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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

185 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 10

Railway Extension From Tamworth. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 5

THE Railway Commissioners leave to-night to inspect the route[?]of the proposed railway extension from Tam worth to Manilla and Barraba…

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The Port of Grafton. and the Ultimate Destination of the Railway West

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 2

If we are to accept the utterances of the Minister for Works when replying to members of two deputations which have recently waited upon him to urge the construction of…

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Tamworth-manilla Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners leave to-night to inspect the route proposed for railway extension from Tamworth to Manilla and Barraba…

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Grafton Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 2

Sir,--It is more than probable that in the very near future there will be a vigorous revival of the old agitation for the construction of the National line of railway from Grafton to Inverell, via Glen…

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Tamworth-Manilla Railway Extension

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 2

Manilla, Thursday.—Mr. John H per, goods superintendent of the Railway Department, arrived here yesterday evening, and had an…

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A Perilous Ride. 20 Miles on the Axle of a Railway Carriage

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 7

The Werribee correspondent of the Melbourne Age telegraphed to that journal on Friday last as follows:— As the train which left Melbourne at…

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Queensland Railways

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 6

In the Queensland Assembly, in reply to a number of questions by Mr. Powers, Mr. Nelson said that as soon as Parliament had approved of the…

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Railway Rates. New Scale For-small Parcels

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 2 November 1895 · page 2

A new scale of rates lias been introduced by the Railway Commissioners for the carriage of small consignments. Some time ago arrangements were…

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The Moree-Inverell Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 November 1895 · page 6

Morse, Wednesday.—A large and influential meeting was held here last night under the auspices of the Moree Railway league, to discuss the proposed…

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The Cup Week. Increase in Railway Returns

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 November 1895 · page 5

The railway returns between Sydney and Melbourne during Melbourne Cup week was £600 in excess of the same week last year…

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Fatal Railway Accident. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1895 · page 5

THE east coast Scotch express has been derailed near St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, and one lady was killed and several other passengers injured…

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A Railway Bridge Burnt. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1895 · page 5

A wooden railway bridge oyer a creek between Deer Park and Rockbank, on the Bacchus Marsh line, was on fire this morning, and severely damaged. Before the fire was…

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Bridge on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1895 · page 5

A WOODEN railway bridge over a creek between Deer Park and Rockbank, on the Bacchus Marsh line, was on fire early this morning, and was severely damaged before…

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Curious Railway Incidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1895 · page 3

As the railways station is the chief means of entrance to and exit from a town the outgoings and incomings of all sorts and conditions of people are under the…

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Railway Rates for Producc

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 4

MR. C. A. LEE, M.L.A. for Tenterfield, has recently been trying to persuade the Railway Commissioners that the rates for agricultural produce,…

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Fatality on the North Shore Railway. a Woman Killed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 2

An accident occurred on Tuesday night at Chatswood railway station, ou the Milson's Point-Hornsby line, whereby a married woman named Alice…

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A Melee in a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 4

THE police at Blayney on Friday night received information that a murderous assault had been committed in the train from Cowra to Blayney. It appears that…

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Railway Sleepers

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 3

There were 15 tenders for the supply of small sleepers on the Northern line, the prices ranging from 2s 1d to 3s 3d…

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Outrage in the Cowra Train. a Constable Nearly Killed by Two Prisoners. One Re-captured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 4

Cowra, Saturday.—Constable Healy, was brutally assaulted in the train by two prisoners last night. It appears he left here by the mail train last…

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A Bridge that Brides Never Cross

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1895 · page 6

STANDING in the centre of an open field at Hoxne, near Eye, in Suffolk, is an obelisk erected to the memory of King Edmund, who met his death…

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