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Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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The Railway to Klondike. Action by Congress. Canada Indignant

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 2

The United States Congress has been lately discussing a bill the effect of which is to nullify the value of the proposed Canadian railway to the Klondike gold-fields by the…

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Proposed Railway Line from Whitton to Hillston. Meeting at Whitten

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

Owing to the rapid growth of settlement, and the [?] at [?] of farming industries in this district, the many settlers in the westerly and north-westerly directions…

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Proposed Temora-Gunbar Railway. Request for a Trial Survey

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 3

A deputation waited on the Minister for Works on Thursday, and asked that a trial survey should be made of the first section of the proposed railway line from Temora to…

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Railway Inspection

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners leave on Monday on a tour of inspection of the southern line and its branches…

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Railway Hospital Fund

The Worker · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

The eighth annual meeting of the Railway and Tramway Employees' Hospital Fund was held last week in the main hall of the Railway Institute…

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Ganmain. Visit of Railway Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

The Railway Commissioner (Messrs Oliver, Fehan and Kirkpatrick), paid their annual visit of inspection of Ganmain on Wednesday, accompanied by Messrs J…

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Widening the Lagoon Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

The public will be glad to hear that the Municipal Council contemplate taking into serious consideration at an early date the widening of the footway on the western side…

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A Chapter of Accidents. Two Deaths. a Fall From the Bridge. Turown From a Horse

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3

WE have bad a superabundance of excitement and noteworthy incident during the past few days, in connection with the Show, and it was thought, [?]…

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Railway Employees' Picnic at Junee

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

The employees on this particular portion of the Government railways held their annual picnic at Old Junee yesterday. Special trains conveying railway men and…

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Firing at a Train. Narrow Escape of a Passenger

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

Mr O'Farrell, one of the Rookwood Cemetery trustees, while travelling by the Parramatta train last night, narrowly escaped being shot by a rifle…

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Serious Tram Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

A young man, named Davidson, had his right foot smashed and his thigh fractured to-day through being run over by a tram at Darlinghurst…

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Antiquated Railway Gate System

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

The experience of the local firemen with their hose and reel on Saturday evening last at the Best-street railway gates emphasises the necessity for the attention of the…

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Railway Facilities

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

RAILWAY facilities in the central parts of Wagga are like snakes in Iceland. There are none. The railway station is situated at such a distance from the business centre…

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The Far East. Russia and China. Railway Claims Conceded. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

It was reported yesterday that Prince Li-Huag-Chang and another member of the Tsung-li-Yamen, or Council of Foreign Affairs, had been invested by the Chinese…

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England and France. Interview with M. Hanotaux. on the High Road to Agreement. the "Spectator" on the Situation. London, Sunday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

M. Hanotaux, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the course of an interview, said that England and France were willing to mediate in the…

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The Lockhart Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

IT is improbable that the legislative outcome of the final session of the present Parliament, which will open on Tuesday next, will be considerable. Members, if the…

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The Wagga Roads

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 2

Mr Gormly, M.L.A., on Thursday had an interview with the Minister and Under Secretary for Public Works in reference to the need of clearing and improving roads in…

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The Latest. London, March 31. Railway to Klondike

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 2

The Canadian Senate has approved of the contract for the construction of a railway to Klondike. PIGEON POST…

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The Railway Revenue

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 2

In his last Financial Statement Mr Reid estimated the Railway and Tramway Revenue for the year 1897-8 at £60,000 less than the previous year. As a matter of fact the net…

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One Tramp. (Condensed.) J. W. Harrow, in the "Canadian Magazine."

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 4

In the year 188—,in one of the lesser English families, there occurred a domestic disturbance which resulted in sending the younger son forth into…

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