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Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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Police Court. FRIDAY. Before Messrs. R. R. Bailey, P.M., and J. Boxsell, J.P. Defrauding Railways

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 6

Patrick Mulligan (on bail) was charged with travelling on the railway without paying for his ticket; and he pleaded not guilty…

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Railway Bylaws

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

A supplement to the Government Gazette contains a reissue of the railway bylaws, which have been brought up to date. The only alteration have been the increase of the…

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The Voice of the People. the Tumut Railway. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 3

SIR,—An agitation is now going space in Tumut for the purpose of securing the long-talked of extension of the railway. From recent paragraph in paper…

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Railway Collision in Land. Seven Persons Kil[?] Many Injured. London, [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

A serious railway collision has [?] the Glasgow and South-west [?] Barass[?] in Ayrshire, near Kilmarn[?] The trains that came into coll[?]…

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Japan and Corea. Railway Constuction Demanded. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

The Government of Corea is re-refusing to grant railway concessions to any foreigners. Japan demands immediate…

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Federating the Railways

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

WHEN the essentials of federation were at first under consideration, the federal control of the railways and the rivers were the main points in contest…

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Fall From the Hampden Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

At about a quarter past eight on Thursday evening a man named Thomas Edwards met with a severe accident. Edwards was on his way to the reserve on the north side of the…

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Intercolonial. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Friday. Robberies From Railway Yards

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

Two men named Joseph Clifford and Walter Kay, charged in connection with alleged extensive robberies from the railway yards at Penrith, were placed upon trial at…

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Intercolonial Railway Conference

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

Mr. Harper, chief traffic manager, left for Melbourne to-night to attend an intercolonial conference of traffic managers in Melbourne…

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Floods in South Australia. Broken Hill and Silverton Submerged. Railway Lines Damaged. Wentworth Coach Driver Missing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

ADEDAIDE, Thursday.—During last night and this morning thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rain, were experienced in the north and north-east. At Coward Springs…

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Railway Through Yunan. Concession to England

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

China has formally granted Great Britain the right to extend the Burmah railway through the Chinese province of Yunan…

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Great Flood at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned. a Woman's Sensational Escape. Miraculous Escape of a Passenger Train. [By Telegraph.] Bungendore

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

The most disastrous flood over known here ocoarred last night at half-past 9 o'clock. A terrific thunderstorm came on and in about an hour 4 inches of rain fell,…

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Railway Conference

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

The traffic managers of the railways of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia are meeting in conference in Melbourne to consider the possibility of taking…

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The Latest. [Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Feb. 18. French Railway Construction in Tonkin —Six Million Francs Voted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

"The Times" this morning states that the French Chamber of Deputies has voted six millions of francs for the construction of a railway from Hanoi, in Tonkin, to the…

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Railway Arrangements in Norway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

A SUGGESTION, which all who have had any experience of railway travelling will no doubt endorse, was made by Mr. A. Kethel, M.L.C., in Sydney in the course of a lecture…

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France and China. a Vote for Railway Construction. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The Times this morning states that the French Chamber of Deputies has voted the sum of 6,000,000 francs for the construction of a railway from…

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The Crisis in China Burmese Railway Extension. English Trade Control. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The Standard states that China proposes that the route to be followed by the extension of the Burmese railway shall touch the Yang-tee-Kiang, the Mekong, and the Sikiang…

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Redfern Produce Sales. Test Case Against the Railway Commissioners. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

At the Redfern produce sales to-day there was a plentiful supply of chaff from the western district, but none from the southern. Values were unchanged. Primest made 4s…

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Adelaide. Monday. Shocking Railway Fatality

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

A man named Walter Chambers was cut to pieces on the railway line between Large and Adelaide this morning. The only complete portion of the body was the head and…

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The Proposed Tumut Railway. the Question of the Route

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

AT the last meeting of the Brungle Progress Committee an animated discussion took place with regard to the possibilities aud probabilities of the…

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