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Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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Wagga Municipal Council. Water for the Trucking Yards. Remodelling Sub-committees. a Proposed Public Library. the Recent Street Watering. the Lagoon Bridge to Be Widened

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 3

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Thursday night. The Mayor (Ald. G. Coleman) presided. Aldermen Heydon, Hayes, Dr…

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Railway Extension

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

IT will interest a number of our country rentiers to learn the exact movements of Mr Stewart, whom we recently notified had been dispatched…

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Cable News. the Riots in Italy. Milan in Darkness. a Gas Workers' Strike. Railways Under Military Control. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 5

The widespread revolutionary disturbances in Italy, combined with railway strikes and bread riots, are causing great anxiety to the…

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Railway Coal Contracts. a Standard Rate Wanted

The Worker · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. Estell (President of the Northern Miners' Association), D. Ritchie (President of the Southern Miners' Association), and J…

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Government Railways

The Worker · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 3

The customary special excursion and holiday excursion arrangements on the railways for Queen's Birthday are advertised elsowhere in this issue. In addition…

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Railway Accident at Tamworth. Goods and Cattle Trains Collide. Much Damage Done. Tamworth. Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 3

A railway accident occurred at Currabubula station to-day. A goods train was standing there when a cattle train was seen approaching. The driver…

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A Lambton Resident Cured Biliousness, Headaches, and Insomnia. Bile Beans Again Successful. Young Road, Lambton, Newcastle, March 14, 1898. To the Bile Bean Manufacturing Company, Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 4

Gentlemen, For some time past I have been suffering from a variety of ailments— mostly billousness and headaches, combined with pains in the chest And between the…

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Mourners at Railway Stations. As the Body Passes to London. London, May 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2

As previously announced, the body of Mr. Gladstone was yesterday brought from Hawarden Castle to Westminster-hall, where it will be in state to-day and…

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Run Over by a Tram. a Woman Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2

An old woman named Ellen Doonan was run over by a tram near Market-street to-day. Both her thighs and her skull were fractured. The…

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Wages on Railway Works

The Worker · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 4

DEAR WORKER,— In the current issue of THE WORKER, Mr. Reid is reported to have said to a deputation re coal contract that "he…

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Alleged Misconduct on the Railways. the Case Falls Through

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 3

Joseph Patrick Horan, traffic inspector of the N.S.W. railways, proceeded on summons against Cornelius Lindsay for having used indecent language on the railway station at…

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The Burmo-chinese Railway. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2

The Associated Chambers of Commerce in England have passed a resolution urging the Salisbury Government to no longer delay in securing…

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Government Coal Contracts. the Railway Supply. Goes to Helensburgh. the Other Contract Still Undecided. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 June 1898 · page 2

It is understood that the Government will accept the tender of the Metropolitan Coal Company of Helensburgh for the supply of 120,000 tons…

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The Cemetery Road

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

The road immediately in front of the Cemetery gate is not in that state of repair which it ought to be. Not long ago, the Rev. G. A. Carver, the Anglican vicar, wrote to Mr…

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Alleged Breaches of the Railway By-laws. One Charge Dismissed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 4

Joseph Patrick Horan, Traffic Inspector of the Government Railways, proceeded against Cornelius Lindsay, on summons, for having, on April 8th last, made use of indecent…

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Uranquinty Road

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 2

The Wagga-Uranquinty road, near the railway overhead bridge, to which reference was made in the Express some weeks ago, and about which the Progress Association…

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Coal for Railways. Tenders Accepted. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of the Lithgow Coal Company, for 80,000 tons coal, and the Cullen Bullen Company for 20,000…

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Cable News. Indian Railways. Extensions to Be Made. a Loan of £10,000,000. LONDON

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 3

The House of Commons has sanctioned an Indian loan of £10,000,000 for further railway extension, and for the purpose of…

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The Gregadoo Road. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

Sir,—May I be permitted a few lines in your valuable columns in order to point out to the "powers that be" the present dangerous stale of a culvert just off the Gregadoo…

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Danger of Starvation. Rebels Control Railways and Rivers. London, June 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 3

Advices from the Philippines state that the position at Manila is now exceedingly critical. The inhabitants are in imminent danger of starvation, as the insurgents,…

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