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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
172 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 9
An accident of somewhat alarming nature happened to the Sydney express on Tuesday morning while running down Fallon's "bank," about three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SOMEWHAT sensational misadventure occurred to the Sydney to Melbourne express train at about 5.45 on Tuesday morning (the Daily News says), three miles from Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several days ago two swagmen called on Mr. Frank Kirkham, a farmer of Lyndhurst, near Dandenong, Victoria, one of whom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE man, Frederick Johnson, who had such a wonderfully narrow escape, having jumped through the window of a rapidly travelling train between Dandenong and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We may be a practical nation, but we certainly do not show it in our dealings with tramps. We spend many millions every year on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners dealing with the three months ended June 30 shows satisfactory results. The total mileage of railways is 2531[?], an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the most encouraging signs of the times is the improving condition of trade as, indicated in the quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners just published. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING the run of the Adelaide express from the sister capital to Melbourne on Friday one of the most sensational incidents that has occurred in the history of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The forty-second half yearly meeting of shareholders of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held today at the company's office. Mr. G. Simmie, chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquiry is to be made (a Melbourne telegram says) by the railway authorities into the circumstances of the incident which occurred last week on the engine of a train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain Fawkes, who is one of the saved, telegraphed from Forster as follows:—"The steamer Catterthun struck on the outer Seal Rock at 25 minutes past 2 a.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →P. H. E. W. In Cologne it is said to be possible to distinguish in the town sixty distinct stinks writes a representative of the Gundagai Times, and if some action don't taken in the matter the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Railway Commissioners did not anticipate that the total quantity of wool carried this your will be in excess of that of last your, the character of the wool being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →APPLICATIONS has bee made, under the 67th chose of the Crown Lands Act of 1884, for the closing and purchase of the roads as named hereunder. Any ersons desiring to lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT appears that the Railway Commissioners have decided not to extend the system of grain sheds at railway stations. The farmers have not availed themselves of the privilege…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The S.M. Herald says:—In regard to the prospects of the forthcoming wool season, we learn on inquiry from the Railway Commissioners that the wool is beginning to come…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A petition is in course of signature to the Public Works department requesting the repair of a portion of the public road leading to the gold mining claims on the South Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night's train from London to Aberdeen on the West Cast route (London ind North-Western and Caledonian lines accomplished the distance, 540 miles, in 520…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a meeting of the Executive Council on Tuesday several new railway rates and regulations were approved. The following changes, amongst others, have been made:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A concrete bridge having a clear span of 164ft. and 26ft. wide was recently constructed over the Danube at Munderkingen, in Austria. Stone is scarce and dear there…
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