Irwin, Bridge, and Co
WOOL.—There was little disposition to operate at auction this week, especially when it was known that high reserves were placed on certain clips; those submitted to unreserved sale were cleared at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1873
51 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 3
A Railway Novelty
A NUMBER of gentlemen connected with the Metropolis and other parts of the country assembled by invitation, previous to the departure of last mail, at the South Camp…
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IT is now tolerably certain that a bridge across the Murray at Echuca will shortly be built, and that a railway will be carried thence to Deniliquin. The latest information the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fairlie Narrow Gauge Railway. (From the Armidale Chronicle.)
THERE can now be no further doubt that Mr. Fairlie's narrow-gauge system has been shown in Russia to be a perfect success—that its economy in construction, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dreadful Railway Accident. (From the Ballarat Evening Post, Jan. 11.)
WE regret exceedingly to have to state that tins morning Mr.Chas. Fuller, stationmaster at Buninyong East, met his death through an accident on the line. From what we can…
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THE following interesting letter, addressed by Mr. Daniel Climie, C.E., to the Chairman and Directors of the Deniliquin railway, has been published by the Pastoral Times. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrow-gauge Railways in Wales. (From the Home News, Dec. 27, 1872.)
THE resources of the Festiniog Railway have just been increased by the addition of a second Fairlie locomotive of the type of the "Little Wonder," and by some new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North-eastern Railway. (From the Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Feb. 17.)
WORKS that were for a short time suspended on the second section of the North-Eastern Railway have been resumed, and there is a probability that the line will be opened to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destruction of the Templestowf and Heidelberg Bridge
THE bridge over the Yarra connecting Templestowe and Heidelberg, which has been under repair for the last two weeks, suddenly gave way early on Saturday morning, soon after a…
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THE bridge over the Yarra connecting Templestowe and Heidelberg, which has been under repair for the last two weeks, suddenly gave way early on Saturday…
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The principle laid down by Mr. Sutherland with regard to the Clarence River Railway, namely, that the sale of the improved land shall partly reimburse the cost of the line,…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Observer says:—"Not long since, in travelling from Basle to Paris, we became hungry. As if divining our condition, the guard put his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kelso Road Case. Attempt at Suicide. (From the Bathurst Times, April 30.)
At the Bathurst Circuit Court, on the 29th April, three of the witnesses in what is now well known as the "Kelso Road Case" did not answer to their names when called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Railway From Goulburn to Wagga Wagga. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Parliamentary appropriation is at the rate of £6500 a mile, or £1,131,000 for the whole length between Goulburn and Wagga Wagga—a rate of expenditure not more than…
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THE Goulburn Herald of Wednesday declares that our Yass friends have good cause to complain of the manner in which they have been treated by the Government in re the coming…
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THE letter of Mr. De Salis, with respect to the railway route from Sydney to Yass. is a striking illustration of the irregular way in which parliament applies its attention to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Original Correspondence. the Cemetery Road Works. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
DEAR SIR,—I have read, with extreme disgust, an editorial article in the Express of Saturday last, on the subject of the Cemetery-road. The discussion of this matter has afforded an opportunity for indulgence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Goulburn and Wagga Wagga Railway Scheme. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
SIR,—It has long been a well-known fact that the existing railway between Sydney and Goulburn has not been a public convenience, nor yet a financial success. Goods traffic has been higher than carriers could afford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Bridge Company and Its Charity. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
Sir,—"The neatest new thing out" in slander and evil speaking is, as a matter of course, to be sought for in the columns of the Express at any time, and to be found in its issue of Wednesday. It is there asserted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways and the Squatters. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
Sir,—Our friend "Murmurator," whose letter appeared in your issue of the 14th, is evidently a man with a grievance, only he does not quite know what to grumble about, and only shows his spleen by…
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