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Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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Duduaman Railway League

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 4

AT the league meeting on Tuesday, 11th instant, the president (Mr. W. Curry) explained that about the only business they had to transact was to give an account of…

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M'Sharry v. Commissioner for Railways

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 4

MR JUSTICE WINDLYER delivered the judgment of the Court berein on Tuesday. He said: In this at all it appears that when the case came on to be heard…

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Railway Meeting at Warri

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1888 · page 2

A MEETING was held at Mr. Clark's London Hotel on Saturday last, for the purpose of gettiug a light line of railway, or at least a trial survey for one, from Coolamon towards…

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Middle Creek Bridge. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1888 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday last you have a paragraph intended to be, and is of course, very fluttering to Mr. Elworthy for his efforts to got, at the public expense, a pile culvert built over one of…

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Card-Playing in a Railway Train

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 4

George Freeman was charged at the Brisbane police Court on Monday with obtaining [?] from Jas Jackson by [?]…

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Disturbance at a Railway Station

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1888 · page 2

ANOTHER disgraceful scene occurred at the Williamstown railway station on Saturday night, which, if anything, was worse than that which took place a few weeks back…

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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, October 4, 1888. a Railway Grievance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1888 · page 2

A VERY bad state of things in connection with a branch of the railway management in this colony has recently been brought under notice. We refer…

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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, October 9, 1888. the New Railway Commissioner

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1888 · page 2

WITHIN a few months from the present time Mr. R M. G. Eddy, upon whom the appointment of Chief Commissioner of the N.S.W Railways has been…

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Plan to Build a Bridge Over the English Channel

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 10 October 1888 · page 2

A plan for constructing a bridge over the English Chanel has just been completed. It has been worked out by the cr[?] engineers and M. [?]…

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A Leap from a Train

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 3

ON Saturday morning says the Warragul correspondent of a Melbourne journal, a man named J. Petch. who was a passenger in the express train from…

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Facts About American Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 2

THE September number of Scribner contains an article on the American railway system, in which we find a comparison of the cost of travelling in Amercia, in England, and on…

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The RAILWAY from COOTAMUNDRA to Temora. [To the Editor of the "Daily Telegraph."]

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 9

SIR,—During the last two years the inhabitants of Cootamundra, Temora, and Barmedman have formed railway leagues with the view of obtaining a line via Barmedman…

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The Tram Frauds

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 13 October 1888 · page 2

The report of the Royal Commission appointed into the recently discovered [?] frauds most be regarded as anything but a satisfactory…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 17 October 1888 · page 2

News has been received from America of a frightful railway catastrephe. A Roman Catholie excursion was being held in Pennsylvania, the excursionists being…

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Junee Railway Pic-nic

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 8

ON Monday (reports the Wagga Express) the third annual pic-nic and sports of No. 3 District, south, was held in Mr. T. W. Hammond's paddock at Old Junee. Trains from…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 24 October 1888 · page 2

MONDAY'S [?] says:-- The Cabinet meeting, at which it was expected the two Railway Commissioners to act in conjunction with Mr Eddy wold be selected…

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Serious Railway Accident. Several Persons Injured

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1888 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred on the Southern railway at Fish River near Goulburn, early on Saturday morning. It appears that a goods train was travelling in two…

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City Railway Extension

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 31 October 1888 · page 4

THE League which are handed together to promote the above, have sent out circulars and reports to all the country press to secure their aid in regard to the…

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The Railway Board

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1888 · page 2

It will not be inopportune at the present time to republish the following interesting and concise summary of the duties that will devolve upon the railway commissioners, and…

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