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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

525 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 27

Riverina Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

A Berrigan correspondent states that at a meeting of the Tocumwal-Finley Railway League, held at Finley last Wednesday, to urge the speedy junction of the…

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Railway Delegates

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 4

We understand that the collector s appointed to canvass the town and district for subscriptions to pay the expenses of the delegate to Sydney in connection with the…

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Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 28

A Balranald wire to the Argus states:—"Ever since it was reported in the Argus that Mr. Bout, Minister for Railways, had in view the construction of a railway from…

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Victorian Railway for Riverina

The Independent · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

At a meeting of the Tocumwal-Finley Railway League, held at Finley, to urge for the speedy connection of the Victorian and New…

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Railway Men and the Trades Hall

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

The announcement that the ballot of members of the Locomotive and Engine Drivers' Association of Victoria, showed a large majority of…

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Smallest Railway in the World

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 1

The smallest railway in the world connects the little watering-place of Atami with the town of Yoshihama, Tokio. It is 20 English miles long and of…

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Railway Delegates. Meeting of Subscribers

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

A meeting of subscribers to the funds augmented to send a delegate to Melbourne and Sydney in connection with the Ultima railway extension, was held…

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Ryan's Swamp Road. to the Editor of the Herald

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of April 3, you state that the Farmers' Union got a knock our at the Land Board, over Ryan's Swamp road. As this road is of vital importance to the…

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Vast Sums Paid for Railway Arches in England

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 9

As an old railway man, I can state for a fact that 40 years ago the vast income that might be derived by railway companies by letting the arches of bridges…

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New Railway Project. London, April 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 26

Mr. Dan Grove, an Australian, who has done a good deal of exploring in South Africa, has joined General Louis Botha and Mr. Emmett in an important land grant…

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The Bagdad Railway. England's Interest in It. Statement by Mr. Balfour. London, April 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 27

As the House of Commons was yesterday about to adjourn over the holidays the Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour, was questioned in regard to the railway which is being…

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Victorian Railway Employees

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

The fortnight allowed by the Commissioner of Railways to the four railway societies affiliated with the Trades Hall within which to say…

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Science. Motor Cars

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 1

THE ingenuity with which the guardians of the public health find out fatal objections to all forms of popular entertainment,…

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Railway Ultima to Windomal and Balranald

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

Mr. W. O. Close, one of the delegates appointed, wired from Melbourne yesterday that he had interviewed the Commissioners in Melbourne to the…

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Extended Railway Runs

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 4

By means of the water-troughs now being laid down by the Midland Railway Company, which will be completed by June, trains will be enabled…

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Electric Railways

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 4

Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Yorke, chief inspector officer on railways to the English Board of Trade, has just reported to the board upon the…

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The Bagdad Railway. British Co Operation Denounced, a Scathing Times Article. London, April 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 21

The Times this morning contains a scathing article denouncing the proposal that Great Britain shall provide some of the capital for the Bagdad railway…

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Another Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 28

The extension of the proposed railway between Camden and The Oaks formed the subject of a large deputation, introduced by the Hon; J. Kidd, M.L.A., to the Minister…

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Tram Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 28

Mr. Robert Davidson, M.L.A. for the Hastings and the Macleay, met with a serious accident in Sydney. He was coming to the city by a Leichhart tram…

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An Enormous Deficit. a New York Street Railway. London, April 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 27

The auditor of tho Metropolitan Street Railway Company, New York, reports that there is a deficit in the company's construction accounts of £2,000,000…

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