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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Police Court Railway Prospection. (Before Mr Jones and Col [?] J [?] P.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 2

James Grant and Daniel Holland were proceeded against by the Railway Department for violation of the by laws. Traffic Inspector Rose prosecuted on behalf of the…

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Chunchuses Destroy the Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

The Chunchuses are constantly destroying the Manchurian railway. On one night explosions on the railway occurred in six different places…

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Railway Border Tariffs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 3

Mr. Thos. Tait, chief railway commissioner, accompanied by his colleagues, left by the express this afternoon for Sydney. The object of the…

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Telegrams. Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Robbery From a Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 3

At the Carlton Court to-day James M'Grath, a middle-aged man, was charged with breaking into the North Carlton Railway station, and stealing…

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Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 2

In the Jury Court to-day, the Perpetual Trustees Commenced an action to recover £27,680 from the Railway Commissioners. The…

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Railway Commissioners Amenable

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 2

The Arbitration Court to-day decided that the Railway Commissioners are amenable to any common rale in connection with unionist work done for…

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Suggested Bridge Over the Murray

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 December 1904 · page 2

At the meeting of the Albury Borough Council held last evening the following notice of motion was dealt with:— Alderman Kennedy moved that the…

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Telegrams. (Interstate). New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Grievances in the Railway Department

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 December 1904 · page 3

A deputation of railway employes waited upon the Premier to day with reference to several alleged grievances under which they sufficed…

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A Bridge at Mungabareena

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 2

The suggestion of a bridge over the Murray at Mungabareena, which was brought out in the notice of motion by Alderman Kennedy at the meeting of…

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Wagunyah-springhurst Train. an Increased Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 2

The Time-table for trains running between Wahgunyah and Springhurst has been altered with a view to glowing further facilities to the…

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Inconvenient Tramway Cars

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 3

To-day a deputation representing the Women's League waited upon the Railway Commissioners. Their request was that the…

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Tocumwal Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 2

At the last meeting of the [?]e Formers Union it was unanimously resolved: "That the secretary be empowered to the premier [?]ng that…

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Railway-management

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 2

The State Premier on Wednesday told a deputation of members of the Labor party and railway employees’ representatives, who asked for…

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The Cape to Cairo Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 3

An extension of the Cape to Cairo railway to a point 350 miles northwards of the Zambesi, has been authorised…

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Wahgunyah-springhurst Train. an Increased Service

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 December 1904 · page 1

Wahgunyah to Springhurst. Daily.--Dep. Wahgunyah 7.30 a.m., Rutherglen 8 a.m., arr. Springhurst, 8.30 a.m. Dep. Wahgunyah, 2.[?]5 p.m.,…

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Railway Station Burned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 December 1904 · page 3

The railway station at Grong Grong, situated 47 miles from Junee on the Hay-Junee line was burned to the ground this morning. It is not known…

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Robbery on a Train. Returned South African Loses 74 Sovereigns

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 2

It in some time since such an impudent theft has been perpetrated in Adelaide [?] one which was brought to [?] on Monday A [?] miner,…

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Wages at Albury Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 19

In Legislative Assembly, Mr. M'Laurin asked the Colonial Treasurer,—Is it a fact that men employed unloading coal at Albury railway yards received, until lately…

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The Tocumwal Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 December 1904 · page 2

The suggestion of Toc[?]wal residents that in order to expedite the completion of the line from Strathmerton, operations should be carried on at both ends…

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The Tocumwal Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 3

A Tocumwal correspondent writes:--Considerable Indignation was expressed here at the suggestion contained in a telegram received by the…

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