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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

525 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 27

Lockhart-clear Hills Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 3

The Public Works Committee opened an inquiry on Friday respecting the proposed Lockhart to Clear Hills railway. The [?] assistant…

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Bank of Kew South Wales. the Usual 10 Peb Cent Dividend. Reference 10 the Railway Strike

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales was held in Sydney at the bead office of the bank in George-street, Dr C. K Mackellar. M.L.C., the president, occupying the chair…

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Victorian Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

The ridiculous and extravagant railway service on the suburban lines to and from Melbourne has been resumed, and although in the depth of winter, the…

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Roads Fenced in by Landholders

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

The maimer in which certain laud holders, where property reaches almost to the boundary of the town of Howlong, have closed in streets…

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Germanton to Jingellic Railway. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 34

SIR,—The philosophy embodied in the familiar proverb relating to the class of people whom Providence is said to help acquires a suggestive force when applied…

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Another Railway Agitation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 39

A large and representative meeting of settlers, farmers, and residents between Forbes and Young was held at Bimbi on Saturday to consider the advisability of…

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Motor Raging. Another Fatality. London, May 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 27

Another death, making the tenth, is reported, from injuries received in the automobile race between Paris and Bordeaux on Sunday last. The latest victim is M. Marcel…

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Lockhart—Clear Hills Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met again on Thursday last, and forther considered the question of the expoliency of constructing a line of railway…

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Clear Hills Railway. Visit of Public Works Committee

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

The Public Works Committee will arrive at Clear Hills on Saturday (tomorrow) for the purpose of taking evidence on the proposed line of…

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To School by Motor-car

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

Parisians are sending their children[?] school by motor-car nowadays; at less [?] the ‘Si cle’ tells us that the motor-car [?] been experimentally in use for that [?]…

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The Proposed Railway. Lockhart to Clear Hills

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 3

Mr. J. Hayes, Honorary Minister, gave evidence before, the Public Works Committee recently in connection with the inquiry into the…

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The Condition of the Lower Lachlan Districts. Continuance of the Drought. Railway Communication Before Conservation

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 3

Mr. J. G. Carroll, M.L.A. for the lachlan, has just returned to Sydney from a tour of his electorate, which has occupied nearly three weeks. His…

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The Baghdad Railway. a Russian Warning. London, June 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 20

Mr. Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance, has warned Franco and investors generally not to support Germany's project, the Baghdad railway. He predicts that if…

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Lockhart to Clear Hills Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 39

The Public Works Committee arrived from Urana, where they had been taking evidence re this line, on Saturday morning. Host Alexander had lunch prepared for them in his usual good…

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Germanton to Jingellic Railway. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 34

SIR,—The thanks of the residents of the Upper Murray are due to "Agricola" for his letter on the above subject in your last issue. To a certain extent the matter…

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Intercolonial Items. the Barellan Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 28

Since the first sod of the Temora-Barellan railway was turned, over two months ago, no apparent progress has been made with the work. The residents…

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Springhurst-wangunyan Railway Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

During the strike we suffered an entire suspension of railway traffic between Springhurst and Wahgunyah, and postal communication had to be…

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Railway Extension. the Proposed Line. From Lockhart to Clear Hills

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

On Saturday the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs John McFarland (chairman), W. R. Campbell, and A Cathell, M’s.L.C. and S. W. Moore, J. S…

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Railway Concessions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 2

The week-end tickets, which enabled visitors to Melbourne from Wahgunyah to travel at holiday excursion fares provided they left by the last train on…

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The Longest Railway in the Empire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 4

Th e longest single railway in the British Empire is the Canadian Pacific. It crosses a continent, connects two oceans and the two wings of a round-the-world route, takes five…

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