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Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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Leasing of the Tramways. Defeat of the Government

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 8

THE Legislative Assembly was occupied until after 5 o'clock on Friday morning in discussing the Government proposals to lease the tramways…

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The Tramway Troubles

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 4

Deposits to the amount of £150,000 lodged with the Treasurer, for tramway tenders, were returned to the tenderers this morning…

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Leasing the Tramways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 2

VERY startling are the inferences to be drawn with regard to the defeat of the Government on the question of leasing the Metropolitan tramways. The matter on which the…

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A Proposed Railway Line Condemned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners state that there is not the slightest possibility of the Galong-Burrowa line being constructed, as it would be impossible for it to pay…

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A Railway Across the Continent

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 9

A GIGANTIC, undertaking which the Legislature of Western Australia has resolved to favor is the construction of a railway to Eucla, a telegraph station at the head of the…

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The Tram Fizzle

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 8

THE memorable words, "at all hazards,'' telegraphed to the Downing-street authorities by the Premier anent the unseemly haste displayed in the settlement of the complex…

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The Tram Fizzle

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 10

THE memorable words, "at all hazards, telegraphed to the Downing-street authorities by the Premier anent the unseemly haste displayed in the settlement of the complex…

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Killed by a Tram

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1888 · page 4

The man killed by a tram on Monday night has not yet been identified. It is alleged that deceased was the worse for drink. A verdict of accidental death was…

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