to a young man whom he had observed hurrying to and from in a feverish way for an hour or…

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Contributors' Column. Thoughts of an Idle Moment. the Road to Wealth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 15

That hard work never brings "riches beyond the dreams of avarice" can be stated as an axiomatic truth. The brain is the essential instrument in the acquisition of wealth, and…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Girl Mangled

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 35

A Methodist sunday-school picnic at Hartwell (Vic.) on the Ashburton to Camberwell railway line, had an unfortunate ending on Tuesday. Among the party was a Miss…

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Railway From Jerilderie to Moama

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 36

In the Legislative Assembly on 28th ult. Mr. Evans said: I desire to ask the Secretary for Public Works if it is his intention to take any steps with a view to the extension…

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Railway Gardens

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 28

Some few years ago the excellent idea originated of offering prizes for the best-kept station garden in the metropolitan division of the railway service, and the…

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Railway to Jerilderie

The Independent · Friday 7 November 1902 · page 2

In the Assembly, last week, the member for Deniliquin, Mr Evans, asked the Secretary for Public Works if it was the intention to take any…

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The Wahgunyab Train

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 2

The inconvenience caused by the cancellation of the running of the morning train from Sprtoghurst to Wabgunyab, is not only felt through the later delivery of…

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The Railway Revenue. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 2

The railway revenue is not improving and the outlook is pretty black…

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A Goddess of Africa St. Geo Rathborne Chapter Xii. on the Road to Hades

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 1

When he had thus made sure of the quart or so of glistening gems that may have once bedecked the form of the ugliest of Idols, Rex found that…

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Balranald Railway League

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 2

At the last meeting of the above League, the Secretary was instructed to communicate with the Faderal and State Members for the district…

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Motors on the Farm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 12

The adaptation of motors for agricultural purposes is an innovation the development of which is being watched with the closest attention by those having interests vested in…

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Railway Wages in America. a General Advance. London, November 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 26

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the United States have increased the wages of all employes by 10 per cent. The New York Central, the Philadelphia, the Reading…

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Railway Communication with Deniliquin. Preliminary Meeting of the Committee

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

The delegates appointed by the various committees to act in connection with the agitation for a railway line from Hay to Deniliquin held their…

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A Troublesome Tramp

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

Charles Brooks, one of the unemployed, who staled that he was recently discharged from the Yares B[?]nd Asylum, was arrested on Wednesday at Chiltern on a…

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Balranald Railway League

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 2

The Secret Dry of the above League is in receipt of a letter from the Works Department, Sydney, to Mr. J. M. Chanter, M.P., which reads as…

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American Desperadoes. "Holding Up" a Train. London, November 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 27

A gang of desperadoes numbering 12 stopped the Rock Island express train, near a small town called Devonport, in the state of Iowa, and robbed the passengers of all…

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Closing a Road. to the Editor, of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 15

SIR,—The arbitrary and high handed powers of the Henty Common trustees calls for some comment in their action of closing a road, via., the continuation of Lyne-street…

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