Humour. Night Alarm on the Pacific Railway
RATHER a goodish location, ain't it? says the guard, as we steam slowly out of the magnificent "depot" at Chicago, and see on one side the stately parade of noble…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1877
15 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
The Railway
"ENGINEER," in the 'Glen Innes Guardian.' writes—The perusal of the letter, signed "Thomas "Wright," in your issue of the 30th December last, in regard to the comparative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Open Column. Newton Bridge, Late Brown's Creek Bridge. to the Subscribers to the Bridge, and the Public in General
Gentlemen.—From three to four years ago I got aubscrip tiona from you, with the promise from the Honourable the Minister for Works that it should be supplemented…
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THE following correspondence respecting the roads in this district, has been forwarded to us by T. Bawden, Esq., M.L.A. for publication:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sickness on the Western Railway Line
WE (D. D. Gazette, Queensland), are sorry to hear from persons arriving from Dalby that a very great and serious amount of sickness prevails amongst the workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Aorthern Star. Lismore, June 9, 1877. a Punt or Bridge
AFTER a long period of apparent inactivity, it is pleasing to note that contingent upon the passing of the Estimates, by the Parliament, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramp Outwittee
A lady in a neighboring city out tramps through the agency of the spur[?] money known as advertising greenb[?] and which, to the casual observen. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Lismore, July 14, 1877. a Bridge
JUDGING, by—the letters which, appear in our "Open Column," this issue, the Municipal question will form a very handy peg upon which to hang…
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A MEETING was held at the Court House, on Saturday afternoon last, for the purpose of getting-up a petition to the Government for the erection of a Bridge across the river at the…
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A MEETING was held at the Court House, Lismore, on Satuiday afternoon last, when there were was a pretty good attendance, and Mr. A. CURRIE having taken the Chair…
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UNDER the above Heading, the 'Clarence Examiner,' of 7th August,' publishes some correspondence laid before Parliament bearing upon the proposed railway from…
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Int he report lately handed to Parliament on the railways of this colony, Mr. Rao says; —"It is by reticulating the country with such a net-work of railways as is indicated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramp—A Study
The tramp is a cross between a came in endurance mut a pair of seven-storey stilts in getting over the ground. His legs are his salvation and his feet the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Geo. Francis Train on Himself
Geo. Francis Train lectured in Boston the other evening. In his remarks he said:—"If he had been president of some savings bank, Saul of Tarsus or the Grand…
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MR. FINKERTY lives two miles from the Town Hall. He has been talking of going out of town on a visit, and Saturday morning was the day set to go. Friday evening…
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