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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

249 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 13

The New Railway Line to Grafton. (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday, 6 30 p.m

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 3

THE Minister for Works to-day received a deputation, to urge a permanent survey of the projected railway from Glen Ines to Grafton, via Kennedy's route. In reply, the Minister said he…

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The Direct Railway to the Coast

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

IT should not' be forgotten that a meeting of citizens is called for this evening, in the Council Chambers, to review the question of the proposed railway from the Clarence to…

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Rival Railway Routes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 5

The agitation for the construction of a line of railway to connect the North Coast districts with New England has been given a fresh impetus…

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A Railway Guard Killed. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 5

A RAILWAY guard, named James M'Carthy, was killed at Leigh Road, a station between Ballarat and Geelong…

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The Rival Railway Routes. Guyra to South Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

WE have received from Mr. F. A. Wright a copy of Mr. T. Kennedy's report of his investigations of the country between Guyra and South Grafton. It states that the…

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Clarence-new England Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

PURSUANT to public notice a meeting of the citizens was held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening to appoint delegates from Glen Innes to visit Grafton next month to wait as a deputation…

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Road Race

The Inverell Argus · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

The road race from Elsmore to Inuerell eventuated on Wednesday, and caused quite a stir in Otho-street. Soon after four o'clook people began to…

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Railway Fatality

The Inverell Argus · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

A boy named Richard Brown, while playing with some other boys, accidentally got on the line near St. Peters, yesterday and was struck by a…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 5

A BOY named Richard Brown, while playing with other lads, got on the railway line near St. Peter's yesterday, and, being struck by a passing…

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New Railway Truck Rate. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 5

THE Railway Commissioners intend introducing a new truck rate for the carriage of general goods, to take effect from the 1st prox. The rate will…

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How Birds Hinder Railway Traffic

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

Crowd sometimes prove troublesome to railway men. Retiring late, the common (or carrion) crow is often on the wing with the owl and the bat: An engine driver…

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Humour. in a Crowded Tramway Car

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 1

' Conductor!' screamed the angular, sharp-nosed woman in the trolley-car, 'this man is putting his head on my shoulder!' 'He must be asleep, ma'am, or blind,' said…

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The Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT asseverates that against [?]e construction of a railway line from any [?]rt of the Tableland to Grafton the Minis[?] for Land has determinedly set his face…

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Clarence-new England Railway. Guyra to South Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

Guyra to Coff's Harbor, 120 mills, average cost per mile [?]554 : Coff's Harbor to South Grafton,51 miles, average cost per mile £7000. THE following is a copy of Mr. Surveyor…

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Grafton Inverell Railway

The Inverell Times · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by requisition to the Mayor, was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of appointing delegates to form part of a…

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Motor Waggons. Extraordinary Speed Obtained

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

Details are to hand by the last English mail of a match contest between the Jensizy and Count de Chasseloup-Loubat motor road…

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Oil on Bad Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 7

CRUDE oil has been proved to be of use not only in suppressing the dust nuisance on railways, but in improving the condition of the…

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Railway Accident

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 2

A railway accident happened between Woy Woy and Gosford yesterday morning to a goods train. An axle of a coil waggon broke and three…

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Railway Specialists

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 8

Two ladies and a gentleman were in a carriage on a Russian railway the other day (says the Home News), when a thickly-veiled lady, carrying a…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 5

A railway accident occurred between Woy Woy and Gosford yesterday morning. A goods train was proceeding along, when an axle of a coal…

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