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Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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Adelong News. the Railway Meeting

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 3

May 9— At the public meeting, Held on Tuesday last at Spurs' hotel, to consider what steps should be taken with reference to the railway, during the proposed visit of the Commissioners to the district,…

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The Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway. Me. Roberts' Repoet

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 3

The senior member for the Murrumbidgee has handed to us for publication Mr. Inspector Roberts' report on the above subject, together with the accompanying…

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Wagga—tumbarumba Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1889 · page 2

MESSRS Dibbs, Gormley, and Hayes M's L.A., waited on the Minister for Works on Thursday, and urged upon him the desirability of proceeding with the construction of the line of railway from…

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Railway Meeting

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1889 · page 2

May 13—Contintation of report of railway meeting, held on the 7th instant. Mr. Giflord said he would like to call attention to one thing that seemed to have been lost sight of. It…

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The Wagga-tumbabumba Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 2

The senior member for the Murrumbidgee has handed to us for publication Mr. Inspector Roberts' report on. the above subject together with the accompanying letter from the…

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Serious Railway Accident At North Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 3

THE 2.15 train from Williamstown, containing persons who bad been seeing the mail steamer Parramatta off, met with a serious accident shortly before 3 o'clock on Friday…

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Fatal Railway Accident At Yerong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 2

As inquest was held by Mr. L. A. Fosbery, District Coroner, yesterday, at the Australian Hotel, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of James Scott, a…

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Adelong—tumbarumba Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

MR. G. J. ROBERTS, in his report on the proposed; extension of the railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba, says;— "There is also the "fact that the trade of portion of the Upper…

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An American Train Wrapped in Fire

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 4

A Central News telegram from Kew York on April 5 Says: -- A train running near Mount Vernon, Dakota, dasued into the burning prairie, the…

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Temora Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 8

MR. Inspector Roberts, of Junee, having received instructions to report on the proposed railway to Temora be left here yesterday morning, intending to traverse…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Tuesday, May 28, 1889. the Railway Commissioners and Compensation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

IN the debate, which arose over the voting of the last Temporary Supply Bill, one or two questions cropped up, which are of considerable importance…

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Sydney Railway Extension

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

THE inhabitants of the metropolis for years past have been very desirous of getting the railway extended into the heart of the city, and numberless have been the plans proposed…

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Road Contracts. Cootamundra to Ironbung

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 5

THE contracts advertised by Mr. P. Murray commence at the brickyards near the railway and extends westward to the end of McClintock's lane. On the above road No…

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Railway League

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 4
Also in The Cootamundra Liberal

THE Cootamundra Railway League meeting convened for Monday night was duly held, the Mayor (Alderman Byrne) presiding, besides whom there were present Alderman…

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Temora Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 4

ON Friday Mr. G. J. Roberts., the district superintendent, railway service, left here for a, trip over the proposed railway line from Cootamundra to Temora, Barmedman, and…

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The Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

Things on the whole are looking promising for the construction of the Railway between here and Temora. The long looked for comes at last, and…

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The Tumbarumba Railway. [CONTRIBUTED.]

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 3

The proposed construction of a line of railway to Tumbarumba, with Wagga as n starting point, is exercising to no littlle degree the minds of the Herald of Cootamundra…

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Alarming Railway Accident Wear Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1889 · page 2

A SERIOUS1 accident happened to the mail train from Sydney and Newcastle to Brisbane, near Muswellbrook on Monday. The train, which had been detained at Newcastle,…

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VISIT of the COMMISSIONERS for RAILWAYS

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 June 1889 · page 10

PURSUANT to resolution of the Cootamuadra Railway league, Mr. H. A. O'Dounell, hon. secretary, wired to ascertain when the Commissioners for Railways would visit…

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