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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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Serious Railway Accident. to the Paper Train Near Harden. Six Trucks Fall Into a Creek. Passenger Carriage and Brake Van Overturned. Narrow Esoape of Passengers. Much Damage to Rolling Stock. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Harden

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

A serious railway Accident occurred to the down newspaper train to-day about seven miles on the Sydney side of Harden. The accident was caused by the axle breaking on…

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Intercolonial. Sydney. Monday. a Tram Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

While a young lady, named Gluddle, was endeavouring to alight from a tram in motion, in Oxford-street, this morning, she was flung violently on to the roadway, and was…

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A Tram Accident. a Girl Injured. Leaves the Car Whilst in Motion. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

A girl named Gladale, aged 16, stepped out of a Paddington tram whilst in motion and sustained concussion of the brain and other…

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Russia and China. Japanese Railway Construction. Port Arthur and Warships. Turcoman's Rising. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

The Russian Government has declined to permit Japanese construction of a railway from Seoul, the Corean capital, to the seaport of…

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The Scramble for China. Russian Activity at Peking. a Railway Barrier Against England's Interests. Speech by Lord Salisbury. London, June 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 3

Russia is displaying extraordinary diplomatic activity at Peking. She has secured from China the right to construct a railway, commencing from a point far South of Peking…

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Railway Detective and Pickpockets. Remarkable English Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 8

The trial of the late railway detective, Frank Ostime, for conspiring with men to rob passengers on the Metropolitan District Railway…

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China. French Railway Rights. Russian Claims. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 7

Reports from Shanghai state that France claims railway rights in the province of Fukian, China. Russia is reviving her claim to…

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Misconduct on the Railways

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1898 · page 4

Joseph Patrick Horan, Inspector or the Government Railways, proceeded against J. Hamilton, for using insulting language on the Wagga Railway Station on May 2, and…

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Cable News. Germany and China. Railway Concessions. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 2

The German Ambassador at Pekin is urging China to grant Germany a railway concession from Tientsin, in the province of Pehili, to Chin-kiang…

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A Dangerous Road

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 2

Undoubtedly the worst piece of road within the Borough, and one upon which there in by no means the least traffic, is Mill street, North Wagga, extending from the…

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The Scramble for China. Another Triple Alliance Reported. to Checkmate England. the British Railway Concession. London, June 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 2

The "Novosti," a leading St. Petersburg newspaper, suggests the formation of a union between Russia, France and Germany, with the view of checkmating the designs of…

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The Railway Concession. a Deadlock Reported. Belgian Demands Refused

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent reports that a difficulty has arisen in connection with the negotiations between the Chinese Government and Russia…

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The Claims of Germany. Railway Rights in Shantung

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 June 1898 · page 3

Mr. J. Fowler, the American Consul at Chefoo, has advised the authorities at Washington that the German Government claims exclusive railway…

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The Political Situation. "Bribing the Constituencies." Roads and Bridges Vote

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 2

THE Government are asking Parliament to pass a Supply Bill, which, in addition to the amounts required for the Public Service for three months, includes £110,000 for the…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our Correspondents. Railway Deviations and Horse Flesh. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 4

Sir,—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable journal, to contradict the unfounded and injurious reports in circulation that horses are overworked, rushed, and…

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Cable News. the Powers and China. Pekin to Hankow Railway. the Franco-belgian Syndicate. a Contract Signed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 3

M. Hanotaux, the retiring French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been in formed that the contract between the Chinese Government and the…

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Crushed Whilst Shunting. a Railway Fireman Killed. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 3

A fireman on the railway, named Paul, was caught by a shunting engine at Eveleigh to-day, and terribly crushed. The unfortunate man…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." Milton Tursday, July 5, 1898. Roads and Bridges

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

THE potency of the roads find bridges influence in New South Wales has been again illustrated in the Supply Bill which has just passed both Houses of…

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The Satiago Battle. Severe Fighting in Heavy Country. 1200 Americans Killed or Wounded. Insurgents Hold the Railways. Reinforcements for Shafter. the Commander-in-chief to the Front. London, July 4

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

The latest intelligence from Cuba regarding the war states that on Saturday Brigadier General Shafter attacked the San Juan forts and masked battery at Santiago,…

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Killed by a Tram. an Open Verdict. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day on the body of the man John Charles Brown, an excise officer, who was run over and killed by a tram at Annandale on…

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