Effect on Victorian Railways. the Commissioner's Opinion
Mr. Mathieson, the Victorian Railway Commissioner, says that the Inter-State Railway Commission will be the only channel through which preferences or…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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The Riverine Trade Effect on Sydney Ann Melbourne, Views of the Victorian Railway Officials
The Victorian Railway Commissioner has supplied Sir George Turner with several communications with regard to the railways and federation. He has also made a formal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Starving Stock Railway Bates
A deputation, representing the Stock-owners' Association of New South Wales, was introduced to the Hallway Commissioners by Mr. G. H. Cox, M.L.C., on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Holiday Traffic
As usual the holiday rates made by the Railway Commissioners attracted a large number of excursionists from Wagga and the surrounding district to the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lockhart. (From a Correspondent.) Railway
A meeting of the Green's Gunyah Railway League was held at Drummoml's Hotel on Saturday last to consider what further steps should be taken to urge on the construction…
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On Tuesday afternoon a deputation representing the Young railway League, introduced by Mr. Watson, M.L.A,, waited on the Minister for Works in regard to…
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A railroad building race, involving an expenditure of 16,000,000dol., has been commenced (says the "Klondyke Review," Victoria, B.C.), by two wealthy corporations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mail Train Derailed. a Stock Truck Off the Line. the Mails Delayed
YESTERDAY'S mail train, which should have left the station at 6.35 p.m., was delayed several hours. It appears that during shunting operations at…
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EGYPT has a reputation for miracles; but the miracle of the desert railways in perhaps the most extraordinary of all. For in the 20 years since Ismail began his costly line much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Comp. on Tramp
The Secretary of the Typographical Association is in receipt of the following interesting letter from a member of the craft:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Federal Campaign. Hon. R. E. O'connor at Wagga. Strong Advocacy of the Bill. an Enthusiastic Meeting. the Railway Rates. Cost of the Federation. Grossly Exaggerated Reports. Union Must Come
Hon. R. E. O'Connor, Q.C., M.L.c., addressed a large gathering of electors on the proposed Federal Constitution Bill at the Oddfellows' Hall, Wagga, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Train Stopped by Robbers
A daring outrage of a kind not infrequent in America, bas been committed in South Africa. A train running on the line from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Monopoly
THE extent of the railway monopoly exercised by the Vanderbilts is shown by a calculation recently made by a New York paper. The system of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial. Sydney. Monday. Road Tender Accepted
The tender of T. Morriss, Wagga, has been accepted for road contract No. 46 Wagga to Kyamba. THE REVENUE FOR APRIL…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga-kyeamba Road. the Successful Tenderer. Sydney, Monday Night
The Tender Bard have accepted the tender of Mr. R. Morris, amounting to £240, for the formation of a road from Wagga to Kyeamba…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Engineer for Roads
Mr H. S. Cox, who has succeeded Mr Hanna as Engineer for Roads, and who was previously at Campbelltown and on the South Coast, has left behind him a host of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia in Asia. Railway to the Afghan Frontier. London
It is announced that the Russian railway from Merv, in Turkestan, southward to Kushk, near the Afghanistan border, is now practically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repairing a Road
The road from Wagga to Tooyal, via Malebo Bill gap is in anything but a satisfactory state of repair. The matter having been brought under the notice of Mr Gormly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cab-tram Collision. the Cabdriver Injured. Sydney. Friday Night
A cab, driven by a man named Charles Towner, collided with a tram in Oxford-street this afternoon. Towner was thrown on his head. His…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm at Newcastle. the Town Flooded. Railway Lines Washed Away. Telegraph Lines Interrupted. Newcastle Friday Night
A storm ot a very severe character broke over Newcastle last night, and several of the lower portiou of the city have been flooded. Much…
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