Robbery in a Railway Carriage
IT is rather an unpleasant thing to know that a carriage on the Victorian Railways has been the scene of a highway robbery. The Riverine Herald,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1875
32 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
A Great Railway
Captain Tyler’s report on the Erie Railway and its connections has been issued, and presents a tolerably complete view of the condition of the road…
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THE Austrian papers report an atrocious murder in a railway carriage. A certain Mr Ernest Katscher was on his way from Brunn to Prerau by the night train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Southern Railway Via Wagga. to the Editor of the S. M. Herald
SIR,—I notice in the 'Herald' of 23rd Feb., that a survey has been made of a branch line of railway from Cootamundra to Gundagai. As we have had a change of Ministry, this would be a good opportunity to secure…
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Two very curious articles have been published by a Shanghai native newspaper, the [?] Pao, protesting against the construction of railways in the…
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The following reports have been issued respecting an accident which occurred near Wallan Wallan on Saturday morning:—…
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The South Australian Chronicle rapports that on Monday afternoon, May 31, Mr J. Harvey, J.P., held an inquest on the body of a man named…
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THE 'Wagga Express' says that the final survey for a railway between Albury and Wagga is concluded. The work has been carried out with singular ease, as there are no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Municipal Council and the Bridge Company. (To the Editor of the Wagga Wagga Express.)
SIR,—I beg to enter- my humble protest against-the rates raised in this municipality being expended on the property of the Bridge Company, and I trust that tho…
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To have the Times on the breakfast table is no longer a luxury monopolised by Londoners. Within the last few weeks a complete revolution has been…
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AT the present moment every kind of scheme is being proposed to avert the horrors of the [?] expirienced while crossing the Struits of Dover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Newspaper Train. (From the Graphic.)
To have the Times on the breakfast-table is no longer a luxury monopolised by Londoners. Within the last few weeks a complete revolution has been silently effected in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Intelligence. Report of the Wagga Wagga Bridge Company. Incorporated by Act of Council, 1860
Capital : £8000; in 300 shares of £20 each. Reserve Fund, £3323 18s. 5d. Board of Directors: John Leitch, Esq., Chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Refreshment-rooms in Queensland. (From the Town and Country Journal.)
THOSE who are petitioning against the sale of liquors at railway-stations in New South Wales would probably like to know how the system works in Queensland. A gentleman…
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OUR Stanthorpe contemporary says:— The question of railway extension to Stanthorpe and the Border of the colony, which has for some time past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Southern Railway. Goulburn to Wagga
Writing with reference to the progress of the above line of railway, the travelling correspondent of the Leader pertinently says:—"Judging from the present rate of progress,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Deniliquin and Moama Railway
THE half-yearly meeting of the share-holders of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway was held on Monday in the assembly-room of the Royal hotel,…
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ONE of the most fiendish and unaccountable attempts at throwing a train off the line occurred near the Tarrawingee station on the first section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labour and the N.S.W. RAILWAYS. (To Editor of the the Advertiser.)
SIR,—As I have read more than once in your paper, and in others, that the cause of the delay experienced in making railways in this colony is the scarcity of obtainable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Intelligence. Bridge at Narandera. Public Meeting
A PUBLIC meeting, called with the object of petitioning the Government to erect abridge over the Murrumbidgee at Narandera, was held at Bradleyâs Riverina Hotel on Monday…
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