Another Murray Bridge
The Minister for Works has accepted a tender for the Hawk's View Bridge, over the River Murray. The contractor is Mr. Roberts, of Moonee Ponds, near Melbourne, and the price is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
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Unexpended Road Votes
KEMPSEY, Sunday.--A large meeting was held last night to give expression to the feeling in the matter of unexpended road votes. The Mayor (Alderman W. T. Dangar)…
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In view of his intention to ask Parliament to vote £300,000 for roads, the Minister for Works some weeks ago gave instructions to the engineers in various parts of the country…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.— Edgar Marsden, on remand, was charged at the police court on Saturday with the murder of the Chinaman Ah Choy, the victim of the recent robbery and assault…
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Constable Samuel Taylor, one of the men who was badly injured in the affray with burglars in Bridge -street early on the morning of February 2, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public Roads at Kempsey. an Indignation Meeting. (From Our Correspondent.) Kempsey
The dissatisfaction which has been growing of late in regard to the condition into which the roads and bridges of the district have been allowed to fall found expression to-night, when a mass open-air…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unexpended Road Grants. Indignation at Kempsey. Accounting for the Govt. Surplus
KEMPSEY, Monday.— Of late much dissatisfaction has prevailed, in regard to the condition into which the roads and bridges of the district have been allowed to fall, and on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Railway Employees. Adelaide
The enginemen, firemen, and cleaners employed in the Railway Department waited on the Commissioners on Saturday, and asked that a minimum of short time for work should be fixed, instead of…
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At a meeting of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company, Limited, Mr. Thomas Salt, chairman of the board of directors, stated that the directors would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers and Settlers Association Committee. Meeting at Young. Discussion of the Platform-- The Platform Proposed-- Land Reform, Railways Stock Act -- Local Government and Mining. YOUNG
A meeting of the executive committee of the N.S.W. Farmers and Settlors Association was held in the committee rooms of the Town Hill on Friday. Present: Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Privilege Passes on the Railways. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Permit me through your columns to refer to a subject which at the present time closely affects every member of the railway service, but more especially the country…
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Mr. George Anderson, a councillor of the Adelaide Corporation, has just made a trip through England, Scotland, Europe, and the two chief countries of North America. It…
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LONDON, Friday Night.--The shareholders in the New Zealand Midland Railway Company have declined to accept inscribed colonial stock in exchange for the land grants they now hold…
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QUIRINDI, Monday.--The carriers arrived on Saturday from Morpeth, the return trip taking 23 days, and the three teams earning £40. They had every encouragement in…
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A special meeting of the above council was held on 39th January, when there were present—The Mayor (Alderman William Rigg), aad Aldermen Dolman, Weeks White, Salmou, Cox, J. F. Smith,…
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The injured constables are all progressing most favorably, and are now almost out of danger. Constable Alford is very weak from the loss of blood, but is expected to…
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Constable Frank M'Cracken, of the water police, was the first officer to tackle Williams, and his introduction to the smaller burglar was heralded by a blow on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. Blizzard in America. Railway Traffic Blocked. London, Feb. 12
The Western States of America have been visited by a disastrous blizzard. Railway and other traffic is blocked by heavy falls of snow. Large numbera of…
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The report of the Parliamentary Board in the case of Genge, who was stationmaster at Prahran at the time of the Windsor railway accident, has been presented to the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrumburrah Railway Receipts. Murrumburrah
The receipts at the Murrumburrah Railway Station for January were £1297 9s 1d…
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