The Story-teller. a Broken Bridge. (From Chambers's Journal.)
I REACHED the little Welsh town of Abermaw one boisterous afternoon in autumn at about four o'clock, after a long tramp over the mountains. Abermaw, as its…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1875
24 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
The Story-teller. a Broken Bridge. (From Chambers's Journal.) (Concluded front our last.)
Should I drop into the sea, and end it all To die in the dark would be more horrible than anything else. Even on the quietest, most resigned death-bed, the…
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THE Austrian papers report an atrocious murder in a railway carriage. A certain Mr. Earnest Katscher was on his way from Brunn to Prerau by the night train. This train left…
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THE 'Murrurundi Times' says:—The public, [?], will be glad to learn that, in spite of the numerous drawbacks which present…
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SIR--In your last issue you speak of the bridges in the neighbourhood of Glen Innes. You were right about Beardie ; it is completed, and but for bad weather the approaches would also have been…
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THE following is the substance of a petition forwarded by the Richmond and Tweed Rivers Railway League to the Legislative Assembly, praying for railway communication between the Clarence…
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LAST Wednesday evening, the adjourned meeting for the consideration of the question of obtaining, by petition, a new trial survey for a railway from Grafton to Glen Innes was held. The attendance…
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ON Thursday last week Messrs. Terry and R. Forster, M.P.'s, and Mr. H. Roman, of the Mining Board, as a deputation waited upon the Hon. the Minister for…
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The following letter, signed " Colonist," appears in the Grafton Argus, of the 21st ult. :-- " Sir,--It is getting on three years since the project was launched and the agitation began for…
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At the present moment every kind of scheme is being proposed to avert the horrors of the seasickness experienced while crossing the Straits of Dover. Among plans proposed, one, which…
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The following letter, addressed to the editor of the Stanthorpe Post, signed "Glen Innesite," appeared in that journal on Thursday last:-- "Sir,--Reading in one of your recent issues the…
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WE have all heard of the two men who, meeting on the top of some high Alp, could not offer each other a friendly greeting because they had not been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Act to Repeal the "Public Gates Act of 1873" and to Authorise the Erection of Public Gates Across Certain Roads. [Assented To, 2Nd of August, 1875.] Preamble
WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the erection of Public Gates by the occupants of enclosed lands through which any unfenced public road may pass…
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THIS event came off on Saturday last with considerable eclat in the presence of about sixty persons, who had been invited to witness it. The weather was all that could be desired for such an…
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The 'Indiauopolis Sentinel' says:—Last Tuesday, the Cincinnati day express, going East, left Connersville in time, and was flying on its way at the rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence. the Railway Question. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)
GENTLEMEN— Your correspondent "Nemo" has, in your last issue, called attention to a subject of vital importance as affecting Armidale—namely, railway…
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WE lately mentioned a very favourable intimation we had received as to a tract of country through which the extension of the Northern railway from Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. While giving insertion to our correspondents' communications, we do not necessarily endorse their contents. the Railway From the Clarence to Glen Innes. (To the Editor.)
SIR.--The continued agitation on the part of those gentlemen who constitute the Grafton Railway League is worthy of commendation, and fully proves that they have the interest of their vast district at…
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A MEETING in favour of the above named objeet was advertised to be held on Wednesday evening, in the Town Hall, Armidale, at half-past 7…
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THE 'Echo' says:—The Glen limes people appear determined to stand upon their dignity, and, as far as is in their power, to obtain…
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