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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

185 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 10

A Railway for the Many

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1895 · page 2

Discussing the subject of a railway to the west, the Grafton ' Examiner' refers to the bearing of such a line for the general good, and proceeds to remark:--The national…

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Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1895 · page 5

SIR,--Surely the people of Glen Innes have forgotten that they are a portion of New South Wales when they can stand idly by and not move in the matter of railway construction between Glen Innes…

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Bridge Over the Maim River at Blair Hill

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 2

MR. F. A. Wright, M.P., sends us the following:--"Public Works Department, Sydney, 21st November, 1895. Sir,--With reference to your personal representations further in regard to the…

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A Road Grievace. (To the Editor.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 3

SIR,—Some time ago the Resident Engineer at Armidale called tenders for work on the road from Walcha to Emu Creek. He received the tenders…

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Railway Zone System

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 6

One home occasionally of the success of zone system of charges for goods and passengers of the State railways of Hungary. The following…

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The Redfern Railway Accident. Another Claim Settled

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 4

Another case arising out of the Rodfern railway accident was decided in the Supreme Court to-day. Mrs. Gillies, by mutual agreement,…

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Melbourne. Railway Management

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1895 · page 3

The Government have drafted the bill for the creation of a railway trust to control the State lines, the Trust to consist of four members at £750 a year; with the Minister for…

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The Railway Refreshment-room. Glen Innes at Last

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1895 · page 2

KILL a bishop to get reform is the substance of an old saying. It takes a travelling member of Parliament to persistently grumble to bring about an alteration that has been…

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A Railway Station Change

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 December 1895 · page 2

FOR years past offorts have been made to secure an alteration of the site of the Railway Refreshment Room from Armidale to Glen Innes. It is…

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The Railway Refreshment Rooms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 5

IT having come to our knowledge on Tuesday morning last that the Railway Commissioners proposed to abolish the refreshment rooms at Armidale and remove them…

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The Coastal Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1895 · page 2

MORE than once we have pointed out that the present survey from Grafton to Newton Boyd could be improved if another examination of the country was made by a…

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The Morce Railway. Petition by Mr. Hassall. Question by Mr. Collins

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 4

In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Haeaall presented a petition from 110 residents of Moree, praying for the construction of the Moree-Inverell…

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The Railways. the Freight Question

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 4

Replying to a deputation yesterday, Mr. Held intimated that the Government intended to hand a sum of money from the consolidated…

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Railway Revenue. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 5

IT is anticipatec that the railway finances this year will show a deficit of £400,000, chiefly owing to the poor wheat harvest…

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Produce Rates by Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 2

SHOULD the proposal made by the Premier to allow the Commissioners £50,000 in order that they may reduce the railway rates on wool, produce, &c., from the interior, be…

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Inverell Railway. Appointment of Glen Innes Deputation

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1895 · page 2

ON Friday evening last, pursuant to advertisement, a most enthusiastic and well-attended meeting of the public of Glen Innes was held in the Council Chambers for the purpose of considering…

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An Important Railway Question

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 2

MR. REID'S proposal to hand over to the Railway Commissioners a sum of £50,000 to enable them to reduce the cost of freight on agricultural…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions.) Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 2

SIR,--It is now generally known that the deputation appointed on Friday last will not go to Sydney. The hall has been started and must be kept rolling, and little petty jealousies crushed…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney Tuesday, 5.20 P.m. Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1895 · page 5

IN the Assembly the Minister for Works said that it was not his intention to place a proposal for a railway to Inverell this Session, but hoped to do so early next Session…

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Wanted Roads in Cuba

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1895 · page 2

The Cuban insurrection makes no advance towards a denouement either one way or the other. The Spanish forces, although numerous, seem to be…

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