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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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A Stupendous Railway Undertaking

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 6

SIR Edward Watkin (says the London correspondent of the NORTHERN ECHO) has had brought under his notice and his co-operation solicited for the most…

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Correspondence. Guyra-inverell Railway. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 7

GENTLEMEN—I think it will be interesting to the majority of those advocating the Guyra-Inverell railway to know that the junior member for New England (Mr…

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Railway Tourists' Guide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 3

We have received from the Railway Commissioners a guide for railway tourists in two sixpenny divisions. These are in pamphlet form, one being a guide for the…

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Sudden Death in a Railway Carriage. (Singleton Argus.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 3

ON the arrival of the Sydney train at Necastle at a quarter past noon on Saturday, one of the porters was horrified to find the body of a dead woman in a…

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A Girl of 17 Dives From London Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 7

"ON June 2,1871, J. B. Johnson created a great sensation by diving from London bridge, and the following day won the mile championship of England at the…

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