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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

243 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 13

Train the Eyebrows

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 1

Take the eyebrows away, and how provokingly insipid some faces become. The closer the eyebrows to the eyes the greater the amount of intelligence is supposed to…

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The War. Capture of Spitzkop Road. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 5

LORD ROBERTS reports from Pretoria that General Buller captured the Spitzkop road, leading to the strong position occupied by General Botha's…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Parliamentary. Old-age Pensions Bill. Cobar-wilcannia Railway. Rumoubed Dimension in the Cabinet

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 4

In the Assembly, the Premier has asked leave to introduce on Old-Age Pensions Bill, which, he explains, would be on similar lines to the New Zealand…

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Another Railway

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

The Minister for Works, accompanied by Mr. Wilson, M.P., and several other members, visited Armidale on Monday last. Amongst other…

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American Tramps or British Cyclists?. Travellers' Tria[?]

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 5

The American tramp is a distinct species. He is a man of iron constitution. Therefore, on principle, he refuses to drink writer-- for fear he should rust, remarks Mr. J. F…

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How to Train Your Boys

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 7

Treat your boys as though they were of some importance, if you would have them manly and selfreliant. Be [?] of the little…

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A Railway Fatality. Prominent Cricketer Killed. Sydney, Monday Niget

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 2

A. M. McMAHON, well known in cricketing circles, son of Mr. P. McMohon, Bona street, was killed on the railway line at Chatswood on Saturday afternoon…

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Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Casino-lismore Railway. Lismore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 5

The Casino-Lismore railway is to be carried out by day labour, and is to be commenced about the middle of next month…

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The Glen Innes-Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 2

ONCE more the Inverell Railway proposal is to be subjected to the search light of public investigation, and when the inquiry is completed will have been the third occasion on…

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On the Pink Ridge Road. To the Editor of the TIMES

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 6

Sir,—I was pleased to see in a recent issue of your journal a letter from Mr. Crabbe on the above subject. In emphasising Mr Cra[?]be's remarks I must say I do not know of…

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The Grafton - Casino Railway. Favored by the Works Committee

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 September 1900 · page 2

The Public Works Committee lure decided in favor of the Grafton-Casino railway at a cost not to exceed £4000 per mile…

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Proposed Railway. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 5

AN influential deputation from the Tamworth, Manilla, and Barraba districts waited upon the Minister for Works to day to urge the extension of…

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The Railway to Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 2

THE gentlemen who at Armidale last week interviewed the Minister for Works in reference to a line of railway from Inverell to Guyra may have been actuated by patriotic…

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Wanted a Bridge

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 2

CONSIDERING that the railway will soon be ready for traffic to Kelly's Gully it is about time that something was done in the…

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A Land Without Tramps

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 7

WHY do we never see a tramp in Germany? There are poor people enough and many must be out of a job now and then. Yet Germany…

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Graften-Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 2

FROM an article in Wednesday's 'Newcastle Morning Herald,' under the head of " Grafton Railway Aspirations," we take the following :--"The inhabitants of the Clarence…

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Motorman's Lung Is Upon Us

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 6

The newest disease on the tapis is motorman's lung, which does not continue itself to motorman exclusively. All throe girls who are so fond of on the front…

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The Coastal Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 4

THE Hon. E. W. O'Sullivau prior to his visit to Armidole had hcen heralded far and wide as the Minister for Promises. Whatever the head of the…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 5

Two trucks loaded with wool and chaff, were hurled over an incline on the top of the Zig-Zag on Saturday night. Very little damage was done to…

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Progressive Railway Policy

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1900 · page 5

The Colonial'Secretary says the Government is determined to build railways wherever the needs of the districts warrant their construction…

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