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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

418 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 21

Guyra—Inverell Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

Mr. A. W. Everett, of Ollera, has received a letter from Mr. S. W. Moore, M.P. for Bingera, in response to a petition—signed by the delegates…

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The Railway Disaster

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 3

At the railway inquest on Tuesday, Mr. Norman Selfe, the eminent civilengineer, said that if there had been a rule that the class of engine which…

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New England Coastal Railways

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

Clarence River "Examiner" says: Mr, Usher an officer from the Railway Department, is in Grafton, having come from Guyra via the Bellinger…

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The Cemetery Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 2

WE can well understand why there are so many complaints concerning the condition of portions of the road in the vicinity of the local cemetery. Since the late rains there are several places which…

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Guyra-inverell Railway

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 2

The Armidale CHRONICLE says: Mr. A. W. Everett of Ollers, has received a letter from Mr. S. W. Moore, M.P. for Bingera, in response to a petition—signed by the delegates…

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Railway Commissioners at Armidale. Deputations. Farmers and Settlers and Municipal Council

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Oliver, Fehon end Kircaldie), passed through Armidale by special train yesterday morning on their periodical tour of inspection…

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Annual Railway Pic-nic

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 4

The annual railway picnic was held on Saturday last, and must be classed as a great success. Although in the early morning the weather looked evil,…

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Railway Employees Picnic

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 5

The annual gathering of the employees of the Moonbi Jennings section of the Great Northern Railway eventuated on…

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Female Tram Guards

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 6

In Santiago and Valparaiso women are employed as conductors on tramways. They wear a dark-blue uniform with a white apron tied with red ribbons, and large white…

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The Grafton-Casino Railway. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 5

MESSRS. SEE, O'Sullivan, and Perry left Sydney for Grafton last night, where the first sod of the GraftonCasino railway will be turned…

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Railway Matters

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

AFTER agitating for something like thirty years for connection with our railway system, the people of the wealthy Clarence district have gained a strong point towards the…

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Old Road-books

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

Old road-books of the days when mailcoaches were in their greatest perfection, and of the more remote era of postch[?]ses and travelling on horseback by forgotten…

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Road Contracts

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

Tenders for the undermentioned roadwork were opened at the Court House on Friday last, the following being the lowest tenderers:--…

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What the Railway Means for Great Britain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 3

IN 1801 there were no railways in Scotland in the sense we now use the term, or even in England. Today the railways of the United…

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Grafton-casino Railway. Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

THE railway demonstration to-day was a great success. The s.s. Captain Cook with the Ministerial party aboard, consisting of the Premier (the hon. J. See), Mr. E. W…

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Railway Fatality. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 5

ABOUT six o'clock this morning a shunter found the body of Richard Walker lying between the rails of the railway line a short distance from the…

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Compressed Air Tramway Cars

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

Compressed air as a motive power for tramway cars seems to be successfully applied in New York and Chicago. We learn from the ' Street Railway Review'…

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How Boers Train Horses. Cruel But Effective

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

An Englishman, who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, -was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the trenches with…

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A Hanging Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 6

An extraordinary new railway is that situated in the Wupper Valley Germany, which runs from Vohwinkel to Elberfeld and Barmen, two centres…

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A New Railway Proposal

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4

The Minister for Works, says the question of connecting Sydney with Brisbane, via the north coast districts, is now under consideration…

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