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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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The Railways of the State

The Temora Star · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 2

THE January number of the Railway Budget, the official organ of the Railway Institute, has resently been issued and among many other items of…

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The Railway Returns. Heavy Falling Off

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 4

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended 31st December was issued on Friday, and shows that on the gross earnings there is a decrease…

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Hay and Jerilderie Train Service

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 4

The Railway Commissions, 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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The Uganda Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 3

Lord Cranborne made the best apology [?] could for the unfortunate fact that he had to ask the House of Commons for on account of £6[?],000 more on account of the Uganda Railway,…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Killed on the Railway. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 January 1903 · page 2

The body of a man, supposed to be named Sharman, a line repairer, was found on the railway line near Hornsby this morning. Deceased had apparently…

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The Cootamundra Railway Disaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 4

It had bean raining incessantly for about three weeks, and the last great Australian drought had been broken so completely that most parts of New…

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Railway Collision

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 3

The Baltimore-Ohio express train collided With at local passenger train at New Jersey. Ono hundred persons were killed or injured. The wreckage…

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Hay and Jerilderie Train Service

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

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

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Terrible Railway Disasters. Trains in Collision. 112 Killed and Injured. Many Burnt to Death. London, Jan. 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

A terrible railway collision, attended in the case of many of the passengers who survived the shock of the accident by all the horrors of death by fire, is reported from the…

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The Transcontinental Railway Ministerial and Opposition Views

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

Speaking at a civic reception at Perth on Tuesday, Sir William Dyne said it was unfortunate, as far as he was personally concerned, that he was not in a position…

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Terrible Railway Disasters. 112 Killed and Injured. Many Burnt to Death. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

A terrible railway collision, attended in the cage of many of the passengers who survived the shock of the accident by all the horrors of death by fire, is reported…

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The Victorian Railway Trouble

The Worker · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 5

A special meeting of the daily-paid Railway Employees' Society was held in camera last week. The meeting was a protracted one. The employees present freely…

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Roasted to Death in a Train Wreck

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3

A telegram from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, on January 8, published in the San Francisco "Chronicle," says:—As a result of a collision between a passenger…

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Wyalong Railway Station Site

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4
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A crowded meeting was held at Wyalong on Thursday night, to discuss the railway accommodation. The mayor, Mr. Neeld, presided, and he pointed out that the erection…

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Transcontinental Railway. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

A board is about to be appointed by the Federal Government to consider the question of building the transcontinental railway to Western Australia. The members…

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Railway Strike in Holand

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

The railway employers in Holland have begun a strike in support of the dockers who are on strike upon a trade union question, and the service of the State…

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Railway Accidents in America. a Series of Catastrophes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 3

The mail brought by the R.M.S Sonoma, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday, shows that during the three weeks preceding the departure of the…

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Knights of the Road. the Clause Gang

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

IT Was New Year's morning. Every publican was more than usually busy on that bright January morning, 1864, The Sportsman Arms where Nipper…

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On the Roads. One of Our Returned Soldiers. How they are Left to Starve or Beg

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 3

HE was travel-stained and had come from far; he asked for a little work and bore credentials that he could work, so we nut him on a 'case' in the…

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