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Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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The Chairman of the Railway Board

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 2

Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, whose appointment as chairman of the New South Wales Railway Board was cabled on Saturday, has sained his railway…

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The Tumbarumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 2

IT is satisfactory to note that some attempt is to be made to give expression to the feeling of the district in regard to the omission from the Government railway proposals of…

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The Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway. Public Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 2

PURSUANT to arrangement a public meeting was held in the Town Hall last evening for the purpose of considering the omission of the Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway in the…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Thursday, June 28, 1888. the Tumbarumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1888 · page 2

THE action of the Government in causing a further report to be made in connection with the proposed line of railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Tuesday, July 3, 1888. the Railway Policy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

THE chief difficulty in connection with the appointment of the Railway Board seems to have been satisfactorily met, in the selection of Mr. Eddy, late…

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Victorian Railways

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 2

THE gross earnings of the Railway Department for the year 1887-8 are £2,750, 000, or £150,000 in excess of the Treasurer's estimate. Deducting the cost…

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The Tumbarumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 4

ON the subject of the Wagga to Tumbarumba railway line, the Narandera Argus has the following:—Considering the remarkable solicitude which the New South Wales…

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The Tumbarrumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 2

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Dibbs, Gormly, Waddell, Gale, Stokes, Melville, Day, Garvan, Lyne, Levien, and Chanter, M'[?]L.A. and the Hons. Wm. Hulliday and…

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Tumbarumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 2

FROM the reply given by Sir Henry Parkes yesterday to a large and influential deputation, including the members for the district, there would seem to be a chance of the…

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Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 3

MR. G. ROBERTS, traffic manager of the Southern railways has returned from his official visit to Tumbarumba, after having travelled over a good stretch of…

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Wagga-tumbarumba Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 2

MR. G. ROBERTS, Traffic Manager of the Southern railways, returned from his official visit to Tumbarumba on Wednesday, after having travelled over a good strotch of country. He was driven out by…

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Tumbarumba Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 3

A DEPUTATION waited on the Colonial Secretary on Friday for the propose of urging the desirableness of constructing a railway line from Tumbarumba to Wagga, and to ask…

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A Railway Scandal

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 2

WE have been informed of a disgraceful scene which took place on the express train last Mooday night, and we make reference to it here in the hope that what we have to…

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Railway League

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 July 1888 · page 3
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal

A MEETING of the Cootamundra Railway League was held in the council chamber on Wednesday night. Present—the Mayor (presiding), Aldermen…

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The Frauds on the Trams

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 July 1888 · page 4

A few fa[?]ts of [?] signature transpired yesterday in relation to the [?]way trauds. The investigation the [?] such a stage that could leave but very very little doubt…

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Railway League

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of the Cootamundra Railway. League was held in the council chamber on Wednesday night. There were. present—the Mayor (presiding)…

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Railway League

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1888 · page 4

THE following correspondence is published for general information:— Cootamundra, 9th July, 1888. The Hon. J. Sutherland, Department of Public Works…

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Cootamundra to Temera Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 25 July 1888 · page 2

On Monday Mr O'Donnell received the following letters regarding the above:-- Department of Public Works, Railway Branch,…

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The Railway Returns

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1888 · page 2

THE report of the Commissioner of Railways for 188/ has just been published. It shows that the gross earnings exceeded those of the previous year by £48,000, the increase in the…

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