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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

374 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 19

Original Correspondence. Clear Rills and Savernake Railway League. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 4

Sir,--I am glad that my notes to you have done what it was intended they should do--awakened some of the members--although in fairness to the…

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A New Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 29

On Saturday, His Excellency the Governor and Lady Rawson performed the ceremony of opening the new bridge across Darling Harbour at Pyrmont, in the…

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A Railway Disaster. Collapse of a Bridge. London, June 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 26

A terrible accident has occurred at Talea, in Chill. A train was passing over the bridge across the River Maule, when the structure collapsed, and the train was…

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Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] Swift Nick

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 2

The closing period of the seventeenth century was the golden age of hightwaymen. They wore generally cowardly 1 tiffians, who took care never to attack unless the odds…

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Destroying Seats of Railway Carriages

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 29

Some time ago the Bail way Commissioners had to complain of tho destruction occasioned by persona catting the backs of seats of the railway carriages. A…

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A Tram Accident. Nine Casualties. London. June 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 27

An extraordinary accident happened yeaterday at Huddersfield. An electric tram car was descending a hill, when it broke away from the tram-line, and dashed into a…

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Ways of Living. Tricks of Railway Thieves

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 1

THERE are specialists among thieves as in the legitimate professions; and it was from one of two comrades who for several years…

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Terrible Tramway Fatality. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

A terrible accident, accompanied with loss of life, has occurred in connection with an electric tramway in New York, America…

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Cyclone in India. a Train Wrecked. London, July 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 26

A shocking railway accident has occurred in India. A train was rounding a curve on the line near Rampurhat, when it was struck by a cyclone, and wrecked…

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Temora. Railway Matters

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 15

The work of constructing the Temora-Wyatong line was commenced last week; a large crowd of men are on the ground and three camps have been formed at different…

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Eight Hours for the Railway Men

The Independent · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 2

A DISTURBANCE of the friendly relations that have hitherto existed between the employees of the Railway Department and the Commissioners…

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The Main Wahgunyah Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 3

Representatives of the Rutherglen Shire Council waited on the Victorian Minister for Public Works last week, and asked for a grant of £200 to repair the…

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Recent Municipal Road Work. Where Fire Hundred Pounds has Gone

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

The Hay Municipal Council has spent the five hundred pounds which was allocated by the Minister of Works for the formation and repair of streets within the municipality…

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Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] a Duel on Wimbledon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 5

The name of Thomas James Brudenel, sixth Earl of Cardigan, and the last of his line, will recall to most readers of history the plains of Balaclava and the charge of the…

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Wilful Damage by Tramps

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 3

At the police court od Friday, before Messrs. A. Phillips and E. M'Lennan, Wme Bryant, F. C. Williams, F. W. Smith and W. Williams were charged with maliciously injuring…

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The Barellam Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 29

A deputation, consisting of several members of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, introduced by Mr. T. Fizpatrick, M.L.A., asked the Minister for…

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The Wagga-humula Railway. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

The Public Works commitee leave tomorrow to take local evidence in connection with the Wagga-Humula railway proposal…

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Railway Matters

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

In the correspondence columns of the present issue appears a well-grounded complaint from a correspondent signing himself “Farmer,” anent the…

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Railway Matters. to the Editor of the Advocate

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I beg to call attention to the fact that nothing is being done with regard to railway communication with Melbourne. Should not the Berrigan Finley and…

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A Railway in the [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 1

Visitors to the south coast of England during the summer were considerably interested in watching the working of a marvellously constructed ropeway at…

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