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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

24 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

Trial Bay and New England Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1882 · page 1

FROM a report of a meeting of the Macleay Progress Committee, published in the CHRONICLE, we learn that the following resolutions have been adopted:—"[?]…

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The Extension of the Great Northern Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1882 · page 1

THE energy which characterised the operations of Messrs. Amos Bros., in constructing that part of the G. N. R. line lying between Tamworth West aud…

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Trial Bay and New England Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1882 · page 6

FROM a report of a meeting of the Macleay Progress Committe, published in the Chronicle, we learn that the following resolutions have been adopted:—" 1…

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The Extension Op the Great Northern Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1882 · page 6

THE energy which characterised the operations of Messrs. Amos Bros., in constructing that part of the G. N. R. line lying between Tam worth West and…

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Electric Tramway Cars

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 2

THE TIMES reports that the first application of electricity to the driving of tramway care in England was made on Saturday, March 4, at the works of the…

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Railway from Armidale to Trial Bay

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 4

A MEETING was held in the Guild Hall, Armidale, on Wednesday night for the purpose of hearing Messrs. F. G. Panton and E. Rudder, delegates from the…

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Railway From Armidale to Trial Bay. (From Saturdays Herald.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1882 · page 1

MR. R. B. Smith, M.L.A., and Mr. W. C. Proctor, M.L.A., yesterday presented a memorial to the Hon. Minister for Works, signed by the Mayor of Armidale…

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Dastardly Attempt to Overthrow the Camden Tram

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1882 · page 2

A COR. writes to Monday's Echo:—"As the 6 o'clock tram from Camden, loaded with some 40 or 50 passengers, was nearing Kenny's Hill, en route for…

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Railway From Armidale to Trial Bay. (From Saturday's Herald.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1882 · page 6

MR. R. B. Smith, M.L.A., and Mr. W.H C. Proctor, M.L.A., yesterday presented a memorial to the Hon. Minister for Works, signed by the Mayor of Armidale…

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Frightful Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1882 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL; accident happened on the railway line on Friday morning (says the BALLARAT COURIER) near the foot of the Warrenheip incline, by which an elderly…

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Railways in New South Wales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1882 · page 6

THE brilliant prospects of railway enterprise in New South Wales (says the BRISBANE COURIER cannot be questioned and of course as long as the land revenue lasts…

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The Open[?] Great Northern Railway Extension. Tamworth to Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1882 · page 4

THE second of August—that day big with fate to Uralla—broke in a somewhat doubtful and inauspicious manner, as if it were undecided whether to put a damper on…

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Railway Information

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1882 · page 4

THE train leaves Uralla for Newcastle at 10.35 a.m. on week days, and at 6.25 a.m on Sundays. Leaves Newcastle for Uralla at 7 a.m. every day. The fare, first class, is £[?] 11s; second class, £1 14s. 9d…

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Railway from Armidale to Trial Bay. (From Friday's Echo.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1882 · page 3

THE Minister for Works was waited upon this morning by a deputation, consisting of Messrs. R. B. Smith, Copeland, and Proctor. M'aL.A., and Messrs. Panton…

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Railway From Grafton to the West, Via Glen Innes and Inverell. (From Friday's Echo.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1882 · page 6

A DEPUTATION from Glen Innes was introduced to the Secretary for Public Works, this morning, by Messrs. W. J. Fergusson and R. L. Murray, Ms.L.A.,…

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An Ingenious Tramp Outwitted. (From the Terre Haue Gazette)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 2

AN American newspaper draws on its imagination for the following story:—An ingenious tramp, thinking to wring tears and money assistance from the…

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Railway Information

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1882 · page 4

THE train leaves Uralla for Newcastle at 10.35 a.m. on week days, mid at 6.25 a.m on Sundays Leaves Newcastle for Uralls at 7 a.m. every day. The fare, first class, Is [?]: second class, £1 14s. 9d…

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Sending Telegrams from a Train in Motion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1882 · page 9

A SYSTEM for enabling a railway train in motion to send and receive telegrams was recently tried (the Times states) on the Atlanta to Charlotte aerial railway in…

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Northern Railway Information

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1882 · page 4

THE train leaves Uraila for Newcastle at 10.35 a.m. on week days, and at 6.25a.m. on Sundays. Leaves Newcastle for Uralla at 7 a.m. every day. The fare, first class, is £2.5 3d. second class £1 10s…

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Serious Railway Collision at Bathurst. Bathurst

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 1

AT half-past 3 o'clock this morning a serious collision, and one purely attributable to gross neglect on the put of some of the railway officials, took place at the gates…

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