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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1884

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

Railway Rates

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1884 · page 2

[?]oon as that desirable event comes off--the [?] of the northern line to this place--atten[?]ill necessarily be directed to the subject [?]ay charges, and with the object of affording…

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[?]Ur System of Railway Communication

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1884 · page 2

[?]HE conveyance of passengers and mer[?]dise by rail from Armidale to Glen [?]es, under the present system, is simply a [?]rable privilege extended, under peculiar…

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Toohey v. Commissioner for Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1884 · page 5

A misconception prevails as to the decision of the Privy Council in the case of Toohey v. Commissioner for Railways. The Privy Council…

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Fatal Result of a Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1884 · page 5

A man named James Rice, who wm employed at Hudson Bros.' works, was caught between the buffers of two railway trucks, last…

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Correspondents' Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents) Railway Charges. [To the Editor.]

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1884 · page 2

SIR,--I was surprised on opening the EXAMINER of last Tuesday to read therein your leader on railway communication with the South, and the manner in which you jumped at conclusions…

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Junction of Queensland and N. S. Wales Railway Systems

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1884 · page 4

The Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, Queensland, has had an interview with the Acting Minister for Works with reference to the junction of the New South…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1884 · page 1

An old lady, named Lennon, while crossing the railway near Parramatta, on Saturday night, was run over by some tracks which went over her left side,…

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The Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1884 · page 1

Nothing definite is known regarding the railway policy of the Government. A. Cabinet meeting was held to-day. The Evening News says: "The chief…

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The Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1884 · page 1

A special meeting of the Cabinet will be held, this afternoon, to consider the railway policy…

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Correspondents' Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents) the Railway Demonstration. [To the Editor.]

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,--The history of the railway extension from Uralla to Glen Innes has exhibited all the worst defects in our system of railway management. In the first instance, the clamour of Armidale…

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The Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 4

Mr. Dibba will make his railway statement to the Assembly, as soon as possible after his return from the Glen tones opening…

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Railway Openings

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 4

THE Government do not intend to grant any complimentary tickets either for the den Innes or the Mudgee railway opening…

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Junction of N. S. Wales and Queensland Railway Systems

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1884 · page 4

A surveyor is to be sent in about a week or ten days fat Tenterfield, to resurvey the route for the railway extension from that town to the Queensland…

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The Railway Opening

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1884 · page 2

IF the well laid schemes of Government [?] people do not 'gang agley, we will, in a [?] short hours, behold, for the first time in [?]f history of Central New England, the…

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Extension of the Great Northern Railway. Opening to Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1884 · page 2

ARMIDALE has been the terminus of the Great Northern line for some 18 months. Terrible effects are always predicted from the railway "passing through," and now…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 5

An accident occurred at the North Melbourne railway station through a portion of a cattle train running off the line. A few bullocks were…

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Opening of the Railway to Glen Innes. the Banquet

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1884 · page 3

SHORTLY before 3 o'clock on Tuesday the inquet was held in the goods shed, which was stefully decorated for the occasion. The [?]teriog had been entrusted to Mr. J. F. Cripps,…

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Opening of the Railway to Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1884 · page 2

ON Tuesday last, long before noon, vast crowds commenced to wend their way to the railway station, to meet the Ministerial party on their arrival from the South, and before the train came in, at…

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Innes Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1884 · page 2

[?] most welcome of the many compli[?] and encouraging utterances indulged [?] banquet in honour of the railway [?] to Glen Innes was, no doubt, that…

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Railway Accounts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1884 · page 4

With reference to the recent statement of Mr. Garvan, M.P., that the railway accounts were unfairly and dishonestly bolstered up,…

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