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Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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The New South Wales Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ending 30th September was laid on the table of the assembly on Wednesday. The following figures are given for the…

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Railway Process in New South Wales

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 3

The annual report ol the Railway Commissioners, just presented lo Parliament, one of the meet interesting and [?] State [?] of tho year. It shows the…

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The Railway Rates

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1889 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners have decided to make some important changes in the rates of the carriage of agricultural produce. The new rates which will take effect from the…

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An Ancient Switchback Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1889 · page 4

A CORESPONDENT writes to the St James' Gazette as follows:—'I have always regarded the switchback railway as an invention of the last tan or fifteen years, but lately…

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Obstructing a Railway Line

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 6

A WARRNAMBOOL telegram of Wednesday says:—A number of attempts to wreck the contractors' train on the llne between Warrnambool and Terang…

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Railway Service

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 5

THE railway commissioners have published conditions that will henceforth regulate appointment to the railway service, of which we give the following summary:—…

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Railway Accident near Goulburn. Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1889 · page 4

A NARROW escape from a serious railway accident happened about a mile and a quarter from North Goulburn about 225 this morning. Owing to a flaw in a rail the second…

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Railway Accident Near Goulburn. Delay of Ordinary Traffic

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 December 1889 · page 6

NEWS was received in town on Wednesday morning that a railway accident, with serious results, had happened on the Sydney side of North Goulburn. For a time it was thought…

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