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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

497 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 25

Day-Train Service

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 4

AT their monthly meeting Saturday, the members of the N E. Farmers' and Settlers' Association unanimously decided to accord hearty…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 5

A young man named Edward Nicholls. night gate-keeper at Mittagong Station, was killed by a goods train last night, presumedly in…

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Local Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

CERTAIN read work within this borough is at length to be taken in hand, for which the Council is to be praised. We allude to the thoroughfare en route to the Cemetery…

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Reserve on Grafton Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

MR. T. A. WRIGHT has been notified that letter presented by you from Mr. R. Belford, E. Styles, and others, respecting reserves on the Grafton-Glen Innes road, has…

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Train Overturned

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

An engine drawing a goods train was overturned near Junee. The driver and fireman were slightly injured…

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Motors and the Derby

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 3

A STRIKING feature of the hot and dusty mad to Epsom Downs on Derby week was the great number of automobiles to be seen in the line…

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A Terrible Railway Journey

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

THE man who involuntarily travelled the other day from London to Grantham under a railway carriage is interviewed in the February Temple Magazine…

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Railway Accident. JUNEE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 5

AN engine drawing a goods train near Junee, overturned. The driver and fireman were slightly injured…

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Railway Extension

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 4

Gr.HK INNES is just now suffering From a severe slump in railway enthusiasm. In view of the positive assurance with which the people of…

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Racecourse Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 2

SIR, -- On my visit to the course on Monday the condition of parts of the road out suggested the necessity for radical improvement. This rocky track must be very…

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Latest News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Railway Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 5

THE body of Mr. G. S. Ridley, an official in the Auditor-General's Departpartment, was found on the railway line near Arocliffe early this morning…

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Coffs Harbour Railway. BELLENGEN

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 5

AFTER bearing evidence at Bellingen on Friday in regard to the proposed railway to Coff'a Harbour, the Railway Commissioners said that in view…

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Mr. O'Sullivan's Tramway Construction

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. O'Sullivan is keeping up his record in tramway construction, though his estimate of the profitableness of the new lines differs from the…

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Death in a Railway Carriage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 6

ON Wednesday evening a man named John Carroll died in the train shortly before reaching Byron Bay. An inqnest was held on Thursday before…

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Private Railways. BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 5

THE Premier states that reasonable offers from private individuals to build railways would be favourably received, and be favours the repurchasing…

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Graman-wallangra Road

The Inverell Times · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

Sir,—A few mouths ago there was a petition sent to the Minister for Works from the residents of Wallangra asking that a new road be made from…

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Country Railways

The Inverell Times · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

For too long it has been the custom of those city critics of the Government, who, going up the tower of the Sydney post office look around on the vast…

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The Railway Commissioners. a Deputation

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1902 · page 2

A DEPUTATION representing the Sunnyside and Tenterfield branches of the F. & S. Association and Leech's Gully Union, comprising Messrs. C. A. Lee. M.P., T. M…

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Fencing the Railway Line

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 4

Mr. M'Intyre, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department, dated 16th January:—Sir,…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 5

A sensational railway accident occurred at Inglewood, Victoria, yesterday. A goods train dashed into a stationary…

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