New Train Arrangements
A NEW time table in connection with the running of the Sydney and Melbourne express comes in cooperation to-day. Instead of the express train being run on the five…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
173 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 9
Narrow-gauge Railways. the Tasmanian Experiment. Criticism of an Expert
Since the standing Committee on Railways has gone into the question of Constructing narrow gauge railways in the mountainous districts of the colony a good deal has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tarcutta Road Railway Crossing
As the Railway Commissioners passed Wagga on Wednesday on their annual tour of inspection of the Southern Line, advantage was taken of the opportunity to bring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners at Wagga. the Tarcutta Road Crossing
According to appointment the Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy, Oliver and Fehon, accompanied by Mr. Fraser, and officer in the department, and many other officials…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wagga Roads. Totalisator Bill Introduced. the Federation Bill. [By Teleagraph.] Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-night Mr. Gormly asked the Secretary for Public Works—(1.) Is he aware that through the extended area of land brought under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial. (From Our Correspondent.) [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Wednesday. a Tram Fatality
A verdict of accidental death wag returned at the inquest on the body of a boy, Samuel George who was shockingly mangled by a tram motor yesterday, whilst returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Obstructing a Road
SIR,—A few years ago a great row was made, and a great deal of acrimonious correspondence appeared in your paper over Mr. D. Neve having a road closed up which runs from the main Adelong road…
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ONE of the saddest and most dismal evidences of the severe drought which this district -- in common with the greater part of New South Wales -- is…
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MR. T. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the Coolamon and Warri Railway League to the Minister for Works on Thursday, and urged the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed Railway. Coolamon to Warri
A deputation consisting of the residents of the Coolamon and Warri districts and others waited on the Minister for Works on Thursday to urge upon him the expediency of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the op[?] of our correspondents. Coolamon-warri Railway. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)
SIR,—Judging from the roports in the city papers, ami also from the paragraph in your issue of Saturday, the gentlomen from the Coolamon and Warri League who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheapening of Railway Travelling
IN July last attention was drawn to an experiment in railway fares which the North-Eastern Railway Company was announcing, the principle of what has now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revised Railway Fares
AS a result of the recent conference between the New South Wales Commissioner and the Victorian Railway Commissioner, a new by-law was published in the Gazette on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways and the Drought
The Railway Commissioners, with a view to affording assistance to pastoralists and others during the continuance of the drought, have arranged that where the grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Testing Railway Wheels
Some particulars are given in the Railway Gazette of American methods of testing railway wheels. From a batch of 100 three are selected. One…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[By Telegraph.] the Rock-urana Railway. the Federation Debate. Sydney
In the Assembly to-night Mr. Young, in reply to Mr. Lyne, said that during the present session be hoped to submit the proposed line of railway from The Rock to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queen's Birthday. the Railway Excursion to Muttama
THE railway excursion to Muttama, organised by the Rev. Father Dwyer as a treas for the Convent School children, was a great success. The clouds which appeared early in the morning passed away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Man Who Knows the Road
He drives directly home, even in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The overhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds, don't bother…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality on Gundagai Road
YESTERDAY forenoon news was received in town of a fatal accident on the Gundagal Road, about five miles from town, at Glenfield, the property of Mr. Robert M'Intyre,…
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