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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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Culcairn-Corowa Railway Compensation Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 3

THE Arbitration Court dealing with the compensation proposed to be allowed in connection with the lands taken up for the Culcairn to Corowa railway has resumed…

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The Culcairn-corowa Railway Compensation Cases

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 4

Albury, Friday.—The Arbitration Court dealing with the compensation proposed to be allowed in connection with the lands taken up for the…

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The Charges Against the Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 2

The Scbey-Eddy Commission resumed its sittings to-day. After a few preliminaries Mr. Schey applied for a postponement till Thursday, as he was suffering from a severe…

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Mr. Schey and the Railway and Tramway Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 3

EMHODIED in the report of Mr. W. F. Schey, M.P., to the annual conferenco of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association,…

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The Victorian Railway Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 2

THE Minister of Railways presented to Parliament on Tuesday (the Age says) a full and clear printed statement of the cause of the suspension of the late Commissioners of…

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The Tarana Railway Disaster. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have received a specially prepared report from an independent board of experts appointed to inquire into the cause of the recent Tarana railway…

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Charges Against Victorian Railway Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 3

The Minister of Railways presented to Parliament on Tuesday a full and clear printed statement of the cause of the suspension of the late commissioners of Railways. The…

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The Corowa Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

THE Corowa railway works arc nearing completion. The rails are laid to within four and a half miles of Corowa, and the appearance of an engine and ballast trucks in that…

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New Type of Tramcar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 6

A new type of tram-car, which is said to be fireless steamless, and noiseless, has been running for some time—experimentally—in the grounds of the "World's Fair" at…

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The Culcairn Railway Compensation Cases. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 6

THE Arbitration Court appointed to deal with the claims for compensation for land taken in building the Culeairn to Corowa railway has completed its sittings, so far as…

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Railway Demonstration

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 5

THE public meeting, to inaugurate a committee for carrying out the demonstration at the turning of the first sod for the railway extension to Temora, was duly held in the…

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This Inverell Railway. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 3

Sir,—Many of those who have written on this subject have not looked at the question in its wider bearing. It is not a local matter affecting only a few small towns in the…

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A Sensational Train Robbery. Sentence of 49 Years Imprisonment. London, May 20

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

Perry, the American railway robber, who in February last, captured a train on the New York Central railway, near Rochester, [?]led the mails and [?] s sensational attempt to…

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Letters to the Editor the Inverell Railway. to Tub Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 3

SIR,—Many of those who have written the above subject have not looked at the question in its wider bearing. It is not a local matter affecting only a few small towns in the north. If It were, I should…

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Early Railway Travelling

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 4

The coaches at first had names, just as their predecessors on the turnpike roads had, and were made as much like them as the altered…

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New Bridge at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 2

MR. Gormly, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Public Works on Monday, and explained that, from inquiries he had made in the Public Works Office, he found that the…

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The Wagga Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 2

MR. Gormly is to be thanked for keeping before the Government the necessity that exists for the speedy provision of a new bridge at Wagga. It is not…

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The Railway Commissioners. the Inquiry in Sydney. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 2

The Royal Commission appointed to make diligent inquiry into the truth of the several allegations and charges made in the Legislative Assembly, on the 9th March, 1892,…

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Sensational Tram Accident in Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 3

THE most sensational accident that has yet taken place in connection with the admirable tram service provided in Melbourne took place on Thursday evening (the Age…

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Tramway Collision in Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 4

The most sensational accident that has [?] taken place in connection with the admirable tram service provided in Melbourne took place on Thursday evening at the crossing of…

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