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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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

New Railway Proposals

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1893 · page 4

Mr. Lyne, replying to a deputation to-day, said to submit any more proposals for railways to the Public Works Committee at the present time would be madness, and he did…

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The Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 4

THE people of Inverell and Glen Innes are not unnaturally highly incensed at the action of the Government in not pushing on the railway question between those towns another stage. There…

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The Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 2

WE have received a lengthy epistle from our senior member, Mr. F. A. Wright, which bears out the the inference generally drawn as to the difficulties confronting the Ministry in…

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The Railway Difficulty

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

At a mass meeting of railway and tramway guards and shunters yesterday a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Railway Commissioners and present a memorial of…

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The Railway Difficulty

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 4

The relations between the railway commissioners and their employees, which have been strained for some time, have been increased. The guards and shunters decided to send a…

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Increase of Speed on Railways. the Demand for Fast Trains

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

A RECENT writer on fast passenger trains says:—'The prevailing tendency toward fast railroad trains is not a mere passing device for…

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Latest Special Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Afternoon. the Railway Trouble

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 5

THE Colonial Treasurer has declined to take any action with respect to the Railway employees' grievances against the Railway Commissioners…

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The Inverell-Glen Innes Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 2

IN last Tuesday's issue we published the pith of a lengthy communication we received from Mr. F. A. Wright, M.L.A, in reference to the Inverell Railway and the Premier's written promise that…

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Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 12 A.m. the Railway Difficulty

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 2

THE Colonial Treasurer has declined to take any action with respect to the railway employees' grievances against the Commissioners…

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Road-making in China

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 3

It seems that the roadmakers art is seriously deficient in China. Mr. Kingsmill, of Shanghai, in a paper read before the Asiatic Society, says that probably no…

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The Railway Difficulty

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 4

There is nothing fresh to report in respect to the trouble between the Railway Commissioners and the men. So far as the Commissioners are concerned no further…

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Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 4

A terrible railway disaster occurred near New York. A train returning from a race .meeting at Sheepshead was wrecked, and 10 passengers killed, and 100 injured…

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The Railway Difficulty

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 2

At a meeting of engine drivers, firemen, and cleaners yesterday, a resolution was passed asking the Commissioners to reinstate the men dismissed last week…

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Railway Retrenchment

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 5

It is reported that in consequence of the falling off of traffic the Railway Commissioners are considering the advisability of running the train to Bourke only three times a week, and to Cobar once…

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The Railway Trouble

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 5

The Colonial Treasurer yesterday forwarded a reply to the members of Parliament who recently waited upon him in respect, to the grievances of railway employees, and points out that the…

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The Railway Dispute

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 5

A formal application was lodged with the Clerk of Awards to-day from the Locomotive Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association requesting arbitration in their dispute with the Railway…

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Women on French Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 5

CERTAIN French railway companies are considerable employers of women. The Chemin de Fer de l'Est has 3082 women at its head office, its booking offices, and…

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Poetry. "Two Roads To—life & Death."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 7

"BEGONE! We'll have no vagrants here!" and then the door was shut, And the poor beggar was thrust into the night, where neither hut…

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Killed by a Tram

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 6

Mr. Patrick Bourke, travelling representative of Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, was run over and killed by a tram in Liverpool-street yesterday. It is surmised that…

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Reform in Railway Construction

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 2

NOT the least important plank in the platform of candidates for election to Parliament at the next general election, we think, should necessarily be a cheaper method of…

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