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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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The Train Alterations

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 August 1892 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners were waited upon on Tuesday by Messrs. J. Wilkinson, Barnes, and Hayes, M's.P., who presented to the Commissioners resolutions passed at a…

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Collapse of the Railway Strike. London, August 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1892 · page 2

The strike of the employes on the various lines of railway connected with Buffalo has now virtually collapsed…

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The Buffalo Railway Strike. the Srtike Abandoned. London, August 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 6

The pointsmen who struck work for higher wages on the Buffalo, Eni and Lehigh railway lines are completely disheartened by the repression of their violence and effectual…

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Proposed Railway to Hillston

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 1

On Tuesday last a largely attended meeting was held at Tattersall's Hotel, Hillston, for the purpose of taking stops towards tho foundation of a local…

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The Intercolonial Train Service

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 2

THE New South Wales Railway Commissioners having decided that the alteration in the train service, affecting the running of Sunday trains, shall come into force…

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Labor Disturbances in America. End of the Railway Strike. London, Aug 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 2

The s rike of the switchmen and pointsmen on the railways in the states of New York and Pennsylvania, which has led to serious disturbances and outrages, is now at…

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The Opening of a Road. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 3

Sir,—Having seen in your issue of the 23rd instant a letter signed "M.H.," I feel it incumbent on me, as president of the Green's Gunyah Farmers' Union, to deny…

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Murray Bridge Projects

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 4

AN inspection of the site of the proposed bridge over the Murray at Hawksview was made on Friday by Mr. Davidson, inspector in chief of Victorian public works. The…

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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, September 6, 1892. the Railway Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the year, ending 30th June, which has just been presented to the Minister contains a large amount of…

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Tumut Railway League

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

A MEETING of the Committee of the Tumut Railway League appointed to receive the sub-committee's report, in reference to the statistical information so be furnished to our Member, to aid him and the…

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Proposed New Bridge at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1892 · page 2

WE are informed that Mr. Gormly has been urging the Public Works Department to have plans and estimates prepared for the new iron bridge proposed to be erected on…

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A Father's Crime. Throwing Children From a Train

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1892 · page 4

EDMUND Chippendale, a plumber, was charged at the Leeds Assizes on July 26, with having thrown his two children, one three years and the other ten weeks old,…

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A. Dishonest Railway Guard. Bendigo

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 2

DETECTIVE Cook, of Melbourne, has succeeded in elucidating the mystery of the dis appearance of a sum of money, between £6 and £7, from a bag which was forwarded to…

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The Goulburn-Crookwell Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr. Rose had an interview with the Minister of Public Works with reference to the Crookwell railway, with the result that at the earliest possible…

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Reasons for the Construction of the Gundagai Tumut Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 2

TUMUT is one of the oldest agricultural districts in New South Wales. For upwards of 25 years the agitation for a railway of Tumut has been carried on. Several members of the present…

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Proposed Wagga-tumbarumba Railway. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 3

SIR,—I have read the Examiner's report on the proposed railway to Tumbarumba, and, with jour permission, would like to publish a few remarks thereon. Referring to the…

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Railway from Wagga to Tumberumba. the Engineer Favors Line From Gootamundra

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 2

Mr Stanley Alexander's report on the proposed railway line from Wagga to Tumberumba is in two sections, dealing with the portion between Wagga Wagga…

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The Railway Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 2

THE presentation of the public testimonial to the Railway Commissioners on Monday evening was (the Daily Telegraph says) largely attended by members of both sexes…

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An American Railway Disaster. Collision in a Fog. Twenty Lives Lost. London, Sept. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway disaster occurred yesterday near the town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. A passenger train from Boston had pulled…

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Serious Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 2

A serious railway collision occurred a little before 8 o'clock this morning. The western goods train, bound for Redfern, was blocked near Macdonaldtown Station,…

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