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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

148 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 8

Railway Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 8

The Legislative Council, last Wednesday, made several important amendments in the Railway Bill…

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WALCHA & District. Walcha, Tuesday. Road to the Cemetery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 8

THE cemetery, at Walcha, lies in a NorthWest direction, and about a mile from the town. The road to it has never been anything more than a bush track, and now…

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Cable Tramways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1888 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways considers Sydney ill-adapted for the entire system of cable tramways, on account of the narrowness of the streets and their…

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The Grafton-glen Innes Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1888 · page 2

OUR valued contemporary, the Grafton EXAMINER, in the leading article of last Tuesday's issue, with much acumen, comments on the Whitton-Townsend controversy, and after…

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The Workshop the Road to Success

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 7

THE acquirements of a handicraft is, as a rule, easier and less irksome to a youth than book-learning; but when the utility and power of…

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Railway Bill

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 4

In the Assembly, last night, there was a further consideration of the amendments of the Council on the railway bill, which lasted till after midnight, when the…

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Killed by a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 4

A fettler named M'Namara was knocked down on the northern line, at Woodford, by a Newcastle train, last night, and killed…

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THE G. N. ROAD. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 8

GENTLEMEN—Your contemporary in a recent issue says, "The G. N. Road by Palmer's Brick Yard—in fact, all the way to Martin's Gully—requires immediate…

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The Chief Commissionership of Railways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 2

THE Premier during his long parliamentary career has repeatedly given proof of a proficiency he possesses in no mean degree for eating up his own previous utterances without…

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The Railway from the Tableland to the Clarence River

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 5

The following extracts from speeches delivered in 1872 by the present Premier and Minister for Works, will no doubt be fresh in the minds of many of our readers, and the…

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THE G. N. ROAD. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 8

GENTLEMEN—In your issue of the 8th inst., I rend a letter, signed "One Who Knows the Road," written in reply to something which appeared in your…

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Smoking in Railway Carriages

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 7

THE London DAILY NEWS remarks: —"In the familiar controversy as to ladies in smoking carriages, the complaint now is on the one hand…

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The Railway Proposals

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 5

The Ministers, in the Cabinet, to-day, discussed the railway proposals which the Premier hopes to announce to the Assembly on Wednesday…

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The Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Lodged 6; received 7.10. Railway Commissioners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 5

It is reported that the Hon. W. Clarke is to be one of the new railway commissioners…

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Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1888 · page 4

Before adjourning, Sir Henry Parkes said he was prepared to announce the railway policy of the Government, but owing to the late hour he would postpone it…

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Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1888 · page 4

It was also stated that a railway policy would be announced which provides for 1800 miles of railway, costing about eleven millions. The following are the lines…

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The Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 4

WE take f rem the Premier's speech on the Railway policy that portion of it which is of most interest to our readers in the New England…

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Commissioner of Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 5

The Premier has received a cablegram from the Agent General, giving the name of a gentleman willing to accept the position of Chief Commissioner for Railways…

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Inverell Railway League

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a meeting of the Inverell Railway League was held at the Secretary's office, to consider what steps should be taken in connection with the proposal to connect Inverell by Guyra…

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The Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 2

The Railway Proposals as announced by the Premier in the Assembly on Thursday last, and published halt an hour later in an extra issue of the EXAMINER, contain nothing…

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