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Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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"New Australia." the Opinion of Railway Officials

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 2

The Railway Budged (published in connection with the New South Walt s railway service) publishes an article, based on "information from railway…

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Railway Revenue

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners will shortly be in a position to issue their report for the quarter ended 30th June and for the fiancial year to same date. The report will show…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Wanted—a Railway Crossing. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 2

SIR,—I suppose it is a matter of perfect indifference to the railway authorities as to the number of lives that may be sacrificed at such an unimportant and remote town as…

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Railway Returns. Decrease of £190,000 for the Year

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners will shortly be in a position to issue the report for the quarter ending 30th June and for the financial year…

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The Riverine Railway Rates Road Versus Rail

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 2

AN Albury telegram of Monday says:—The competition between carrying firms and the railway in the carriage of goods between Wodonga and Wagga continues, and to-day…

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A New Zealand Road Disaster. Coach Capsized Over an Embankment. Eight Passengers Seriously Injured. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 2

A SHOCKING coach accident occurred yesterday near Lyell, in Wstland. Five miles from the town the coach capsized over a steep and high embankment, down which it rolled…

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Train Arrangements. Interview with Mr. Day

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1893 · page 3

IN accordance with arrangement, Mr. Day, the District Superintendent of Railways, visited Wagga on Saturday for the purpose of enquiring into certain grievances…

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The Alteration in the Trains. Overhead Bridge at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 July 1893 · page 2

The questions recently before the Wagga Municipal Council, viz., as to the necessity for running the goods express, or "puper" train from Sydney daily instead of…

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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, July 25, 1893. the Train Arrangements

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1893 · page 2

THE experience which the public has hitherto had of the Railway Commissioners would induce the belief that they are men of fairly reasonable…

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The Differential Railway Rates

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 July 1893 · page 4

As a consequence presumably of the publicity which has been given to the fact that one of the carrying firms here has been successfully competing…

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Visit of the Railway, Commissianers to Wagga. Train Arrangements. Overhead Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 2

THE chairman of the Railway Commissioners, Mr. Eddy, accompanied by one of his colleagues, Mr. Fehon, Paid a flying visit to Wagga yesterday in the course ofso of…

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Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. the Overhead Bridge Question. the Altered Train Service

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 3

Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, Chief Commissioner of Hallways, accompanied by Mr. D. Kirkcaldie (traffic manager), Mr. W. T…

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Freedom's Stormy Road

The Worker · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 1

Beneath the banners waving red The toiling millions slowly tread, And many find a gory bed On Freedom's stormy road…

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Railway Commissioners' Visit

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 8

ON Friday morning Mr. Eddy and Mr. Fehon paid their annual visit to the Cootamundra station, and were interviewed by the Mayor (Mr. J. J, Miller). It was…

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The Proposed Bridge at Wagga. the Plans Submitted

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 2

It will be recollected that the Government called for tenders for the erection of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee at Wagga for the purpose of carrying the road traffic, and…

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New South Wales Railway Returns

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 2

THE railway returns for the quarter ended 30th June were published on Thursday. The revenue for the quarter was £591,524 compared with £605,364 for the corresponding…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Penrith

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 2

AN accident attended with fatal results, befell a railway guard named Edward Edwards on Friday night at Blackneath, Edwards at the time was relieving another…

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Railway Matters

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 6

THE railway Commissioners returned from the south to this station yesterday morning, in their special train, two cars and a breakvan; and they preceded the mail to…

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Robbing Railway Trains

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 3

THE robbing of railway trains by highwaymen is not a profitable industry (says the American correspondent of the Argus), although it has been carried on in some of…

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Railway Unionism in America

The Worker · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 4

The number of railroad employees in the United States is estimated at from 800,000 to 1,000,000. Until lately not more than 150,000 of these were members…

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