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Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Transcontinental Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

A majority of the states have given favourable replies to the lines of the inquiries respecting the appointment of a Board of Experts to report upon…

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Railway Pic-Nic

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 2

A meeting was held in the waiting room at the railway platform on Saturday night last for the purpose of making arrangements for thee annual…

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Railway Retrenchment

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 4

The shortening of hours in the Railway Department, the authorities state, means that the mechanical staff will be…

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Railway Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 2

While a goods train' was travelling down an incline at Bradford (Victoria) to-day the running gear of one of the tracks got out of order. Nearly the…

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Fire at Cross Roads

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

Late on Tuesday afternoon Ballymoran Station, situated near the Cross Roads, was the scene of a large conflagration, resulting in the destruction of the…

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North Wagga Lagoon Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

Satisfactory progress is now being made with the bridge which replaces the one that spanned the Parkan Preegan Lagoon, North Wagga, for so many…

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Petrol Motors on The Railway. for Use on Non-paying Lines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 3

The Viotorian Railway Department is considering a suggestion to follow the example of the North Eastern Railway Company, England, to experiment with…

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Railway Extension in Western Australia. the Trans-continental Line. Perth and the Esperance Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

A position exists at Kalgoorlie Coolgardie, and throughout the Eastern goldfields of considerable importance to the proposed Western Australian…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of [?]ar Correspondents. the Downside Road Work. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

SIR,—Allow me a small space in your valuable columns to make a few remarks anent these so called Government relief works At Downside, on the 13th instant a large…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Railway Employees

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

The Premier and Mr. Bent, Minister for Railways, have decided not to allow any unions of railway employees to remain affiliated with the Trades Hall Council…

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Drought Relief. Railway Works to Be Pushed On. Suggested Issue of Rations and Horse Feed

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 4

MR. Humby, who is visiting Sydney on behalf of settlers in the drought-stricken districts, has received a reply from the Premier to representations which have…

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Funny Scene in a Tramway Car

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 2

A somewhat fussy old gentleman one afternoon got up in a tramcar to give his seat to a young lady. Presently there was a vacancy, and…

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Hay and Jerilderie Train Service. Adoption of Tri-weekly Services

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners, with a view to economy, considered it advisable in October last to reduce the train service between Nyngan and Bourke to a…

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Day and Jerildcrie Train Service. Adoption of Tri-weekly Services

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners, in view of the falling off in the traffic in the southwest district, have decided from 1st prox. that the service between Narandera and…

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The Drought and the Railways

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 2

The effects of the drought have made themselves felt on the railways during the past six months. The falling off in wool will amount to something like…

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Extension of Victorian Railways. Over the New South Wales Border

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 6

The Victorian Government on Monday agreed to the arrangements entered into by the Minister for Railways and the representatives of the New South Wales…

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The Victorian Railway Service

The Worker · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 7

The Victorian Secretary for Railways has forwarded the following letter to each of the railway societies affected by the decision of the Cabinet that a stop must be…

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The Victorian Railway Trouble

The Worker · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 2

Consideration was given by the Victorian Cabinet on Monday to the action of the Locomotive Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Association of the Victorian railways in…

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Rival Railway Unions

The Worker · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 5

The officials of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, are dissatisfied with the decision of the Registrar in the matter of the application of the…

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Sydney Labor Council. the Lithgow Ironworkers. Railway Retrenchment

The Worker · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 5

There was a good attendance of delegates at the last meeting of the Sydney Labor Council. President Allan Cameron occupied the chair. Newly elected delegates…

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