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Railways, roads & transport, 1895

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Cycling. 48-Mile Road Race. Won by Harry Pinkstone

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 23 November 1895 · page 4

THE Colemane and Sons Eucalypte, Stakes, a 48-miloe road race, under the management of the Cootamundra Branch of the League of the New South Wales Wheelmen, was run off…

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Wagga Police Court. Thursday, November 21. (Before Messrs. P. Moran and S. Hawkins, J's.P.) Breach of the Railway Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1895 · page 3

George Henry Green was charged with travelling on the Government railways from Uranquinty to The Book without a ticket. Accused pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s.,…

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The Jerilderie to Berrigan Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1895 · page 2

As an illustration of the usefulness of the Jerilderie to Berrigan railway the Minister for Works mentions that he has received several applications from wheat-growers in…

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Great Storm at Broken Hill. Washaway on the Railway. Several Buildings Wrecked. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1895 · page 3

FIFTEEN railway passengers for Adclaide by the train stuck up at the washaway on the Broked Hill line walked from Cockburn to Thatkaringa, and readied here on Saturday…

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The Road to the Revolution

The Worker · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 1

Twice of late Labor has received a severe blow in Australia; twice the workers have been defeated in mighty campaigns—one a campaign of strikes, the other political. Great lessons are to…

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Reduction of Freights Promised. Railways to Be Recouped From Revenue. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 2

WITH respect to the carriage of agricultural and pastoral produce on the railways, the Premier stated to-day that he had proposals which would materially reduce the cost of…

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Jerilderie to Berrigan Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 3

AMONG the tenders opened on Wednesday by the Public Works Tender Board were a number in connection with the construction of a single line of railway from Jerilderie to…

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The Railway Water Supply. the Wagga District

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 2

The dry weather has necessitated the carriage, by rail, of large volumes of water from the Murrumbidgee at Wagga for use on the line, and the running of water trains has…

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The Railway Policy

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 4

WE are glad to find that Mr. Reid has foreshadowed a new policy in the administration of our railways. Instead of expecting the railways to subsidise the…

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Subsidising the Railways

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 December 1895 · page 7

IN the Railway bill which is now before the Victorian Parliament a clause exists which throws some light on the proposal of the New South Wales Government to grant…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Tuesday, December 17, 1895. Subsidising Tae Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1895 · page 2

IT must, we think, be generally admitted that Mr. Reid's proposal to grant a subsidy to the Railway Commissioners to enable them to reduce…

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Reminiscences of a 1500-Miles Tramp

The Worker · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 6

PROLOGUE.—I don't suppose these yarns will paralyse anyone. Anyway, I hope not—till Christmas is over. They're true, this constituting their chief merit. The trip was taken in '92,…

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