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Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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The Railway Report

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 7

THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners is one of a most encouraging character, showing what good business management can effect during periods of commercial…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Railway Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 5

A shocking fatality happened on the railway near Hamilton station. Miss Kenny, teacher of the Stockton public school, when crossing the line to catch the…

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Latest Telerams LONDON, Monday. Railway Disaster

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 2

A railway accident occurred at St. Pancras Railway Terminus, London. The Scotch mail was approaching the Station, when the brakes failed to…

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Shocking Railway Accident a Young Lady Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 August 1894 · page 2

A SHOCKING railway accident occurred at the Hamilton railway station, this morning. A public school teacher named Miss Kenny was hurrying across the railway, line to catch…

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The Illabo Road

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 11

THE following nasty letter was addressed to the editor of the Southern Cross:— Sir,—Could you bring your influence to bear on the powers behind the scenes in…

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Protection in Victoria. The Truth About it. The Distress in Melbourne--Bursting of the Land Boom--The Cessation of State Loans--Useless Railways.--The Panic. BY E. W. O'SULLIVAN, M.L.A.

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 2

Certain of the freetrade newspapers in Sydney have made strong statements with regard to protection being the main cause of the depression in Victoria, and…

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Peculiar Railway Fatality. a Fireman Killed. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

A peculiar fatality happened on the St. Kilda railway on Saturday night. The 8.20 p.m. train for town started punctually from St. Kilda and arrived in Melbourne minus its…

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Cudgellico Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 August 1894 · page 10

SURVEYORS are engaged in making a trial survey of the railway extension from Temora to the Lachlan at Lake Cudgallico, and the camp is now on the…

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Railway Revenue Increasing. Light Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 5

THE Railway Commissioners find the revenue of the department so satisfactory that they intend to replace the fettlers who had been reduced by six working hours per…

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The Railway Freight War

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1894 · page 4

MR. J. Williams, of Numurkah, makes (the Age says) an inquiry of us as to "why the whole of the famous Tuppal wool clip is being sent from Sydney this year for the…

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Bethungra-Forrest Road

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 5

THE following letter is published for public information, sent to Mr. C. S. Smith, chairman of the Progress Committee, per Mr. Barnes:—…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, September 20, 1894. Cheap Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1894 · page 2

IT will be readily conceded that the construction of railways must form an essential feature of any policy having for its object the progressive…

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Light Lines of Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1894 · page 2

IN accordance with the promise in the Governor's speech at the opening of Parliament, the Minister for Works, Mr. J. H Young, is (the S. M. Herald says) having…

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Railway Collision Near Newcastle. an Engine Fireman Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 4

A disastrous railway smash, resulting is the death of one man and serious injury to others, occurred about 5.30 this morning at Waratah, near Newcastle, on the Northern…

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New Zealand Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 4

RAILWAY managements in New Zealand is one of these subjects upon which, remarks the Wellington (New Zealand) correspondent of the Age, public opinion is very…

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Unsettled Cootamundra-Temora Railway Claims

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 4

Mr Watson, M.T., has favored us with the following list of unsettled [?] relative to the [?] which he has received from the Public [?] Sydney:--…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, September 27, 1894. a Railway to Humula

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 2

THERE appears Co be a well grounded belief that the Government do not intend to recede from their announced intention of constructing light…

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The Railway Collision Near Waratah. the Inquest Resumed. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 3

This morning, District Coroner Martin, J.P., resumed the inquest at Fisher's Robert Peel Hotel, Waratah, upon the body of Alexander Robertson, a fireman killed at…

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A Railway Invention

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 3

MR. S. J. K. Hassall, an officer of the railway service in this colony, has just patented throughout the United States and Australia an invention which will minimise…

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New Fashion in Railway Engines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 3

AN important now departure in the construction of express locomotives is (says the Paris correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph) about to be inaugurated by the…

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