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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

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The Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 2

REFERRING to the question of railway communication with Inverell, the Grafton ' Examiner' writes :--Mr. Cruickshank, the member for Inverell, has been addressing his…

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Railway Accident Near Tamworth

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 4

An accident occurred on Thursday at the entrance to Currabubuls station to the train which left Tamworth at 7.50 a.m. Through an oversight the…

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The Narrabri-Moree Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 7

The Narrabri-Moree line, now in course of construction by Messrs. Finlayson, Smith, and Timms, which was started in October, 1895, from…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney. Monday. 6.50 P.m. Road Work

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1896 · page 3

Tender accepted by Public Works Department--No. 88, Grafton, via Glen Innes, to Inverell, Reynolds and Adams, Buccurumbi, £,216 8s 7d…

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Selling Railway Tickets. Heavy Penalty

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 2

Thomas F. Firkins was charged in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court on Friday, before Mr. Giles, S.M., with selling portion of a…

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The Grafton-Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 2

SATURDAY'S Grafton 'Examiner' says: -- If rumor speaks truly, Mr. Surveyor Lloyd has completed his exploration of an amended route for the long- projected railway from…

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

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 3

SIR, -- Of late years we have been in the habit of extolling the management of our railways, but any one who travelled from Glen Innes to Armidale on Wednesday last must be prepared to condemn it…

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Tamworth to Manilla Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 3

The Public Works Committee, Mr. T. T. Ewing presiding, held a meeting on Tuesday, when further consideration was given to the proposed…

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The Victorian Railways

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

Victoria is advertising in London for a manager for her railways…

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URALLA & District. Uralla, Wednesday. Excursion Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 4

THOUGH an unusually long train, it was packed beyond what its space warranted. Sitting on one another's knees, standing up, with an occasional contact with a…

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Railway from Narrabri to Walgett

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 6

A public netting was held at Pilliga on Tuesday night for the purpose of co-operating with other towns in their request for the…

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The Narrabri-Moree Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 7

The work of railway construction on the new line of railway between Narrabri and Moree is now making rapid progress (writes the Gwydir Examiner)…

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New Railway Freight Rates

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 7

At the Executive Council on Tuesday, approval was given to a new scale of rates for the carriage of goods over the railway lines of the…

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Railway Concessions

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 4

WE are glad to be able to announce to-day that the Railway Commissionere have made a number of important reductions in their charges, especially…

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Tamworth-Manilla Railway. Report of the Committee

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 2

The report of the sectional committee on the Tamworth to Manilla railway was laid before the Public Works Committee on Tuesday. It states that…

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Tram Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Morning

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1896 · page 4

A MAN named Andrew Hegarty, who fell out of a tram at Waverley, died in the hospital last night…

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The "Single Package" Railway Rates

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 4

In this issue amongst other information which we supply respecting railway rates on produce, will be found the rates for "single packages…

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Love Tragedy in a Railway Carriage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1896 · page 8

MR. David Lloyd Morgan, English lecturer at the Swedish University of Lund, near Malmo, shot himself and a young lady named Cecilia Karolina Anderson in a…

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Victorian Railways. Mr. Mathieson Appointed General Manager Salary £3500

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

Melbourne. Tuesday.—At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day it was finally decded to appoint Mr. Matbieson, of Queensland, as general manager of…

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Love Tragedy in a Railway Carriage

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 4

Mr. David Lloyd Morgan, English lecturer at the Swedish University of Lund, near Malino, shot himself and a young lady named Cecilia Karolina…

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