The New Railway Time-table
THE Commissioner for Railways has issued a new time-table for 1874, the most prominent feature in which is the cessation of night passenger trains. Commenting on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1874
26 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Serious Railway Accidents
A COLLISION, arising from shunting in front of an express train, occurred on the 11th November on the North-Eastern Railway at Headingly, near Leeds, by which twenty…
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A MEETING of the railway extension committee was held at Yass on Saturday last, at noon, at the court-house. There was a large attendance. The convener (Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fatal Railway Catastrophe in South Australia. (From the A. A. Advertiser.)
The scene of this terrible and [?]tal accident is about two miles north of Rose worthy, and the spectacle presented on Thursday was appalling in…
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A FIRM in Birmingham lately executed an order for the Tarrapacca railway Peru, which included some of the largest engine lamps ever made. The lamps in question were to…
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MESSRS. T. Loader, Jones, and Watson, introduced by Mr. J. E. Stewart, had an interview with the Commissioner of Railways on Saturday, their object being to ask whether the…
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SOME three years ago, (says the Daily Telegraph) in consequence of the officers of the Spencer street railway terminus suspecting that a system of pilfering was going on,…
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PURSUANT to advertisement a public meeting was held at the Court-house on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of considering the advisability of memorialising…
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THE adjourned meeting to consider the best means of urging Government to construct a branch line from Cootamundra to Gundagai was held on Tuesday evening, at the Galatea…
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THE first general meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held at the Royal Assembly Rooms, Deniliquin, od Friday, 29th inst. There were shout fifty-two shareholders…
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On the proposed line of railway from Echuca to Deniliqoin, the South Australian Register observes:—Amongst the measures passed by the New South Wales Parliament during the…
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THE subjoined petition has been largely signed at Albury and transmitted to Mr. Thomas Robertson, M.P., for presentation:— To the Hon. John Sutherland, Secretary for…
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LAST Monday was a great day in Queensland annals, the new bridge across the Brisbane having been officially opened by his Excellency the Governor, with great ceremony, in the…
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Talking of this subject, the Pall Mall Gazette observes, with great ingenuity, not unmixed with pleasant satire, that "it has long been a matter of surprise that no better…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Bridge Approaches. (To the Editor of the Advertiser.)
SIR,—On behalf of myself and other persons residing on this side of the river, I beg to thank you for the bold and impartial manner in which you have alluded to the disgraceful state of the approaches to the…
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THE following returns respecting trial-surveys, ordered by the minister for works, reports on their progress by Mr. Whitton, and correspondence respecting the…
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The Commissioner for Railways to the Under-Secretary for Lands. Department Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 19th May, 1873…
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THE following report from Mr Wells, the, Acting Engineer-in-Chief of Victorian Railways, on the question of whether 60 lb or 50 lb rails should be used in future on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road Between Dubbo and Wagga. (To the Editor of the Wagga Wagga Express.)
SIR,—The road between Dubbo and Wagga is now almost a lane, if not one already, as the selectors and squatters are fencing it ia the whole distance and stopping other roads which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Original Correspondence. (To the Editor of the Advertiser.) the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Bubble
SIR,—To review the prospects of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company and the names on the Directory is appalling. Four of these directors are pecuniarily interested:—D. G…
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