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Railways, roads & transport, 1894

81 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 5

Cool Railway Trucks for Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

THIS should be read and digested by all who advocate the export of butter. From the separator to the creamery cream should and must be kept cool:—…

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Glimpses. [By Tramp.] Vii. Gerringong

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4

CONSIDERING that a buggy meets the day trains to convey intending visitors to places of resort, it is not a difficult matter to take a glimpse at Gerringong. There is not a prettier…

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The Railway Commissioners and Public Economy

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

DURING the debate on the 25th January, in Parliament, on the subject of the Lithgow Zigzag Deviation, which it is estimated will cost £200,000, Mr. Varney Parkes, gave vent mo[?]y…

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The Bus [?] Bridge. (for humming.)

Moruya Examiner · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 3

It hung and it clung Joining bank to bank, Where the flowers grow wild, And the trees grow rank,…

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Glimpses. Ix From Nowra to Kiama by Road

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 1

FOR the purpose of saving boot leather acceptation was made of the kind-offer to accompany a friend to Kiama m a sulky, the advantage being he was a good, talker end seemed full of…

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The Bridge-street Burglary. the Third Man Identified. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 2

William Morris, alias’ Charles Delaney, who was arrested on Saturday night on suspicion of being the third man concerned in the Bridge-street burglary, has been…

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Latest Cablegrams. Killed Whilst Entering a Train. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 2

James Theobald, Conservative member for Honford, was killed in attempting to enter a carriage whilst a train was in motion…

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Woman Killed on the Railway Line. Sydney, Monday

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 2

A woman, named Crial was cut to piece on the railway line near Quipolly…

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A Wail from Pambula. (Air; “The Bridge.”)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1894 · page 3

[?]tond in the [?] place at midday, I stood [?] for many an hour; a[?] looked on Pambula city, I [?] I tell you, and pour,…

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Retrenchment in the Railway Department. Meeting of Employees. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

A mass meeting of railway employees on Saturday night expressed the hope that the Commissioners would reconsider their retrenchment proposals, owing to the…

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Accident at the Bedfern Railway Station. a Man Terribly Injured. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

A railway accident occurred his morning at the Redfern railway yards. Frederick Thompson is compositor, fell off one of the cars on to the platform. The…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Waste Op Time in the Assembly. Glen Innes Railway. Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

The whole of last night was wasted in the Assembly on a motion for adjournment shout disrating policeman. The Glen Innes railway was passed through…

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Proposed Glen Innes Rail-way. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

The contractors for the Glen Innes railway will be prohibited from importing labor. It is estimated that the cost will be £6000 per mile…

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Great Law Case. Proudfoot v. Railway Commissioners. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

The action, Proudfoot v. Railway Commissioners, missioners, is being transferred to the Equity Court, both sides abandoning their claims for unliquidated damages to the…

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Railway From Jaffa to Jebu-salem

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

There is one country which stands, and must ever stand, pre-eminent among all Christian nations and in all Christian communities. That is Palestine—the Terra…

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The Why and Wherefore. Roads and Bridges Members

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

It is truly said that many of the roads and bridges members are afraid to vote for Local Government, because it would rob them of their occupation…

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Wheat on the Railways. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1894 · page 1

Only 28 tone of wheat were forwarded by rail to Sydney during the past 7 days…

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The Terranganda Bridge. Driving the Last Pile

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 3

ON Tuesday afternoon, at the [?] Mr. John [?] the [?] large number [?] and [?] assembled at the bridge to witness the [?]…

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Disastrous Railway Collision. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

A disastrous railway collision happened near Paris, The Amsterdam express train crashed into a petroleum train with such violence that…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 2

The debate in the House on the Glen Innes-Inverell railway has been adjourned…

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