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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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The Lockhart Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 2

The railway to Lockhart is to be officially opened in April. A lot of crops on North east Mangoplah did not turn out as good as expected…

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The Tumut Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2
Also in Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser

Complaints have been made regarding the proposed route through Gundngai and Tumut railway. Owners of land in South Gundagai will suffer through the line cutting…

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A Train Attacked. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 2

A party of Boers attacked a train Standing at a station on the Delsgoa line. The driver of the engine shot Commandant . Liebrandt dead for tampering, with the…

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Delagoa Railway. an Important Purchase

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 2

There are father signs of on increased good understanding between Great Britain and Portugal with regard to Delogoa Bay. The British authorities have purchased…

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The Railway Trouble

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 2

Dr. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent at Pakin, state that Great Britain withdrew her objections to Russia's conditions connected with the transfer at the Shan-…

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The Railways

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

For the quarter ended December 31st the railway revenue was £1,032,909, as against £925,284 for the same quarter of the previous year. The gross…

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The Shortage of Railway Trucks

The Junee Democrat · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

The greatest incovenience is being experienced with regard to the shortage of railway taroks, and both buyers and farmers are put to an enormous lot of…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Railway Revenue. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 5

For the quarter ending December 31st, the railway revenue was £1,052,339, as against £925,284 for the last quarter of the previous year…

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The Electric Trams

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 14

The Sydney electric trams have, on various occasions, been referred to as being equal, it not superior, to the trams of any other city. The fares…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Painful Coincidence

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

A DREADFUL fatal accident occurred at Wandong (Vic.) on Friday evening, when a young man named William Bradley, employed as a winch-driver by the Victorian…

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[Extract.] Gundagai to Tumut Railway

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

Beyond Tumut the surveyed route to the neighbourhood of Adelong is the best one; but the difficulty of approaching the town, or of connecting…

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The Railway Deviation

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

THE following correspondence having reference to the petition for the deviation of the railway through Adelong has been received by. Mr. R…

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Railways Cease Running

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

During the funeral of the late Queen several of the English railways ceased running for half an hour…

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New Railways

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 2

The Minister for Works is expediting surveys and preparations for starting a number of new railway lines. He hopes to be able to shortly start the…

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Railway Accident in America. Great Loss of Life. London. Feb. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 5

A WEST bound New York-Chicago limited train on the Lake Orie railway, one of the fastest trains in America, was derailed through a fish-plate breaking on a curve…

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Wyalong to Hillston Railway

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 11
Also in Cootamundra Herald

THE question of extending the railway to Hillston has on several occasions been discussed by the Public Works Committee, more particularly in…

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Terrible Railway Disaster

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 2

A westward bound train on the New York and Chicago Co's. Ltd. railway, one of the fastest in America, was derailed through a fish-plate breaking at a curve between Amass…

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Wheat at Railway Stations

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 5

A recent traveller through the Corowa district gives [?]s interesting information regarding the wheat yield. As almost all the stations along the railway line from Cu[?]n…

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