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Railways, roads & transport, 1897

173 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 9

Roads for Harvest

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 3

THIS is the time of the year for seeing that all roads radiating upon the town and the railway stations are put in order to meet the heavy traffic that will be…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Saturday, August 28, 1897. Sydney Railway Extension

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

For the second time, recommended the extension of the railway from the present terminus at Redfern into the heart of the city of Sydney. Their…

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Wagga Railway Viaduct. Twenty-four Spans Replaced

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

A FURTHER six spans of the Wagga Viaduct were removed yesterday morning and replaced in steel. The work was of a more interesting nature than usual owing to the…

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Restoration of Wagga Railway Viaduct. Thirty-five Spans Completed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

THE Wagga Railway Viaduct, which is in course of being restored by the Railway Commissioners, was, yesterday forenoon, the scene of unother novel piece of work. By…

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Lockhart. (From Our Correspondent.) Green's Gunyah Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

MR. H. Deane, Engineer in Chief for Railway construction accompanied by Mr. Jamieson, Staff Surveyor, arrived at The Rock by the mail train on Monday, and…

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Railway from Condobolin to Euabalong

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

The Public Works Committee met again on Tuesday for the purpose of further considering the expediency of constructing a line ef railway from Condobolin to…

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Correspondence. We do not neassarily endorse the opinicn of our correspondents. the Government Road Grant. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 4

Sir,—With your permission I would like to call the attention of our municipal authorities to what I think is a misappropriation of the moiety granted by the…

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The Gold Rush in Canada. the Hatching of Wild Schemes. Serious Loss of Life. Remarkable Scenes on the Road. San Francisco, August 19

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 3

Since my last the excitement and feverish haste to reach the now famous gold diggings on the Klondyke River in the Yukon country have is no wise subsided. In fact the wild…

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Proposed New Railway. the Rock to Green's Gunyah

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 2

THE matter before the Public Works Committee on Thursday was the consideration of the expediency of constructing a line of railway from The Rook to Green's…

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The Building of Railways

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 3

There is no doubt whatever that next year will witness the building of a railroad from Edmonton, Manitoba territory, to a point in the North-west Territory where…

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The Oldest English Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 4

The triangular bridge at Croyland in Lincolnshire, is probably not only the most ancient bridge in our country, but on account of its peculiar construction one of the…

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The Rock to Green's Gunyak Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 2

THE Public Works Committee on Friday continued their inquiry into the expediency of constructing a railway from The Bock to Green's Gunyuh…

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Intercolonial. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Wednesday. Assault on a Railway Guard

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 2

The trial of Jos. Maguire, Arthur Ellis, Fred. Dalton, and Edward Hayes, on a charge of having assaulted Patrick Herbert Ford, a railway guard, occasioning him…

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Coolac. the Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 8

When people are complaining of bad times and the depressing state of the country, it sounds strange to hear of government money being squandered needlessly, as is…

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Proposed Coolamon to Ariah Railway. Public Works Committee Quiry

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

The Public Works Committee, at their meeting on Thursday, considered the construction of a line of railway from Coolamon to Ariah. Mr. Hiokson, Under-Secretary…

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The Rock to Green's Gunyah Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 4

The inquiry by the Public Works Committee into the proposal to construct a railway from The Rock to Green's Gunyah was proceeded with on Wednesday. Mr…

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Inter-State Railway Traffic. the Riverina Lines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 4

A REPORT by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, in reply to statements made by Mr. Mathieeon, the Victorian Railway Commissioner, with regard to the…

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The Wagga Railway Viaduct. Further Progress

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

As notified in a previous issue of the Express, preparations were made for the removal of a further portion of the wooden railway viaduct at Wagga, and its…

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Proposed District Railways. Rock to Green's Gunyah. Coolamon to Ariah

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon the Public Works Committee further considered the expediency of constructing a line of railway from The Rock to Green's Gunyah. There were…

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Inter-State Railway Traffic. Thf Victorian View

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1897 · page 4

Mr. Charles Oliver, the New South Wales Railway Commissioner, has (says the "Age") offered some criticisms upon Mr. Mathieson's report on inter-State railway…

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