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Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Knights of the Road. the Clarke Gang. (Continued.)

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 4

The next, news of tho gang is that they are back in their old haunts, where fresh depredations were being perpetrated The finding of a Chinaman standing doad…

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Government Railways. Traffic Employees' Association

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

A VERY large and representative meeting of the traffic employees of Junee was held iu the guard's barracks on Saturday night, including guards, signalmen, shunters, and…

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Disasters in America. Fearful Railway Accidents. Explosion on a War Ship

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 4

The steamer Ventura, which arrived at Sydney on Monday from San Francisco, brought news of several appalling railway disasters, involving the loss of numerous…

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Anomalies in the Railway Act. Junee

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 4

A CASE was before the local court yesterday, in which a man charged with attempting to travel on the railway without a ticket. He was…

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Latest News. London, Feb. 27. Uganda Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 2

News is to hand that the Uganda railway line in Eastern Africa has been completed. THE SOMALILAND TROUBLE. It is reported that Colonel Manning's…

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Dutch Railway Strike. Soldiers Called Out. London, Feb. 26

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

In view of the threatened strike of the Netherlands railway employes, the military have been called out, and the railway stations are occupied by soldiers, who have…

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Disasters in America. Fearful Railway Accidents. Explosion on a War-ship

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 5

The steamer Ventura, which has arrived from Sn Francisco, brings news of several appalling railway disasters, involving the loss of numerous lives and…

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Government Railway Policy

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 2

A deputation from Mudgee, Cobborah, Dubbo, Willington and neighbouring districts on Wednesday asked for a railway to Cobborah, the line being…

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The Demand Foe Railway. Trucks

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

There is at present a very considerable demand for railway for ordinary market purposes, for carrying starving stock away from…

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Knights of the Road. the Clarke Gang. (Continued.)

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

One day, while being chaffed at the idea of a boy like him being sent up to capture Patsy Connell, he replied with some warenth and a good deal of…

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New Victorian Railway Commissioner. a Canadian Appointed. Salary Fixed at £3500

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 2

The Victorian Premier made an announcement in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that the Government had at last succeeded in making a selection for the position…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Shooting at a Tram- Conductor Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 2

A young man named Ernest Arthur Shaw, a tobacconist, has been arrested and remanded until Tuesday on a charge of shooting at a tram driver named Russell…

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Lobbs Hole Road. Encouragement and Assistance to the Pioneers of This Country and Local Industries. to the Editor

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 4

I suppose there has not been any electioneering cries more constantly used by the New South Wales politicians than those quoted above, the first by all shades who…

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North Wagga Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

The construction of the bridge at North Wagga, spanning the Parkan Pregan lagoon, will be completed on Thursday next. From time to time,…

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This North Wagga Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

The new bridge over the Parkan Pregan Lagoon at North Wagga is now nearly completed, and the structure will be ready for traffic early next week. Considerable…

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Railway Service Association

The Worker · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 3

The twelfth annual meeting of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway, Service Association, which was held in the Trades Hall, was largely attended. The…

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Late Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Temora-Barellan Railway

The Temora Star · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

The Minister for Works will turn the first sod of the Temora-Barellan railway on Monday, 23rd instant. Heavy hail has fallen in Victoria…

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Knights of the Road. the Clarke Gang

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 4

"Revenge is sweet; but sweeter still. When ours the gain, theirs the ill." At. 9 o'clock on that January morning the sun shops brightly and the birds…

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Narandera-road Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 2

Mr. Gormly has been informed by the Public Works Department, in answer to an application he made some mouths ago, that the Minister has approved of a…

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Hampden Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

The work of re pairing the decking of the Hampden Bridge was commenced this week. The undertaking will consist of laying 100 feet of new decking on the North Wagga…

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