North Wagga Bridge
The recently constructed bridge on the Junee road, which spans the Parkan Pregan Lagcon, North Wagga, was on Tuesday thrown open to traffic by the District…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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Testing the Gundagai Railway Bridge. Gundagai
To day the railway bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai, in connection with the Tumnt line, was officially tested. The testing engine totalled 215…
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The new wooden bridge across the Parkan Pregaa Lagoon at North Wagga, w[?]s handed over to the Public Works Department by the contractor, Mr John Archer, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Carriage on the Railways
According to a return furnished by the Railway Commissioners, it appears that from July 1 last year to Tuesday, the number of bales of wool carried on the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railways. Affiliation with the Trades Hall. Societies Must Withdraw
The relations between the Victorian Government and the four societies of railway employees who are affiliated with the Trades Hall reached an acute stage on Tuesday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Railway Rates. London, March 31
Under the scheme recently adopted by the railway conference at Johannesburg the freight rates on imported corn, grain, and flour from East London or Durban to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Siberian Railway. German Troops Carried to China. London
It is reported that the German Government is now sending relief troops for the garrison fo its Chinese "concession" on Kiao-chau Bay, Shantung, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. London, April 2
It has been ascertained that the attempt to wreck the Orient express between Adrisnople and Mustapha Pasha Koprisi by means of a dynamite bomb was the work of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Action Against the Railway Department. Heavy Compensation Granted
A claim for heavy compensation from the Railway Commissioners, which began before Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of 12, on March 19, ended in Sydney on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Motor Fatality. Russian Motorists Killed
Count Zborowski and a mechanician of the Czar were killed in a motor race at Nice. The motor was travelling at the rate of 60 miles an hour, and ran full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling. Boy's Road Race
This afternoon (Wednesday), a read race for boys will be run out along the Yass road. The track is in a splendid condition at present, although a shower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. the Railways. Sydney
An estimate made of the probable earnings of the railways during the present financial year gives a probable shortage of a quarter-of-a-million…
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A claim for heavy compendious from the Railway Commissioners, which began before Mr, Justice Ring aud a jury of 12, on March 19, ended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Burning Oil Train. Terrible Disaster Near New York
The San Francisco files bring news of a terrible disaster, by which more than a score of people were killed and a large number injured, by an explosion of oil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Opinion. the New Railway. to the Editor
SIR,—I have to complain of losses sustained by me through the passage of the Tumnt railway through my property. As no fences are to be placed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smallest Railway in the World
The smallest railway in the world connects the little watering-place of Atami with the town of Yoshihama, Tokio. It is 20 English miles long and of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Wagga Lagoon Bridge
Though the construction of the new bridge over the Parkan pregan lagoon at North Wagga has been completed, the approaches are yet unfinished. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling. Boys' Road Race
This race was ran on Wednesday afternoon, before a large crowd of spectators. We might mention there was as much interest taken in this event as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Baghdad Railway. International Financial Cooperation. Terminus at Koweyt. Extension to the Persian Gulf Great Britain Favors Koweyt Shortening the Indian Mail Service. London, April 9
Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons last night that all questions relating to the Baghdad railway were still under consideration on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Violent Tramp
A man named Richard Bennett, apparently a member of the tramp class, visited a house in the lower end of Olive-street, Albury, on Wednesday, (the "Daily News"…
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