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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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General Cables. South African Railways. Dorran to the Rand. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 May 1901 · page 2

Major W. Karri Davis and a Rand syndicate are promoting the construction of a second trunk line of railway from Durban, Natal, to Johannesberg. The cost is…

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Local News. The Ganmain Bridge

Coolamon Echo · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 4

S me months ago—or is it years—the residents [?] thought it was [?] time [?] see if they [?] not get a whack out of the thousands of [?]ounds…

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Departurs of Mr. F. J. Road. PRESENTATION

The Junee Democrat · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon. Mr. F. J. Road Cent Cleck in the Lecomotive Inspectors Office with is leaving Junee agter every years [?]was presented…

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Railway Deviation Committee. Delegates' Report

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 3

THE above committee met at Wilkinson's Royal Hotel on Tuesday night, for the ostensible purpose of receiving the report of the delegates who won…

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Railway

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 2

A meeting of the Railway Deviation Committee was held at the Royal Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, there being present Messrs. A…

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On Catching the Train

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 3

It is an operation which most of us are periodically, and many of us are daily, engaged in performing. A great English ecclesiastic once said…

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The Grain Traffic. Representations to the Railway Commissioners

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 7

A deputation representing the Chamber of Commerce was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Wednesday by the chair man, Mr. J. Russel-French, in order to…

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Short Story. the Courtship of Fireman Deane. a Railway Romance. Chaffer I. the Rivals

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 4

My host and I were seated outside my temporary Surrey house one evening, our eyes fixed upon the sunset, which was glowing through the browning…

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Mt. Adray the Bridge Opening

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 2

At 2 o,clock the crowd of visitors had considerably swollen, and the young folks had formed prcuie parties along the creek banks and on…

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Christen [?] Haven Bridge. a Pleasing Function

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 3

Mt. Adrah was on fete on Thursday last, the occasion being the christening and opening to traffic of the Yaven Bridge Visitors from the…

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The Grain Traffic. Representations to the Railway Commissioners

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 1

A DEPUTATION representing the Chamber of Commerce was faired[?] in the Railway Commissioners last Wednesday by the chairman, Mr. J. Hussell Freeck,…

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Railway Appeal Board

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 2

THE board for hearing appeals in the railway aud tramway service from those employees who consider themselves in any w..y aggrieved by the docimasia of their…

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Shocking Railway Accident. a Bank Manager Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Meadowbank Station, near Parramatta Junction, at 10 o'clock last night. It appears that Mr. John G. Crakanthorp,…

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The Late Sir Edward Watkin. Great Railway MAGNAtE with Fantastic Schemes. London, April 19

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 2

A great, railway magnate, Sir Edwin Waterin, died on Saturday night at Northenden, Cheshire, in his 82nd year. His entrance into the octogenarian tanks…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Bank Manager Cut to Pieces. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Meadowbank Station, near Ryde, last night, when Mr. John C. Crakenthorp, manager of the Ryde branch of the bank…

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The Transcontinental Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 4

With reference to the transcontinental railway, Mr. C. Y. O'Connor, the Engineerin-Chief of West Australia, in an interview on Friday, said he had not the elightest…

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The Federal Capital and New Railways

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2

One of the chief factors influencing the selection of Tumut as the Federal Capital will undoubtedly be that of the immediate and prospective means of…

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A Want at the Railway Station. a Warning

The Junee Democrat · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2

The circumstances attending the sad death of Mr. Craokenthorp directs attention to the absolute necessity that exists for an overhead bridge at the…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Former Junee Resident Killed

The Junee Democrat · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

Many of the old residents of Junee will regret to hear that Mr. John C. Crackenthorp, manager of the Ryde branch of the Bank of Now South…

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The Railway Scandal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2

PROBABLY no public department ever suffered so much by the loss of its permanent head as the railway department of New South Wales did by the…

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