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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

93 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 5

Railway Accident. Collision at Darling Harbour. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 3

AN accident, which was fortunately unattended by loss of life, occurred on the railway at Darling Harbour during last night, when an inward goods and cattle…

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London Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 7

WHAT is the cost of London's toilette? No statistician has yet attempted to estimate it, and, indeed, the whole subject has been…

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How to Train the Voice. Signor Campanini's Hints

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 7

SIGNOR Campanini writes as follows in the London MINISTREL:—Good voices are natural, not made. The poet is born, and so is the…

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Good Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 6

The farmer is interested to good roads at all times, bathe feels this interest more perhaps when ha has wheat, corn, hay, or other products to market, and there is a rise…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Four Persons Killed and Many Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 7

A DESPATCH sent from Chicago on December 29 said:—A terrible accident, in which four persons were killed and 24 more or less seriously injured,…

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Good Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 3

THE farmer is interested in good roads at all times, but he feels this interest more perhaps when he has wheat, corn, hay, or other…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) The Maun River Bridge

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 2

SIR, -- Some few weeks ago there appeared in your columns a letter signed " Democrat," the subject matter of that letter being the timber for redecking the Mann River bridge. In a foot-note…

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How to Train a Dog

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 8

THE training of a dog should begin very early, as soon, indeed, as a puppy is able to take notice. The first thing a puppy should be taught is his name, and it is a bad plan to select a long one for…

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The Best Place in a Railway Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

A commercial traveller asks in a Leeds paper, "Winch is the safest and most comfortable position in the train?" and replies, "In an express, towards the rear; for we…

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Accident at West Wallsend. Explosion on a Railway Engine

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident occurred on the West Wallsend railway line on Thursday morning. While Miss Brooks, the well-known evangelist, Mr. Turnbull, manager of the…

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Our Railways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

NOBODY can be surprised to hear that the receipts from the Government Railways have greatly fallen off of late. It would have been strange indeed it it had been otherwise…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day, in reply to a question from Mr. F. A. Wright, as to when the Minister for Works intends to fulfil his promise to introduce a bill to authorise the…

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The Czar's Train Stopped

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

With reference to the reported stoppage of the Czar's train by a deputation of 3000 peasants lying across the rails. It is now denied that any peasants took part in the…

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Road, Rail, Canal, River: All Near and Parallel

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 3

At the pretty little riverside village of Bowling on the Clyde, two miles above the historic Dumbarton Rook, there is to be seen what is probably without parallel in the…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day, the Minister for Works stated that it was not likely the Government would this session bring in a bill to authorise the construction of the Glen…

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Killed by a Tram

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 4

A man named Harry Hare, a resident of Boulevard, Dulwich Hill, was killed last evening by attempting to board a moving tram…

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Latest Special Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday Evening. Glen Innes-inverell Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 5

THE Minister for Works informed Mr. Houghton, in the Assembly, yesterday, that it was scarcely likely that Parliament would this session sanction the…

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The Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 2

SIR,--Eighteen months ago a Protectionist Government got hold of the reins of the Parliament of New South Wales. The flourish of trumpets which announced their victory led the people to believe…

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Inverell-Glen Innes Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 2

REFERRING to the decision of the Ministry not to introduce a bill this session authorising the contraction of the Inverell-Glen Innes railway, the Inverell Argus says :--The action of the…

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Our Wires. Sydney. Thursday, 12.30 P.m. Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1893 · page 4

MR. LYNE informed Mr. Houghton in the Assembly yesterday that it was scarcely likely Parliament would this session sanction the construction of the Glen Innes-Inverell…

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