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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

497 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 25

Bonshaw Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 2

MR. F. A. WRIGHT for wards the following communication received by him from the Public Works Department; -- "With reference to your personal inquiries regarding the condition of the road,…

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Tenterfield-Casino RailWay. Visit of the Public Works Committee

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 6

ON Thursday last the Parliamentary Sectional Committee of the Public Works Committee visited Tenterfield for the purpose of taking evidence as to the…

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Grafton-Glen Innes Railway. How to Save Half a Million in Its Construction

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1902 · page 8

SIR, -- Owing to the great cost of this proposed railway, which, under present estimates, renders it almost prohibitive, anything that would tend to reduce that cost sabstantially should be worth…

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Armidale Police Court. Friday, March n.—(Before Mr. W. F. Parker, P.m.). Disturbance in a Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 3

George Morson, 25, carter, and Jas. Maguire, 17, were charged with riotous behaviour in a railway carriage, travelling between Uralla and…

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London by Night. On the " All-night" Tram

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 6

An "all-night" tram! Many a one of the thousand toilers of the London night has reason to bless that means of transit for weary limbs. Moreover, since they have…

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Railway Station Returns

The Inverell Times · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 2

Mr. Tewkesbury has kindly furnished us with a few figures of the traffic at the Inverell station for the month of February. It must not be forgotten in…

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The American Private Railway Cars

The Inverell Times · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 6

The car on which we travelled to a few of the eastern towns of Canada was divided as follows—dining-room and drawing-room in one; two…

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Railway proposals from New England to the Coast. Why Glen Innes should unite with Tenterfield in the route via Casino. (To the Editor of the Courier.)

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 2

SIR,—After the many weary years of agitation for Railway connection with the Coast and laudable efforts made by the advocates of the various routes, now that the…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Collapse of a Bridge. too Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 5

Whilst a priest was pronouncing benediction at the ceremony of opening a bridge at Peru, the structure collapsed, and one hundred people…

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Railway Management

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 4

Mr. John Sinclair writes to the S. M. HEEALD as follows.—For some years now there have been general and universal complaint above the inefficiency of…

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The Railway Terminus

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the extension of the railway from the present terminus is a matter for future consideration with the Government, we think the question of…

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Proposed Railway Extension

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

Mr. Usher, of the Railway Department, came over to Tingha, accompanied by Mr. J. M. Cameron, resident engineer for roads Armidale, on Wednesday last…

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Attempted Outrage in a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday an attempted outrage is reported to have taken place in a train on the main suburban line. It seems that a Miss Katie Young, agad 17,…

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The Road Vote. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 2

MR. O'SULLIVAN, the Minister for Works, denies starving the roads and bridges [?]. He says up to the end of February he had spent L602,200, being nearly L3000 in…

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Proposed Railway Ex tension

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 3

SAYS the Inverell "Times":—Mr. Usher, of the railway Department came over to Tingha accompanied by Mr. J. M. Cameron resident engineer for roads Armidale on…

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The Motor Car

The Inverell Times · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 6

The motor-cars of to-day may be divided into three classes, according to the means used for their propulsion—oil, steam add electrical. Of…

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Grafton Road Reserves

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

THE petition presented by Mr. Wright from R. Duncan, junior, John Duff and others, of Glen Innes, respecting reserves on Grafton road being leased to private persons, and asking the…

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Local and General News. Casino-Tenterfield Railway

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 2

The Public Works Committee concluded [?] evidence h[?] on Tuesday on the proposed Casino-Tenterfield railway. The evidence, which was lengthy,…

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Annual Railway Picnic

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 3

The annual railway picnic eventuated on Saturday last, when the employees on the Moonbi-Jennings section of the Great Northern Line…

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Tenterfield-Casino Railway

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 28 March 1902 · page 4

MR. R. PYERS, M.P. for the Richmond, in giving evidence before the Public Works Committee at Casino, said he had no doubt whatever, knowing all the routes that are…

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