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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1883

37 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 2

The New England Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 4

DURING the late Ministerial festivities at Wollongong, Mr. Wright, the Minister for Works, in one of his addresses to those present, intimated very clearly that the new railway policy of the…

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Facts in Connection with the Proposed Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1883 · page 2

WE (Inverell Argus) have much pleasure in presenting to our readers the following summary of a statement of facts, relating to the proposed extension of the line from Glen Innes to Inverell,…

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Railway to Inverell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1883 · page 2

IN last Friday's Herald appeared a letter from Mr. Proctor, M.L.A., concerning the proposed railway from Glen Innes to Inverell, and more particularly traversing…

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Desperate Encounter in a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1883 · page 3

THE passengers by the night train to Dieppe, a night or two ago, witnessed a most exciting struggle. In 1881 Mr. Hiram S. Maxim, the electrician, was robbed of 10,000 francs while…

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A New Motor

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 4

A NEW motor has been discovered, which, it is claimed, will supersede steam. The material from which the energy is generated is bisulphide of carbon, which is…

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This Inverell-glen Innes Railway. (To the Editor of the Herald)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1883 · page 2

SIR,--I observed with much pleasure the reply of Mr. J. W. Moore, Mayor of Inverell, in your issue of the 13th instant, to Mr. Proctor's letter on the railway in respect to which a deputation…

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Uralla & District. Uralla, August 24Th, 1883. Railway Meeting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1883 · page 2

A MEETING, called by the Mayor in response to a requisition for the purpose of urging the Government to cause a trial survey from Uralla to Inverell to be made,…

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Local & General News. Railway From Grafton to Tenterfield

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1883 · page 2

A DEPUTATION of representatives of Tenterfield, Casino, arid North Grafton, accompanied by a large, number of members of the Legislature, waited upon the…

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Local & General News. Mother of Ducks to Interell Line of Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1883 · page 2

MR. Hogg, the Government Engineer, left Armidale on Monday, 3rd inst., in company with Mr, Patrick Wade as pilot, to go over the country between Mother…

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Firing at a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1883 · page 3

OF the three boys arrested for shooting the fireman of a train near Invercargill, New Zealand, a Clinton correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says:--…

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Trial of an Electric Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1883 · page 5

THE electric railway at Wimbledon, which it was expected would have carried passengers during the recent Rifle Association meeting, made a start on July 20, and…

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A Compound Tramway Motor for Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1883 · page 4

THE following appeared in the American MACHINIST of the 25th ult., published in New York:—"A tramway motor has just been…

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The Bridge of an Hour

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1883 · page 4

One of the saddest occurrences which it has been our duly to realate for some time past occurred recently (says an exchange) at Meyersburg. Albert Kesler,…

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Railway Affairs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1883 · page 2

WE (STAR) did a flying trip along the railway line, last week, as far as Bolivia and back. Our brief report on this occasion will…

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Railway Camp, Bolivia

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1883 · page 2

SINCE last pay, things have been quite at a stand still, until our worhy schoolmaster broke the monotony on the evening of the 2nd instant, by arranging an interesting entertainment, and I am…

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A One-rail Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 3

THE model of a now railway and locomotive has been built at the Denver variety machine works. It is the invention of Mr. E. S. Watson. and consists of a railway with a single…

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Railway Crossings

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 2

THAT due provision should be made for railway crossings within the town boundaries of Glen Innes, is a question of most pressing importance to the population. It will be too…

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