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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

576 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 29

Road Race

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

A GOOD deal of interest was centred in the bicycle road race, which eventuated on Saturday afternoon. The chosen course was along the Great Northern road, in a northerly direction, the…

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The Great Northern Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 4

TO THE EDITIONS OF THE ARMIDALE EXPRESS. GENTLEMEN,—I ask for a small space in your valuable journal to call attention to the bad state of the G. N. Road which…

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The Bridge. Fresh Tenders to Be Called

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

Through the courtesy of the Mayor we are enabled to publish [?] following letter from the Hon. C. A. Lee, Minister for Works, under date 10th inst.:—"To…

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The Ballina Road. Deputation to Minister for Works

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

DURING the visit of the Hon. C. A. Lee, Minister for Works, last week, a deputation comprising the Mayor and Aldermen waited upon the hon gentleman with a…

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The Motor Buses

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

THE anticipation of the arrival in town of the Char a banes is a thing of the past, for the two fine motor cars, to do service on the Fattersall's Glen Innes-Inverell line have arrived,…

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Railway Commission

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

Before the Railway Commission today, Mr. Oliver gave further evidence. He particularly referred to the action of his colleagues in detaining him in…

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Motor Express. Glen Innes-lnverell Service. a Successful Initial Trip

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

Some months since it was reported that a motor car passenger service was to be established between Glen Innes and Inverell, but as the weeks passed…

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Railway Matters

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 7

ON Wednesday at a meeting of New England England delegates, held in the School of Arts, it was decided to hold a monster railway conference at the end of April, or early in May, at Glen Innes, to…

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Didn't Miss the Train

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3
Also in The Inverell Times

Some time since two merry sons from the land of the shamrock were walking down a railroad track of one of the suburban lines, and so interested were they in an animated…

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The Motor Car. Its Advent to Inverell

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

FOR some months now we have heard the cry locally " the motors are coming next week," but it was not until last Monday that the rumour materilised. The advent of this latest…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

THE evidence which is being given by the Railway Commissioners before the Commission disclosed a very painful state of affairs. According to Mr…

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The North Coast Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

Mr. Carruthers, during his trip in the north, has become more than ever impressed with the importance of constructing the North Coast railway…

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The Railway Commission

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

On Wednesday Mr. Oliver gave further evidence. Sir John See (then Premier) had sent for him, and questioned him as to the disagreements be…

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Railway Commission

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

Giving evidence before the Railway Commission to-day, Mr. Kneeshaw, Tramway Traffic Superintendent, deposed to seeing Mr. Kirkcaldie open…

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Railway Construction

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

The Government intends to proceed at the earliest possible moment with the construction of the Narrabri Walgett and Burren Junction…

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John Bridge & Co's. Ltd. Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

Sheepskins -- Pelts occasionally Showed a further advance of ¼d, and the market generally was very buoyant. Hide--Owing to the monsoonal…

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Japan's Railways. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 5

THE Japanese House of Representatives has adopted a scheme for the nationalisation of the railways at a coat of £50,000,000. 15 points of rain were recorded in…

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Awful Railway Disaster. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 5

DETAILS have been received of an awful railway collision at Colorado (U.S.), in which 40 people were killed and many others injured…

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The Motor Car. Its Advent to Inverell

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 4

For some months now we have heard the cry locally " the motor cars are coming next week," hut it was not until yesterday (Monday) that the…

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