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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
25 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
OF all places in the world, why was the Western Goldfields selected as an asylum for our humiliated statesman Geoffrey? One would have thought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The other day Mr. G. F. Train appeared at Tammany-hall, New York, aa a preacher. Tha fact had been advertised in the following warmer:—"To-night Rev. George Francis Train preached on 'Old Fogies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following amusing letter appears in a late number of the Times:— "Sir,—Allow me to confirm all that your two correspondents have related…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DEAR SIR,—I see there is a great movement afloat for a Free Punt, and very justly so, I think, for the town must be suffering a great oppression at the present time, from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It was a close and sultry afternoon, towards the end of July. Tho Dover express was about to start from tho London Bridge terminus of tho South Eastern Railway, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING was held at the Sydney Exchange on Friday afternoon (which unfortunately lapsed in consequence of the inclemency of the weather) the object of which was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE have been requested to publish the following correspondence. [COPY.] Wagga Wagga, 16th March, 1870…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The report of the Select Committee on Railway extension not only proposes a great change in the policy of the country, but is practically an impeachment of what is already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Melbourne Herald has the following remarks on the above subject:— The railway system of New South Wales is at present on its trial in that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. MACLEAY moved that the report of the select committee on railway extension, brought up by him on the 25th March, be now adopted. He said the adoption of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Assembly on Thursday, on the vote for Railway extension being proposed— Sir James Martin said, that if we had decided as to the kind of railways we should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London 'Times' gives the following account of the little Welsh railway from Festiniog to Portmadoc, which has recently been inspected and highly approved of by a Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BROTHER ELECTORS,—" Pledge your votes to no candidate unless he pledges himself to support the Free Bridge," is now the universal cry of one party, to induce the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I and many more of my mates were very glad to see a letter signed "One of yourselves" in last Saturday's ADVERTISER. We don't intend to be sueli "flats" as some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London 'Times' gives the following interesting account of the above invention which; as will be seen, is likely to furnish meat important facilities for purposes of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a special meeting of the Denilquin Borough Council last week to receive the report of Mr. Alderman Rosenfeld touching sundry matters connected with Deniliquin,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"THE Directors of the Company regret having to report to the shareholders a falling off in toll receipts for the half year of £59 16s., as compared with the previous corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The 'Engineer' gives the details we subjoin relative to the above invention, which were read by Profess Archer at a recent meeting of the British Association, and which we concieve…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—To give you an idea of the state of our road between Tumut and Adelong, I shall try to describe a "case of beg" in which the mail horses were literally lost to view…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN calling the attention of the Assembly to the present state of the roads of the colony, on the 16th instant, Mr. Macleay quoted the following particulars relative to a system of…
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