Hay to Narrandera Railway
THE works on the extension of the South-western Railway, contract No. 1, Narrandera to Hay, have been let to Mr. George Blunt, for the sum of £321,942 8s 4d. It may be mentioned that seven…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
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Clarence and New England Railway
THE following correspondence has been handed to us by Mr. Thomas Page, the don. Secretary of the Clarence and New England Railway Committee, for publication: --…
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THE following correspondence has been handed to us by the Hon. Secretary of the Clarence and New England Railway Committee for publication: — Clarence and New England Railway Committee Room,…
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Business is dying: Good lack! Low, with a fever, -- most sick; Flat on the broad of its back; Terrible cramp in its kick…
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A MARTING of the Clarence New England Railway, Committee was held last Monday afternoon, Mr. J. H. Munro in the chair. The other members present were Messrs H. Dean, H. Maurice G. Foott, J. Rea. J Geary, E. C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway's of the Future. Electric Tramways on Common Roads, and Up-hill and Downhill
The following article, from the Scientific American of June 12, gives a very hopeful forecast for the future of all country places. Nothing less than a system of tramways, cheaply constituted and cheaply worked,…
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THE amount of the contract of Messrs. Monie and Matheson, for the construction of the first section of the line of railway from Wallerowang towards Mudgee, is £180,692. The length of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Clarence-new England Railway. (From the Lower Clarence Advocate.)
We observe with extreme pleasure that the people of Grafton are about to make another move in the matter of connecting the Clarence with New England by means of a line of railway. This is a matter which…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the Committee was held at the School of Arts yesterday afternoon. Present—Mr J. H. Munro (in the chair), Messrs H. Maurice, P. Marcolini, H. Dean, J. Meillon, R. Muirhead, J. Rea, T…
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A MEETING of the Grafton Committee was held on Monday afternoon last, Mr. J. H. Munro in the chair. The other members present were Messrs. R. Muirhead, W. Hart, J. R[?], T. Rawden, H. Maurice, E. [?], J. M[?]n, H…
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THE report of the Court of Inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster has at last been issued. The Court consisted, it will be remembered, of the Wreck Commissioner, Mr. Rothery, and of two export assessors,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bundarra Road Mystery. (Abridged from the Inverell Herald.)
ON Friday, August 27, an inquest was held, before Mr Coroner Fraser and a jury, on the body of Peter Mullally, who was found burnt at his camp on the Bundarra Road. From the evidence it appears that…
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WE think it is hardly necessary to remind the public of Grafton of the meeting convened for to-morrow evening to adopt the petition prepared by the Railway Committee for presentation to the Minister for Works,…
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TELEGRAPHING from Mount Vesuvius, the Times correspondent says:—"I have the gratification of sending you one of the first despatches flashed from the base of the cone of Mount Vesuvius. Far below lies…
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THE adjournment of the public meeting of citizens from Wednesday last to Thursday next, through the inclemency of the weather, gives us another opportunity of reproducing that portion of the Budget speech…
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THE adjourned public meeting was held in the School of Arts last evening, the Mayor of Grafton (Mr. W. J. Hawthorne) in the chair. Mr. H. Dean proposed the following resolution,which…
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The adjourned public meeting to adopt the petition to the Hon. the Minister for Works, ho nocesaity for tho construction of a lino of luilwny to. the tableland of New England, was held at the School of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway, Annexation, or Separation. (From the Glen Innes Examiner, September 21.)
ON Wednesday a meeting is to be held in Grafton to urge on the matter of Railway communication between that place and the Tableland, and as we are equally interested in this matter with the people on the…
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THE adjourned public meeting was held last Thursday night, in the School of Arts, the Mayor of Gration in the chair. Owing to it being publishing night, when our…
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'TAKE your seats if you are going on! Right!' These words, followed by a shrill whistle, echoed by the shriek of the locomotive, are the sounds we associate in our minds with the railway…
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