Railway to Hay. (Echo.)
ON Thursday morning the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, Presbyterian clergyman of Hay, presented to the Minister for Works (the Hon. John Lackey) a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
37 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Serious Railway Accident at Parramatta
FRIDAY being Boxing-day, several thousands of people proceeded by railway to Parramatta and Hawkesbury races, inspired with confidence in the good management of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways and Politics. (Saturday Review.)
THE political importance of railways as the recipients of subsidies and as a sphere of State control is insignificant beside their importance is aiding and…
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A MEETING of the produce auctioneers and agents was held on Tuesday afternoon at Larkin's Hotel, George-street, Sydney, for the purpose of taking into…
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MR. CORNWELL, of Messrs. Cornwell and Mixner, the contractors for the railway from Wagga Wagga, to Albury, has been in Sydney during the past few days on business…
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The merits that did blow Of safes were in St. Louis made And safes from Chicago. They chapped upon a merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narandera and Hay Railway. (Echo.)
On Tuesday morning a deputation, consisting of Messrs. R. Barbour M.L.A.; 5 Day, M.L.A.; Williamson; Quin, J.P.; Firth, J.P.; and Lander, waited an Mr,; lackey,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Time Table. Southern Line. to and From South Wagga
ARRIVALS.—Passenger, 10.15 p.m.; Goods. 5.50 a.m.; Mall, 9.25 a.m.; Goods, 7.40 p.m. DEPARTURES.—Passenger, 3.35 a.m.; Goods, 1.5 a.m.; Goods, 2.40 p.m.; Mail; 5.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adventures of a Railway Ticket. a Trip From London in a Third-class Carriage
I bad great fun on the way with some of the passengers. One old lady, in particular, gave us much amusement. Soon after getting her ticket punched at London, she missed it,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Travelling Stook Roads
On Friday morning Mr. S. M. Swift, of Liverpool Plains, was introduced to tho Minister for Mines by Mossrs. Bowman and Badgery, his object being to induce the Minister to give…
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FIVE months ago Mr. Morton started clearing on the Narandera end of this extension. If a voucher was required as to the vitality since displayed by the contractors in pushing…
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IN the Assembly on Thursday, Mr. Lackey moved "that this House approves of the plans, sections, and a book of reference, together with a diagram plan of a proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boundary Road
It is notified in the Gazette that the following reserved or boundary road, tracings of which may be seen at the office of the Crown Lands Agent, Wagga, which has been applied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Tramway Accident. (Echo.)
At twenty minutes to 3 on Saturday afternoon an accident occurred in connection with the Government tramway line, which resulted fatally to a man named Richard Richardson…
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A sad-looking gentleman of a sort of very much-retired Hamlet, with a pained expression of face, entered a saloon in New York the other day, holding in his hand a small red…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Time Table. Southern Line. to and From South Wagga
ARRIVALS.—Passenger, 10.15 p.m.; Goods, 5.50 a.m.: Mail, 9.25 a.m.; Goods, 7.40 p.m. DEPARTURES.—Passenger, 3.35 a.m.; Goods, 1.5 a.m.; Goods, 2.40 p.m.; Mail, 5.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Telegrams. Desperate Encounter with the Kelly Gang. Glenrowan township stuck-up Ned Kelly wounded and Captured. Byrne shot dead. Dan Kelly and Hart burnt to denth. A woman, two men. and two childreu Hare. wounded. Kelly's plot to wreck the special train. Cannon ordered from Melbourne Total collapse of the gang SYDNEY
The Kelly gang stuck up a hut occupied by a : man named Aaron Sherritt and his wife, and also by a watch party of police, near Beechworth on Saturday night. Byrne shot Sherritt through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Man Who Stopped the Train
The man who stopped the train turns out to be Mr. Thomas Curnow, the local schoolmaster. Mr. and Mrs. Curnow were stuck up at 11 o'clock on Sunday morning by Ned…
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The place where the rails were pulled np is exactly half a mile beyond the station, and not a mile and a half as at first reported. It was chosen with diabolical fitness for bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greatest Bridge in the World
THE Brooklyn Bridge, which is now nearing completion, spanning the arm of the sea which separates New York from Brooklyn, is without doubt the boldest undertaking in…
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