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Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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The American Railway Strike. Cost to the Government. London, July 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the strike of railway employees in the United States lasted only a few days, it involved a very heavy expense to the Government, owing to tho great…

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The American Railway Strike. Men Returning to Work

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 4

Debs, the president of the United States Railway Employes Union, is endeavouring to organise a renewal of the strike, which is now virtually…

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Differential Railway Rates

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A CORRESPONDENT, writing to a Deniliquin paper, says that there seems to be some confusion of ideas respecting the Victorian differential rates and the action of the New…

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Stud Sheep Sales. Railway Concessions

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. wool brokers, Sydney, have handed us the following letter from the Railway Commissioners, advising that, in reply to the company's…

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Differential Railway Rates

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1894 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT, writing to a Deniliquin paper, says that there seems to be some confusion of ideas respecting the Victorian differential rates, and the action of the New…

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Victorian Railway Retrenchments. Retired Employees to Be Placed on the Land

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 4

The Cabinet was engaged for several hours on Monday (the Age says) in considering the problem how to reduce the excessive expenditure in working the railways. When…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. an Old Woman Cut to Pieces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 3

A GHASTLY accident occurred to an old woman named Susan Duggan, who resided with her daughter, Mrs. Bell, at 19 Buntingstreet, Burnley, on the Camberwell railway…

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Railway Outrage in Tasmania. Attempt to Derail a Train

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 2

Greal excitement prevails in Hobart and Launecston with respect to a reported attempt to derail the Derwent Valley train. The accounts to hand…

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Another Attempt to Wreck a Train. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 2

ANOTHER attempt at train wrecking occurred last night. The mail train from Launceston to Hobart on reaching the bridge over the Elizabeth River, half a mile…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Supposed Suicide of a Young Woman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 2

THE driver of the midnight train to Preston on Wednesday felt (the Argus says) the wheels of Ins engine meet with some obstacle on the line near the Regent-street…

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Railway Outrage in Tasmania. a Ganger Shot at and Wounded. Launceston

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 4

GREAT excitement prevails in Hobart and Launceston with respect, to a reported attempt to derail the Derwent Valley train. The accounts to band are conflicting. It…

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Strange Railway Fatality. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 3

On Wednesday night Driver Wilson, who was in charge of the 11.33 up train from Melbourne to Preston, noticed his engine jolting at a spot between the Regent-street and…

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The Tasmanian Railway Outrage. Launceston

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 4

No new developments have occurred with respect to the Derwent Valley railway outrage. The mystery is thai no sufficient motive is discoverable. A number of men…

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Railway Outrages in Tasmania. Another Attempt at Train Wreckage

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 4

Another attempt was made to wreck the mail train from Launceston to Hobart at 11.35 p.m. on Thursday night, at a bridge over the Elizabeth…

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The Question of Railway Ganges

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 2

THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways met at Parliament House, Melbourne, on Monday, and took additional evidence upon the narrow-gange question…

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Tramp Life. Mr. J. McCOOK in the "American Charities Review."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 6

Fifty seven per cent. of our American tramps have trades or professions; forty-one per cent. are unskilled labourers. Ninety-eight trades were…

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The New South Wates Railways. Report by the Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1894 · page 3

THE annual report of the railway commissioners was issued on Monday night. It makes pointed allusion to the exceptionaly difficulty they have experienced during the[?]…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, August 9, 1894. the Railway Report

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1894 · page 2

TAKING all thigns into account, the report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending 30th June can justly be considered a most satistactory…

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The N.s.w. Railway Report

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 August 1894 · page 4

The annual report of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners is one of a most encouraging character, showing what good business management can effect during…

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