A Tradition of London Bridge
THERE is a very curious tradition connected with the London Bridge. It is to the effect that a wealthy and miserly old ferryman named Audrey, or Overy, had a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
65 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 4
The South Grafton-Guyra Railway Scheme
THE following article from the pen of Mr. J. S. Dunnet, now of the Singleton Argus,' appeared in the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph': At intervals during the past thirty or forty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Madman in a Train. Unpleasant Experience of Two Women
EARLY on Monday morning Mrs. Pringle, the wife of the senior-sergeant at Pilliga, and Mrs. Prince, wife of a storekeeper. at Newtown, joined the Brisbane mail train at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways in China
A railway engineer's life in North China is truly an adventurous one. Besides natural and routine difficulties to be met with in all countries, he has to cope with mandarin in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramping Round the World
MR. OLIVER BAINBRIDGE, B. A., who is walking round the world, arrived in Bega (says the Standard of the 13th instant) from Cobargo on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bridge-street Hall
FOR many yours the town of Coraki has boon dependent on the enterprise of a private individual for the building in which all important meetings of the locality have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore-tweed Railway
WHEN the railway from Lismore to the Tweed was constructed (says the DAILY TELEGRAPH). the applications for accommodation in the way of sidings were more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rival Railway Routes
THE agitation for the construction of a line of railway to connect the North Coast districts with New England has been given a fresh impetus by the announcement recently…
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THE following were the lowest tenders for contracts which were opened yesterday at the Lismore Roads Office:- No. 73, Thorburn's to English's, Bolan and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Clarence—New England Railway
Messrs F. A. Wright and Donaldson. Ms. L. A. and Utz (of Glen Innes) waited upon the Minister for Works (Mr. J. H. Young) to urge the connection of the Clarence with the tableland…
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THE reply of the Minister for Works to the deputation which waited upon him to ask for a trial survey of the proposed railway from South Grafton to Glen lnnes, was just…
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FULL particulars of the railway accident at Forest, a few miles from Brussels, recently recorded by cable, show that. the ordinary train from Journal, which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Weeks of Torture in a Snow-bound Train. Passengers and Crew Suffer From Cold. Hunger and Thirst
John Oapeley, of Abordnen, South Dakota, William Pettigrew, of Douglas, Wyoming, and John Owen, of Wheatland, Wyoming, three of the passengers who have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nerang to Tweed Heads Railway. Deputation to the Queensland Premier
THE Chief Secretary, the Hon. J. R. Dickson, on Monday, received a deputation, consisting of the following gentlemen:—Messrs. W. Stephens. J. Stodart, and Maedouald-Paterson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Open Column. To the Editor of the 'Northern Star.' the Lismore-tweed Railway
SIR,—On a recent occasion I made some reamrks on the management of this line. With your permission, I would like to add a little more to the comments then made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Casino Railway
THE people of Casino and the upper district are not only patient and long-suffering: they are simple and easy to be gulled. Isolated from the rest of the world for they have no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star. Wednesday Morning, 10Th May, 1899. Another Road Asked For
THE Tatham Progress Association, we notice, is moving to have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coraki-Casino Road
MR. EDITOR.—I note with pleasure your allusion in last issue to the bad state of the road between Coraki and Tatham, and I think it quite time that the public inquired where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marvellous Railway Growth
THE latest issue of the Chicago Railway Age gives the statistics of railroad construction in the United States in 1898, with the prospects for 1899…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Question Again
OUR recent article on the question of a light line of railway from Coraki to Casino and thence on to the Upper Richmond, and urging that stops should be taken to secure…
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