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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

81 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 5

The Proposed Railway to Inverell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 8

THE following evidence was taken at the court yesterday, re the above matter, before Messrs. J. Garrard, Chairman of the Sectional Committee, J. E. Tonkin, E…

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Proposed Railway to Inverell. (Continued from last issue.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 3

12. Would you consider it desirable to build this railway on the possibility of j having that railway from Tenterfield to Byron Bay in the future;—supposing the t…

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Inverell Glen Innes Railway and Byron Bay Question

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 7

IN reading the report of the evidence given by Mr. Barling, UnderSecretary for Public Works, in respect to the Inverell-Glen Innes…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway. Inverell Evidence

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 May 1891 · page 4

THE labors of the Sectional Committee commenced on Wednesday morning a little after 10 o'clock, at the Court House. Mr. Garrard in the chair…

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Proposed Railway to Inverell. (Continued from last issue.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 3

36. Do you not think you are looking very far forward in speaking of the time when Byron Bay will compete with Sydney in business houses and for traffic of…

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Proposed Railway to Inverell. (Continued from last issue.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 7

89. And is still going on? It is still going on. 90. Has that had any influence with the Minister? All these have been factors in…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 3

THE following is the principal evidence given before the Sectional Committee at Inverell on the second day:-- John Sinclair deposed: Have resided in the…

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The Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 2

WE do not here intend to enter into the merits of a railway line by the various routes advocated by opposing sections of the public any more than is absolutely necessary in…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway Project. What They Say in Newcastle

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 4

WE are indebted to the Newcastle Morning Herald for the following article on the above subject. The writer evidently has a proper grasp of the question and is quite sensible to the fact that the…

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Correspondence. Railway to Inverell. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 3

DEAR SIRS—I observe there is do mention made in the local papers of the evidence given to the Sectional Committee for public works at Wandsworth. The…

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Proposed Railway to Inverell. (Continued from last issue.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 7

160. Where did you begin your operations? At Guyra. 161. Will you just sketch out the course you took. Did you go from Guyra to…

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The Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1891 · page 2

WE are indebted to the Grafton EXAMINER for the following:--The Armidale people have been giving evidence on the Inverell-Glen Innes Railway proposal. As was to be…

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Curiosities of Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1891 · page 7

THERE are at the present time 16,000 engines on the railways of the United Kingdom, 36,500 passenger carriages, 13,000 horse boxes,…

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Railway Alterations

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 4

THE railway authorities of the different colonies have at the present moment under consideration some important alterations in railway working. It is suggested that the four colonies…

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Terrible Railway Accident; in France. Sixty People Killed. London, July 27

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1891 · page 4

A[?]ERRIBLE collision between a goods train and an excursion train took place at Saint Maude, near Paris. The carriages caught fire. Thirty people were killed several…

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Inverell-Glen Innes 'Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 3

THE Inverell Argus says Our readers will recollect that a considerable alteration was made by the surveyors in the Glen lnues-Irivcrell line. The officers who were sometime ago sent up to survey…

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News by Yesterday's Express Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 8

THE Union camp at Bourke is practically broken up, although there are still large numbers of men in town. Many men have started out to the back country in all…

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News by Yesterday's Express Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 5

A TRAIN conveying Sunday school children came into collision with another train at Lake Champlain, in Canada, and four of the passengers were killed, 20 others…

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News by Yesterday's Espress Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 5

The Committee of the Labour party, consisting of Messrs. Danahey, Rae, and Houghton, have been engaged on the Electoral Bill; the result of their…

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NEWS by Yesterday's Express Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 8

It is stated on reliable authority that Mr. Robinson, police magistrate at Young, has instructed his solicitors, Messrs. Gordon and Moriarty, to issue a writ for £5000…

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