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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1887

112 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 6

Kiama Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 4

The railway to Kiama was opened to-day…

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WALCHA & District. Walcha, Saturday. the Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1887 · page 4

FOR the present year the sum of £2917 has been granted for the roads in this district. This includes a sum of £700 for a bridge over the Ohio Creek. There are…

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Glen-innes Inverell Railway. [By Wire] Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1887 · page 2

THE announcement that our railway was not considered amongst the proposals at the Cabinet meeting on Monday has caused much surprise here; consequently a meeting of the league was held this…

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Judge Murray on Road Making

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1887 · page 2

HIS Honor Judge Murray, summing up in a case at the Port Macquarie District Court in which the plaintiff claimed damages for the loss of two cows which were killed by the falling of a tree by…

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The Latest, Sydney, Monday Night. Railway Rates

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1887 · page 5

The action of the Government in reducing the railway rates from Glen Innes to Sydney is viewed with disfavour in Grafton, as it is contended the reduction…

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The Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1887 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Wednesday, Mr. Copeland moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the reply of the Minister for Works to a question put to him that day as to the routes he…

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The Railway Freight Reductions in the North

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1887 · page 2

AFTER repeatedly assuring the business people of Glen Innes and Inverell that no reduction could he made in the rates charged for railway carriage Newcastle to Glen Innes, on the ground that…

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Inverell Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1887 · page 3

IN the Assembly, on Wednesday night, Mr. Copeland moved the adjournment of the House, to call attention to the unsatisfactory answer which he had received…

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Killed by a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 4

A railway porter, named Job Perry, was knocked down by a train at Strathfield, last Saturday and killed instantly…

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The Overland Railway Line

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 2

THE correspondence between the Governments of Queensland and New South Wales respecting the opening of the railway line between Tenterfield and Wallangarra was laid on the table of the…

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Bridge over Waterloo Creek

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 2

MR. J. A. M'INTYRE, of Waterloo Station, has I sent us the following correspondence for publication with reference to the application made to the Minister to have a bridge placed across Waterloo…

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The Old Tramp Printer

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1887 · page 1

Here's a rhyme to the old tramp printer that as long as he lives will roam, Whose ' card' is his principle treasure, and where night overtakes him, home ;…

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