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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1881

51 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3

The Grafton-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1881 · page 2

IN accordance with an advertisement which appeared in the last Examiner, a public meeting was held in the Music Hall, on Tuesday evening, to discuss the aspect of the proposed Railway from…

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The Stanthorpe Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1881 · page 2

MR. J.C. Crate, who manifests considerable in terest in the development of the border trade with Brisbane, writes as follows to the Brisbane Courier under the head "How to! develop Traffic on the…

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The Railway on the Ice

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1881 · page 3

A DETAILED account is given in one of the French papers of the railway which as the Galos lately announced, has been started on the ice of the Gulf of Finland. This novel line has been…

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The Grafton -- Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1881 · page 2

The Ministers said they were prepared to receive the deputations, upon which the Mayor (Mr. E. Jones) introduced a deputation from Inverell, consisting of Messrs. Marks, Woods,…

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Sydney Touches. Railway Difficulty

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1881 · page 2

The residents of Oxford-street are in a fever of excitement over the judicious way Government is hampering them with railways, and open rebellion is imminent. To say the least the…

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Local News. the Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1881 · page 4

WHEN it was first known that the contract for the Uralla to Glen Innes extension had been obtained by Mr. D. Proudfoot, those who were aware of his energy…

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Proposed Railway From Trial Bay. (From the Macleay Chronicle.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1881 · page 4

AS the Government are about to negotiate a loan of £8,000,000 of money for the purpose of railway extension throughout the colony, and the Clarence is agitating for…

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Railway Extension Prom Uralla to Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1881 · page 2

WHEN it was first known that the contract for the Uralla to Glen Innes extension had been obtained by Mr. D. Proudfoot, those who were aware of his energy and experience in railway matters…

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Railway From Grafton to Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1881 · page 4

AT 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the hour for which the meeting had been called, very few had put in an appearance at the Town Hall, and, even when the Mayor took the…

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The Northern Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1881 · page 6

THE following, from the TAMWORTH. News, was accidentally overlooked by us last week:—The Engineer in-Chief for Railways…

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The Prussian Electric Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 3

THE cable has made the important announcement (says, the New York Herald) that the Prussian Electric Railway, from Berlin to Liehterfield, was opened on the 12th May, in the…

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The Yeoman. How to Train Collies

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 7

A CORRESPONDENT of the FOREST AND STREAM gives the following suggestions to shepherds:—I have owned collies all my life—good,…

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Railway Items. (From the Tenterfield Star.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1881 · page 3

WE understand that the adopted route of the permanent surrey is now staked to about a mile beyond the town, and all that now remains to be done for its final…

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The Grafton-glen Innes Railway. (To the Editor.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1881 · page 2

SIR,--Perhaps a few words in connection with the recent Ministerial visit, and our railway prospects, may not be out of place, even although uttered by a " Yokel." No doubt the…

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The Brighton Railway Murder. How the Crime Was Committed

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 3

EARLY in the afternoon of the 27th June, a fearful murder was committed on the Brighton line between Croydon and Baldcombe (the bare fac[?] of which was intimated in our cablegram)…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Melbourne, dated August 31 in the Sydney News, gives the following additional particulars of the shocking railway accident which has produced such a sensation…

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The Railway From Armidale to Trial Bay

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1881 · page 4

YESTERDAY WE (MACULEAY CHRONICLE) received a telegram from Mr. R. B. Smith, stating that he had interviewed the Minister for Works and Engineer-in-Chief for…

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The Brighton Railway Murder

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 3

THE London correspondent of the Australasian, writing under date July 27, says: -- The magisterial inquiry in connection with the murder of Mr. Gold on the Brighton railway has…

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The Bandarra Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 8

THE ceremony of fixing the last rivet on the completion of this imposing structure was performed on Tuesday, the 13th inst., by Mrs. G. Morse, of Abington; the…

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Railway From Trial Bay to Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 6

THEe following, respecting the railway from Armidale to Trial Bay, is forwarded tous (MACLEY CHRONICLE) for publication by Mr. F. G. Panton, of Yarravell. It is…

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