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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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The Alleged Railway Frauds. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 5

IN connection with the alleged frauds on railways, the Government desire it to be mentioned that the result of the enquiries have not been to place any officer of that…

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Road Contracts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 4

THE undermentioned are the Successful tenderers for the works set opposite their respective names:—1. Armidale to Castle Doyle—J…

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Railway Workshops

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 2

ACTING upon an important telegram received by his Worship the Mayor last evening, from Mr. W. Fergusson, M.L.A., Mr. Moses has convened a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and…

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The Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 2

ON Monday last we sent a telegram to Mr. John See, M.L.A., asking him to ascertain when the plans of the Inverell railway would be tabled for adoption. Mr. See at once wrote to the Secretary…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents) Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 2

SIR,--As the plans of the Glen Innes Inverell railway have been laid on the table of the House, and the time has expired that they are supposed to lie there, would it not be a wise plan to ask what…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds. Ministerial Statement in Parliament

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 4

THERE was a crowded attendance of members and the public in Parliament on Tuesday, induced by the widespread interest aroused by the publication of the rumored gigantic frauds upon…

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New Railway Time Table

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1886 · page 4

On Monday next several very important alterations in the present train arrangements will be brought into operation on all the lines of the colony. Those on the…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 3

The Attorney General, the Minister for Works, the Crown Solicitor, and various railway officials have been engaged for the last few days investigating the alleged…

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Alteration in Railway Time Table

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 7

YESTERDAY the new time table came into operation on all the lines of the colony. On the grea Northern and Northwestern lines the alterations are as follows:--…

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The Tourist Bureau aud America's Railways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 3

It is a sign of the growing wealth or this country, and the increasing desire to travel, to find established Sydney he central office of the Tourist Bureau and America's Railway. In regard to time, it is only a span since the departure…

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Railway Workshops for Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 7

IN response to an advertisement, Calling a meeting of the inhabitants to Consider the desirability of urgfng on the Government the necessity of erecting railway workshops in Glen Innes, a large…

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Last Night's Mail. the Alleged Railway Frauds. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 8

IN the Legislative Assembly, this afternoon, Mr. Want, Attorney-General, said, in reply to Mr. Abigail, that the prosecutions in connection with the alleged frauds…

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The Railway Frauds

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 8

It it believed that the inti[?] proceedings at the Police Court in the alleged railway frauds will commence on Wednesday next…

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Intercolonial. Tasmanla Thursday. The Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 8

THERE is great excitement ever the railway accident. Rogers, the stoker, has since died. In his dying depositions he blamed the driver for the accident by…

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The alleged Railway Frauds

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 8

It is staffed that the summonses taken out against the three firms for the alleged hands represent an amount of from £12,000 to £l5,000…

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The Wallerawand-Mudgee Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 8

The gross amount received from passenger traffic on the Wallerawang to Mudgec line, since the opening to the end of last year, was £17,522. and for goods traffic…

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Tasmanian Railway Smash

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 2

HOBART, Saturday, July 2.—The inquest on the driver Bradshaw was concluded on Friday, when a verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury also…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 4

A collision occurred at the Newtown railway station early on Sunday morning. A goods train and another train with a number of empty trucks collided. 15…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 3

MR. ABIGAIL asked the Attorney-General in the Assembly on Tuesday what steps had been taken in the promised prosecutions in connection with the alleged railway frauds,…

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Railway Smash in Tasmania

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident happened shortly before midnight on Tuesday on the Tasmanian main line of railway, just above Brighton. A special train left the town at 7 a.m.,…

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