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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

243 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 13

The North Shore Bridge. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 5

THE board appointed to deal with the designs for the North Shore bridge have rejected the designs sent in as unsatisfactory, and cannot recommend the acceptance of…

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Trams and Trains. a Heavy Verdict. Sydney, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 2

IN the Supreme Court to-day a boy named Ernest. Pellgrave obtained a verdict for £2000 against the Railway Commissioners, as compensatien for injures…

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Cheap Railway Fares

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1900 · page 2

THERE has been a good deal of agitation lately in the direction of having cheap railway fares to Sydney in order that country…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. The Celebrations. Railway Fares

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 November 1900 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day, a number of questions were asked in regard to concessions in Railway fares during the Celebrations…

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A Railway Engine Bursts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 7

A TERRIBLE disaster, which resalted in two deaths, occurred last month at Westerfield, England, on the Great Eastern Railway. While…

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Railway Fares from Melbourne. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1900 · page 5

THE railway fares from Melbourne for the Commonwealth ceremonies will be 70s. return for first-class and 50s. return for second-class…

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Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 3

The local Land Board held a meeting at Walcha Road on the 28th instant, when the following business was gone through: r. B. Reid, cp 40s, postponed, no…

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Across the Continent. the Experiences of Ben Bridge. Thrilling Adventures in Unexplored Countrt

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 2

The mail Ben Bridge, who was not long ago brought back to New South Wales from West Australia, on a charge of having a caped from a lookup, and sentenced to two…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. The Grafton-Casino Railway Line. a Scene in the House

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 4

The House affirmed the expediency of constructing the Grafton-Casino railway line. During the debate Mr. Coot…

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Elephant Charges a Train

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1900 · page 4

There seem to be novel and unexpected interests connected with travel in the Malay States. Reports received in London tell…

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Decapitated by a Train. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 December 1900 · page 5

MR. H. C. WOOD, formerly a restaurant, keeper at South Melbourne, latterly of Brunswick, was decapitated by a train on the railway line yesterday. Whether…

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Coast Railways. Grafton-Casino Line Passed. Tenterfield-Casino Line Doomed this Session

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 7 December 1900 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly on Monday night, on the motion to bring in a bill to sanction the construction of a railway from from Grafton to Casino, Mr. O'Sullivan…

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The Yarrowyck Road. [To the Editor of the Advocate.]

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 2

SIR,—I travelled from Uralla to Bundarra [?] week in company with a little girl named [?] This is a stretch of road 46 miles long, [?] doubt there has been a lot of money…

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Tenterfield-Casino Railway. Bluffed Again

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

THE palpable insincerity of the Lyne Government in connection with the proposal to refer the Tenterfield-Casino line to the Public Works Committee, in the…

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Railway Time Table

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 1

The mail train for Sydney leaves Tenterfield at 6.40 p.m. daily, Saturdays excepted, and for Brisbane a. 10.30 a.m. daily, Sundays excepted…

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Railway Excursions

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1900 · page 2

The following, information concerning railway, train dates and fares from Gravesend in connection with the Commonwealth Demonstration will be of…

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Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 2

During the past month Walcha Road has been quite lively. Really the amount of business done here is astonishing. The botel is full all the time,…

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Tram Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 5

A boy, aged about 12 years jumped from behind a bus in Liverpool-street this morning right in front of a steam tram. He was killed instantly, receiving terrible injuries…

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The Railway Guard Scored

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 3

In the railway carriage sat a welldressed young lady tenderly holding a very small poodle. 'Madam,' said the guard, 'I am…

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A Winter Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 2

The most curious railway in the world, which is only in use during the winter, is that between Cronstadt and Oranienbaum, which is laid upon the ice. Its success has…

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