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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Wahgunyah Railway Returns

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 2

As railway returns are usually a safe guide to the financial position, the Wahgunyah November comparative return of business drawn from the Riverina is…

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Tocumwal Railway

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

The residents of Tocumwal, as will be seen from a report of an "Indignation meeting" in another column, are alarmed at the intention of the…

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Assaulted on the Mulwala Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1904 · page 29

The "Mercury" says:—Mr. W. O'Grady. who has for some time past been engaged in carrying railway sleepers from Mulwala to Yarrawonga, reported to Sergeant…

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Proposed Bridge at Mungabareena. Deputation to the Minister

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1904 · page 24

The matter of the projected bridge over the Murray at Mungabareena, which has been occupying the attention of the Albury Borough Council for some time past, was brought under…

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The Tocumwal Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1904 · page 29
Also in The Berrigan Advocate

The landholders between Strathmerton and Cobram, whose lands previous to the levee being constructed were subject to floods, are very grateful to the Minister for…

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Successful Electric Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 December 1904 · page 3

A trial trip has been made with electric traction on the Metropolitan Railway from Baker-street to Harrow (about 10 miles)…

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Terminus of [?] Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 3

The noting Engineer in Chief. Mr. M. E. Kernet, returned to Melbourne this morning after paying a visit to Tocumwal. He has held out the site for…

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Outbreak After Train Passes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 3

Immediately after the train passed down from Yarrawonga on Tuesday, smoke was seen rising from a paddock adjoining the railway, one mile…

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Border Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 3

The agreement relating to the Tocumwal and Wentworth railway extensions to which the Victorian Premier referred last week when he accused the New South…

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The Desert Railway. the Bill Talked Out

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 3

The second reading of the Kalgoo[?] to Port Aus[?]sta Railway Bill was continued during last. Thursday afternoon's sitting of the Senate…

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Mildura-yelta-wentworth Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 3

The following letter has been received by our member from the Public Works Department:— Public Works Department…

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Corowa Volunteer Fire Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the members of the above was held at the fire station on Wednesday evening. there were present: -- Captain P. K. Ritchie (chair) and nine…

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Railway Crossing Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 29

A sad accident, resulting in the death Of a little girl named Grace Scott, aged five years, occurred at the Perry-streot railway crossing, Williamstown, on…

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Canadian Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 28

A gentleman from Canada has been finding many and severe faults with our system of railways in Australia, as compared with that of his own country. Our…

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Siberian Railway. London, Dec. 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 21

Recently General Kuropatkin, the Russian Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, telegraphed to St. Petersburg that unless the transport service of the Trans-Siberian…

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The Albury Railway Station and the Cabmen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 38

On Tuesday, the local authorities proceeded against a number of cabmen for alleged breaches of the by-laws in solic[?]ing fares at the local station…

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The Wentworth Railway Dispute. The Agreement with Victoria. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr Crick referred to the matter of the Wentworth railway, and the alleged agreement with the…

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Railway Information

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 2

Mr. Kirkesidle, the New South, Wales Railway Commissioner who is returning to Sydney by the Himalaya, has a mass of information on railways which will be…

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The Corowa-culcairn Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 2

Residents along the line complain that since the altered time table came into force, which makes the time of arrival one hour later and advances the…

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