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Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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The English Channel Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 2

PLANS for this proposed gigantic undertaking have been formulated, and the project has been declared quite feasible by many of the most eminent engineers of Europe [?]…

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A Horse Cut in Two. a Train Derailed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1890 · page 3

THE Balmain-street railway crossing, which has been made historical by reason of the many catastrophes which have occurred there during late years, on Monday provided (the…

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The Condition of the Railway Lines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1890 · page 2

THE unpunctual running of the trains h[?]s been the Sydney Telegraph says a matter of frequent comment of late. Tho explanation of the Railway Commissioners has been that…

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Garotting in a Railway Carriage. £50 Worth of Booty Obtained

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 3

A SENSATIONAL incident of railway travel occurred on Monday night (says Thursday's Argus) between the Williamstown Beach station and Newport, which in the interests…

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Temora Railway. Sectional Committee's Report

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 8

THE following is the report by Messrs. Copeland, Humphary, and O'Sullivan, the sectional committee, on our railway project:— The committee find that the proposed…

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Differential Rates on the Railway. Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 6

AT a meeting of storekeepers and others this evening, a most important matter was introduced by Mr. S. Meyer, J.P., convenor. He contended that the differential rates…

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COOTAMUNDRA to Temora Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 6

IN the Assembly on Thursday night, Mr. Bruce Smith moved,— "That a line of railway from Cootamundra to Temola, as referred by the Legislative Assembly to the…

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Our Railway Passed. Sydney

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 2

The Cootamundra-Temora Railway resolutions passed without opposition. (From our Member.} . Proposed Cootamundra-Temora railway…

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Light Railways

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 4

Mr. O'Sullivan asked the Secretary for Public Works,-- I Is it a fact that there- has recently been adopted in France a system of high railways, which can be laid down…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Tuesday, June 17, 1890. the Trades and the Railway Employees

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1890 · page 2

IN no other country has labor combinations been so uniformly successful in achieving the objects for which they have been established than in…

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The Upper Murray Railway. the Surveyor's Report

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 2

The report of the officer from the Department of Public Works who was deputed to go over the route of the proposed railway line from Yambla to…

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Coota-Temora Railway. the Discussion in Parliament

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 4

Mr. Bruce Smith moved-- That it is expedient that a line of railway from Cootamundra to Temora as to ferred to by the Legislative Assembly to…

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The Upper Murray Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1890 · page 2

AN Albury telegram to the Sydney Telegraph says:—The report of the officer from the Department of Public Works who was deputed to go over the route of the proposed…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, June 19, 1890. Upper Murray and Tumbarumba Railway Proposals

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1890 · page 2

THE qualities of perseverance and energy, at all events, must be ceded to the Upper Murray Railway League. Having undertaken a task of great…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Saturday, June 21, 1890. the Victorian Railway Policy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

IN a leading article in Thursday's issue the S.M. Herald takes the Victorian Government to task for bringing forward such a comprehensive scheme of…

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Coota.-- Temora Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 June 1890 · page 2

We have reason to be satisfied with the Parliamentary gentlemen who spoke on the subject of our railway,…

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Assault in a Railway Carriage

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1890 · page 2

A YOUNG woman named Toohey, daughter of a gatekeeper at Sulky Gally, reported to the police that while proceeding from Ballarat to Maryborough in the late train on Friday…

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Railway Men's Meeting. Presentation to Mr. Jas. Rose

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 2

By invitation, we attended a meeting of railway employees at Cambourne's Commercial Hotel on Saturday night last. There was a fair muster, and Mr. Robert…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Man's Head Torn Off

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1890 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident occurred last evening (says yesterday s Age) in the train which left the Spencer-street railway station at 11.15 for Essendon After the train had passed…

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A Woman killed by a Train

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 3

A SAD fatality occurred at the Stanmore Railway Station on Friday night (the Echo says). The 5.27 p.m. train from Sydney arriving at Stanmore at 5.39 p.m., was just…

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