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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

243 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 13

Goulburn Crookwell Railway. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 5

THE Minister for Works has directed that half the labour required in the construction of the Goulburn-Crookwell railway shall be obtained locally,…

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All on Motors

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 1

Cycling weddings have along since become commonplace, but intelligence comes to hand of an automobile wedding that has quite recently taken place. We are told…

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Maryland River Bridge. The Lowest Tenderer

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 3

FOR the erection of the bridge over the Maryland River, Mr. J. Pritchard is the lowest tenderer, his price being L621 9s 6d. When erected this bridge will prove…

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Killed by a Tram. Sydney. Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 5

A MAN named Francisco Chandos was knocked down by an electric tram whilst crossing Lower George-street this morning. The base or his skull…

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The Glen Innes-Inverell Road. (To the Editor of the 'Inverell Times'.)

The Inverell Times · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

Sir,--Would you kindly grant me space for a few lines to draw attention to the wretched state of the Inverell-Glen Innes road, on the Inverell side. All the way from the Half…

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Train Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

A man named Charles Turner, while attempting to board a train in motion at Lewisham, fell between the platformand the rails, He was horribly…

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A Terrible Railway Accident. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway accident has happened at Slough Station, near Windsor. An express train ran into a race train which was standing full of…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Terrible Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at the Great Western Railway Station, at Slough Station, near Windsor, on Saturday. Despite the danger signal…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

A middle-aged woman named Mrs. M'Gillivray fell under a railway carriage near Invercargill yesterday, her body being completely severed…

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The Coastal Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 3

During an interview last week. Mr. C. G. Wilson, Member for Armidale, said to an 'Inverell Times' represen tative, in reference to proposed…

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— Grafton-Casino Railway. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

MR. HARPER, of the Chief Traffic Mana-. ger's Department, has given evidence against the proposed Grafton-Casino railway…

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The War. Delagoa Say Railway Wrecked, London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 5

THE railway bridge.on the PretoriaDelagoa Bay railway, near Hectorspruitt, within the Transvaal, has collapsed, and all goods traffic has been…

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Transvaal War Standerton Captured. Boers Surrounded But Escape an Armored Train Captured. London June 21

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

Major General Lord Kitchener [?][?]owly escaped capture while sleeping in the train on Thursday at Leeuwspruit siding, 43 miles north of Kroonstadt in…

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Road-making by Animals

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 1

There are still traces on Western American can plains of the great main roads used by the buffalo in their annual migrations from north to such in autumn and from…

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The Standerton Railway. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 5

IT is reported from the front that the railway between Pretoria and Standerton is now in the hands of the British…

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Inverell-Glen Innes Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

IT will be remembered that shortly after taking office the present Minister for Works indicated that, among sundry other lines, he intended this session to submit the railway…

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The Road Vote

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 2

ONE of the legacies left by the Reid Government to their predecessors in office was many miles of roads in the interior in a state of disrepair. This unfortunate…

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Expenditure upon the Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

WRITING to the Grafton 'Examiner,' a city' correspondent says :--Mr. O'Sullivan's journeys in the country districts have convinced him that the roads have been shamefully…

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Our Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

WE are glad to note that Alderman Meurant, not believing in laissez-fai[?]e system is worrying about our share of the Road Vote, and we feel sure now that our worthy member if hacked up by the…

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District News Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

A ball in aid of the Walcha Cottage Hospital was held here on Friday, June 29, and proved a great success; about 50 couples being present. Music…

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