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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

144 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 8

The Bridge-street Burglary

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 3

The detectives on Saturday night arrested a man named William Morrison, alias Delaney. He was charged under the Vagrancy Act, and is believed to be the third man…

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GLENCOE. Reduction of Railway Produce Rates. Enthusiastic Meeting

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1894 · page 3

A MEETING of farmers was held here on Saturday evening at See's Hotel, in support of that held at Stonehenge a short time ago, the object being to urge upon the Railway Commissioners the necessity…

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The Bridge Street Burglars

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 5

The two men Montgomery and Carrol were committed for trial to-day on the charge of wounding with intent to murder Constable Bowden, in connection with the Bridge-street…

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An Important Railway Question

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 7

THE following article, from the Toowoomba CHRONICLE, will be read with interest at the present time, when the question of the excessive rates charged on the railways is…

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Redaction of Railway Freights. Meeting at Red Range

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 3

A REPRESENTATIVE meeting of farmers was help Win Mr. R. Ruming's large room on Saturday evening at 7.30, in support of those already held at Stonehenge and Glencoe, to consider the advisability…

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Light Railways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1894 · page 5

Mr. Price Williams, the eminent engineer, visiting Sydney. He holds that light railway lines are essential to the revival of trade and the opening up of the country, and has…

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Intercolonial. Brisbane, Thursday. a New Bridge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1894 · page 5

THE tenders for the new bridge over the Brisbane river at Brisbane, to replace the bridge washed away by the floods last year, range from £130,689 to £109,932, the…

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Our Railways. Line From Glen Inner to Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 3

SPEAKING at Grafton on Tuesday evening, the Hon. J. See, Colonial Treasurer, made the following remarks anent the Glen Innes, Grafton and Inverell railways:--When the discussion took place on that…

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Bridge-street Burglary. Trial of the Accused

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 4

BEFORE Judge Stephen, in the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, Charles Montgomery and Thomas Williams, the two men charged in connection with the recent…

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The Bridge-street Burglary. Prisoners Sentenced to Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

THE trial of Charles Montgomery and Thomas Williams on a charge of feloniously wounding Constable Frederick Leopold Bowden with intent to murder him was concluded at the Central Criminal…

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The Revenue and the Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 4

WE do not seem to be so well off in March, 1894, as we were in March, 1893. There is in round figures a twenty thousand pounds deficit, the Treasurer tells us, and most…

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An Abandoned Infant. Found in a Railway Carriage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 7

THIS morning on the arrival of the 7.10 passenger train from Singleton at Churchstreet Railway Station, West Maitland, a female infant, about three months…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway. Sydney, Thursday, 9.40 p.m

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 5

THE introduction of the Bill for the construction of the railway from Glen Innes to Inverell is before the Assembly, and the debate is proceeding…

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Killed by a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 3

A young man named Frederick Thompson, a compositor in the employ of Batson and Co., fell off the platform of a railway carriage near Homebush this morning, and the…

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An Honest Tramp

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 6

HERE is an extract from a country paper about an honest swagman:—"An old swag man astonished the local constables one day last week…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 3

THE House, in committee, proceeded on Thursday to consider the expediency of bringing in a bill to sanction the construction of a line of railway from Glen Innes to Inverell…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 7

THE following speech, was delivered by Mr. W. S. Dowel during the debate on the Glen Innes-Inverell Railway in the House last week:—…

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The Railway to Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

DESPITE the feeble opposition of Messrs. M'Court, Nield, and one or two other political nobodies, the projected Inverell-Glen Innes Railway is steadily advancing towards…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) Railway and Other Retrenchment

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 3

SIR,--As this question is second to none in importance, I crave a little of your space. The wiseacres and great men in Parliament, including the Government, never could see the necessity for…

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Railway Litigation

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 3

In the Assembly, Mr. See, replying to a question, said the costs for litigation in the Railway Department since the Commissioners took office were £20,000. The costs for the…

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