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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

249 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 13

The Railway Traffic

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 3

The railway and tramway traffic yesterday showed a big comparative increase on that of last year…

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Clarence-new England Railway. The Cheapest, Shortest, and Most Direct Route to the Coast. Guyra to South Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 4

THE proposal to construct a lino of railway from Guyra to South Grafton, or to Cuff's Hanbor, is not a new one. It has been agitated with more or less vigor for some years, and in spite of…

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Railway Regulations

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 4

The new railway regulations oompelliog the removal of all produce from Redfern Railway Station the day of ite arrival is causing great…

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Killed by a Tram. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 5

L. LAUDERER, gardener to the German Consul, was killed by a tram in Elizabethstreet on Saturday night. At the inquest a verdict of accidentally…

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Assault in a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

The Railway Department is conducting an inquiry into the reported assault on two ladies while travelling on the northern train between Quirindi and Singleton a few days ago…

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Narrow Escape of an Express Train. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

DURING a gale the Liverpool express had a narrow escape in a gap made in the seawall at Llanfairfechan, it being only stopped a few yards from the breach…

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Railway Inquiry. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 5

THE railway department is conducting an inquiry into the reported assault on two ladies, while travelling on the northern train, a few days ago…

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Clarence-new England Railway. The Cheapest, Shortest, and Most Direct Route to the Coast. [Graft on Examiner.] Tentefield Casino Route

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

THE Tenterfield-Casino route is one which has already formed the subject of official survey. In October, 1892, Mr. C. O. Burge reported upon it. Briefly stated, the survey gave the following…

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Mail Train Delated. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 5

OWING to a break-down on the Queensland side, the mail train arrived at Newcastle four hours and twenty minutes late, and did not arrive in Sydney until four o'clock…

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Short Story. The Tragedy of the Gross Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

I[?]ed a handsome commission out of my first experience, and, being naturally enthusiastic, begin to indulge in visions of a speedy eff[?]nce. For some weeks after my…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The school children here are looking forward to the arrival of a new teacher, Mr. A. M'Donald Broun having, to use the red tape phrase,…

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The Ballad or the Motor Car

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The groom tells bow his master, a true sportsman bought, in a moment of aberration(a motor oar:—I seed it in the stable-yard-it fairly…

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Clarence-new England Railway. The Cheapest, Shortest, and Most Direct Route to the Coast. Tenter Field to Casino

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 4

IN our last article on this question we made special reference to some of the clauses contained in the petition recenty adopted at Tenterfield, and since forwarded to the Minister for Works…

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The Ballad of the Motor Car

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

The groom tells how his master, a true sportsman bought, in a moment of aberration, a motor car:-- I seed it in the stable-yard-- it fairly made me…

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Short Story. The Tragedy of the Cross Roads

The Warialda Watchman · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

I netted a handsome commission out of my first experience, and, being naturally enthusiastic, began to indulge in visions of a speedy affluence. For some weeks after my…

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The Carriage of Wool. Development or the Railway Traffic

The Inverell Argus · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

Now that with the close of the year the wool season of 1893-99 is practically over it may be interesting to record a few figures showing the growth of the staple industry…

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Moree-Inverell Railway

The Inverell Times · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 5

It is notified that the construction of a railway from Mor[?] to Inverell, part 3 (commencing at a point marked C on plan at 386 miles 4 chains 5[?] links, and terminating at a…

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Trampling on the Union Jack

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 4

AN extraordinary incident occurred some days ago at the Portraine Coastguard Station, which has occasioned excited discussion. A man, named M'Aleese. who had been employed at…

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Cape to Cairo Railway. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 5

CECIL RHODES is negotiating with King Leopold, with the view of the ultimate junction of the Khartoum Zambesi railway…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Inverell Times · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last the members of the Inverell Bicycle Club held their opening road race, the course being from Inverell Post Office to Mr. W. A. Jenkins' Hotel at the…

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