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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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The Railway Policy. Thursday, 7.20 p.m

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

In the Assembly today, the Government announced their railway policy, which includes lines from Inverell to Guyra, Narrabri to Walgett, and from the Hunter to the…

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The Railway Proposals

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 4

The Assembly during the whole of last night were occupied over a motion for adjournment, moved by Mr. Moore, for the purpose of debating the railway proposals…

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Uralla & District. June 12, 1888. Railway Policy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 8

SIR Henry Parkes in his famous railway proposals placed the Inverell line between two points of contact with the Northern line—Kentucky and Inverell. Just…

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Another Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 4

Another rail way accident occurred this morning at Lake Bathurst platform on Cooma branch line. A mixed train from Goulburn, standing at the platform, was…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 4

A railway collision occurred at Como, near the great iron bridge Illawarra line, 12 miles from Sydney, last Friday. An engine ran into a passenger train, and the…

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The Inverell-coastal Railway. Public Meeting at Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 4

A WELL-ATTENDED and representative meeting was held at the Music Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, the Mayor, occupied the chair, and having opened the meeting, which…

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The Hon. J. Inglis on the Inverell Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 8

ON the motion for adjournment, moved by Mr. Moore, we find in HANSARD a more lengthy report than the one we gave from the HERALD, nod in justice to Mr…

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A Railway Between Perth and Adelaide

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 3

A proposal has been made to the Government of Western Australia to construct a line of railway between the present railway system and Adelaide on the land grant system. The matter…

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The Chairman of the Railway Board

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 3

Mr. E. G. Eddy, whose appointment as chairman of the New South Wales Railway Board was cabled on Saturday, has gained his railway experience (says the Telegraph) on the London and…

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Monster Railway Meeting at Inverell. Inverell, Monday Night, 10.50

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 4

A large and representative meeting was held in the Masonic Hall tonight, re the Government railway proposals. The meeting was convened by Messrs. Jenkins and Osborne, Inverell farmers, who…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents' letters, we do not ne cessarila it endorse their contents. Differential Railway Rates

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1888 · page 4

SIR,--Me the question of differential rates, I regret that I will not have time in this letter to go fully into the matter, but a few examples will be sufficient to prove the great necessity for a thorough…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, Wednesday. Railway to Inverell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

In the proposals for new railways laid before the House by Sir Henry Parkes, and submitted to a committee for enquiry, there is nothing said about Uralla. The…

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The Railway Question at Inverell. Important Meeting on Saturday Night

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

A very largely attended meeting was held at the Masonic Hall, Inverell, on Saturday evening, summoned by those favorable to the construction of the Inverell Glen Innes railway, and the hall was…

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Our Claims to Railways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 3

Sir,--No observant reader of the metropolitan and local press published in this and the adjoining districts of the tableland, can fail to realise the fact that the claims of the Clarence and…

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PERSONALITIES. The Late Russian Railway King

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 1

The Jewish Chronicle contains a biography of Samuel Poliakoff, the Russian railway king, whose death has already been announced. Proprietor of five great railway…

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Tingha Railway Petition

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 4

SIR,--My countrymen tell me that the Examiner gives fair play to everyone, no matter of what creed or color. In the Armidale newspaper we see that at a meeting held in favor of the Guyra…

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Walcha Road. Walcha Road, Tuesday. Athletic Sports

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1888 · page 3

ON Saturday last, according to advertisement, the sports at Mr. J. Uhric's hotel came off, and were in every respect successful, the events being in some cases…

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T a L E. The Priest's Bridge, a Legend of Mexico

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 1

THERE can be little doubt the holiest priest, the saintliest man, who ever lived in Mexico, was Juan de Nava. Indeed, it would be hard to find, in any clime or generation, under…

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The Railway Commissioner

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 4

It is reported that the colony may yet furnish the required railway commi[?] sioner, but nothing will be done definitely before October…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Armidale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 3

A FATAL and most melancholy accident occurred on Saturday evening week at about 7 o'clock at the Armidale railway station, by which Mr. Peter B Gleeson, a clerk in the parcels office…

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