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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." Milton. Tuesday, July 28, 1891. a Railway Deficit

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

THE relations existing between the Government of Victoria and the Railway Commissioners in that colony are, to say the least of them, in a high…

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Victorian Railway Deficit. a Beer Tax Probable

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

THE Government have to devise means (the Melbourne Telegraph says) for meeting the deficiency of the Railway Department, which the Treasurer considers is £523,893, and…

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Railway Rates. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

SIR,—During the time I had the honour to fill the position of secretary of the Gundagai Progress Committee you will remember that I put forward certain propositions with regard to the…

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Terrible Railway Disaster near Paris. 50 Persons Killed and 100 Injured. London, July 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 2

A terrible railway accident has occurred at St. Maud, an one of the lines of railway leading to Paris. Two excursion trains collided and the carriages, which were crowded with…

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Railway Rolling Stock

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1891 · page 3

THE parts of the four Pullman sleeping ears which arrived from America by the Mariposa are now in the hands of the railway workmen. It is expected that the ears will be in running…

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Bad Roads. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2

SIR.- Kindly allow me a little space in, your valuable paper to call the attention of the officer of the department in charge of the roads at Gundagai to the very dangerous state of the bridge…

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Miraculous Escape at a Railway Crossing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

A SENSITIOSAL accident and miraculous escape from l[?]ss of life occurred at the Humffray street railway crossing, Ballarat, on Wednesday afternoon, when a man named…

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Our Bad Roads. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 2

SIR.- Allow me to endorse the statements made by Mr. G. Turner in reference to the very dangerous state of certain bridges and unrailed sidings on roads. Since Road Superintendents were…

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Railway Employees' Grievances

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 3

MR. Sharp asked [?]he Colonial Trea[?] on Monday to lay on the table a return showing the hours the clerke in the invoice office and the por[?] in the goods sheds at Redfern and…

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State Railways. the Commissioners' Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 3

THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners, dealing with the 12 months ending June 30, was laid before Parliament late on Friday night. It states that the progress of…

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Culcairn-Corowa Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 2

CONCERNING the decision of the Crown Solicitor, relative to the power to take up the land necessary for the construction of the Culeairn-Corowa railway without…

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The Tumut Railway Condemned Sydney, Thursday, 2 p.m

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 2

An extract from the report of Mr. Gilliat, Examiner of public Works proposals on the Gundagai to tumut Railway. He says there is no apparent justification in either the character of the…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) the Coolamon-broken Dam Road. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 2

SIR,—There is no end of grumbling on the part of local residents at the frightful state the above road is in. Carriers find it very difficult to get along it, especially between…

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Railway Accident. Great Destruction of Cattle Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 2

A CATTLE train from the north ran off the line at Blackfellow'a Crock on Friday night, through the axle of one of the trucks breaking. The train consisted of two engines,…

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The Tumut Railway Condemned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 3

THE following telegram from Sydney on Thursday appears in the Gundagai Times:— An extract from the report of Mr. Gilliat, Examiner of Public Works Proposals, on the…

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Yerong Railway League

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1891 · page 2

A MEETING of the above was held at Four Corners on Saturday, 15th inst. The president (Mr. Crawford) in the chair. There was a large attendance…

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RAILWAY From TEMORA to Broken Dam

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 7

THE deputation formed to await on the Minister for Worbs with regard to getting an extension of railway from Temora to Broken Dam met at the Public Works…

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Fearful Railway Accident. an Old Lady Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

MRS. Warne, aged 72, a resident of View-street, Bendigo, was killed at the Albert Park Railway Station on Thursday, about noon, by being run over by a train. She…

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Serious Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 4

A serious accident happened on the railway near Harden at 5 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when an engine ran into a trolly, on which were five men. Inspector…

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Fatal Accident on the RAILWAY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 6

READERS who have known for years Mr. Thomas Cornthwaite, railway inspector, will have been terribly grieved to hear of the fearful accident which befel him and others…

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