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  1. THE MERCURY. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 5, 1870.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 5 January 1870 p 2 Article
    The Insolvent Court in Launceston is one of the most unsatisfactory and puzzling of our Colonial Institutions. The mode in which business is conducted in it, is, we ... 5172 words
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  2. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 13 January 1870 p 2 Article
    Yesterday, on the invitation of Messrs. Overend and Robb, the contractors, a party consisting of his Honor Sir Valentine Fleming, Chief Justice, the hon. W. L. Dobson, ... 262 words
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  3. LAUNCESTON & WESTERN RAILWAY.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 20 May 1869 p 3 Article
    The earthworks on the line continue to be pushed forward as rapidly as possible, and as the weather has been of such a favorable character every effort is put forth to get as ... 546 words
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  4. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Saturday 23 April 1870 p 6 Article
    The works on the above Hue of railway have mode steady progress towards completion since our last summary, and the manner in which the contractors, Messrs. Overend ... 2966 words
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  5. THE GREAT TASMANIAN REEF. THE BUBBLE [?].
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Monday 3 January 1870 p 2 Article
    IN another column appears an account of the testing of the Great Tasmanian Reef, and the expression of an opinion by the Mining Manager and others that it is not what it ... 4584 words
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  6. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. THE LATE FLOODS.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Friday 23 September 1870 p 2 Article
    A meeting of a committee of the directors appointed to confer with the engineers and solicitors, was held at Launceston on Wednesday, the 21st. instant. ... 1226 words
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  7. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Mercury office, Wednesday Evening.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thursday 10 September 1868 p 2 Article
    Of commercial topies the past month has been particularly ba[?]ren. The d[?]lness in trade which we reported in our last summary as having characterised the month of July—August has continued without break ... 2754 words
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  8. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wednesday 2 September 1868 p 4 Article
    MESSRS. OVEREND and ROBB have completed arrangements for the supply of sufficient posts and rails to complete , about fifty-two miles of the fencing ... 155 words
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  9. THE WESTERN RAILWAY.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 16 March 1861 Edition: MORNING. p 4 Article
    OUR readers will be glad to know that the projectors of this important under-taking are still at work. On the invitation of the Mayor of Launceston, Mr. Doyne, ... 728 words
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  10. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 12 September 1861 Edition: MORNING. p 3 Article
    The surveys of the Launceston and Deloraine Railway are now progressing rapidly. Two practical railway surveyors have been at work for more than a month, and have nearly ... 570 words
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  11. THE MERSEY RAILWAY. EXTENSION WESTERN LINE TO FORMBY. LAUNCESTON CONNECTED WITH N.W. COAST.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 30 May 1885 p 3 Article
    The formal opening of the extension of the L. and W. Railway from Deloraine to the shipping port at Formby, the entrance of the Mersey River, which will be celebrated to-day, not ... 8253 words
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  12. LAUNCESTON EXAMINER. PUBLISHED DAILY. MONDAY, DEC. 18, 1882.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Monday 18 December 1882 p 2 Article
    IT would be a far easier task to sum up the scanty merits of the Lands Office than to give a list of its many defects and shortcomings, another instance of which ... 4611 words
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  13. ON THE MERSEY LINE.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Friday 9 January 1885 p 3 Article
    Mr. Spicer's comfortable little wayside inn at Elizabeth Town will always be remembered by me as the realisation of my idea of what" mine case at mine inn" ... 2975 words
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  14. LAUNCESTON AND DELORAINE RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MEBCURY.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Thursday 5 January 1865 p 2 Article
    Sir,—As you thought so well of my proposal for the construction of the Launceston and Deloraine Railway as to bring it prominently before the public in your journal. I deem it a duty to ... 1218 words
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  15. Town Talk and Table Chat.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wednesday 25 December 1867 p 5 Article
    SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.—The Ravenswood Sunday School Anniversary will be celebrated, tomorrow, by a public tea meeting, and fete for the children to ... 2037 words
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  16. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN TASMANIA. (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) JOURNEY TO THE NORTH. LAUNCESTON, TUESDAY EVENING.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Friday 17 January 1868 p 2 Article
    In mylastletterIleftH.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh under the hospitable roof of the Hon.R.Q Kermode, Esq., at Mona Vale, and the accounts which have reached me of the magnificent entertainment provided ... 6483 words
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  17. THE MERCURY. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 22,1868.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 22 July 1868 p 2 Article
    THE establishment of fortnightly mail communication with Great Britain is one of the first and most important questions which our Legislature will be called upon to ... 2624 words
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  18. The Cornwall Chronicle WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE LAUNCESTON TIMES. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1871.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Friday 10 February 1871 p 2 Article
    "LONG LOOKED FOR COME AT LAST." After between thirteen and fourteen years of determined agitation the railway from Launceston to Deloraine is an ... 2951 words
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  19. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] [FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.] LAUNCESTON, FRIDAY. THE OPENING OF THE RAILWAY.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Saturday 11 February 1871 p 2 Article
    The Launceston and Western Railway was opened yesterday with great éclat, the formal declaration of the opening having been made by His Excellency after the return of the trip to Deloraine. ... 1475 words
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  20. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 25 July 1867 p 5 Article
    DURING the past month good progress has been made with the survey of the Launceston and Western Railway. The line has been pegged out and completed ... 669 words
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  21. COUNTRY INTELLIGENCE. LONGFORD.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Tuesday 6 April 1869 p 3 Article
    On Tuesday evening last an amateur concert took place in Watson's Assembly Rooms in aid of the funds of the Longford Library. Although the-weather was very Inclement there was an ... 327 words
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  22. THE LAUNCESTON & DELORAINE RAILWAY.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Saturday 28 March 1868 p 4 Article
    The working drawings, plans, and sections for this line of railway having been placed in the Town hall assembly-room for the inspection of the public, during ... 528 words
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  23. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. PROGRESS OF THE WORKS.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 27 February 1869 p 5 Article
    The works in connection with our first line of railway are making steady progress towards, completion, and are many months have passed way we shall be possessed of that ... 412 words
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  24. Town Talk and Table Chat.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wednesday 25 March 1868 p 4 Article
    LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. —The Directors of the Launceston and Western Railway held it meeting at their offices, Brisbane-street, yesterday, and ... 828 words
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  25. THE LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. [FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.] CHARACTER OF THE LINE AND PROGRESS OF THE WORKS.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wednesday 25 August 1869 p 3 Article
    The Launceston and Western Railway line has been designed and carried out under circumstances of extraordinary difficulty as our previous history has shown. The country travorsod by it presented ... 4568 words
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  26. INSPECTION OF THE LONGFORD BRIDGE.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 21 April 1870 p 3 Article
    On Saturday, the 9th instant, as previously reported in the Examiner, the magnificent iron bridge which spans with two noble arches the South Esk river at Longford, was ... 2423 words
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  27. (By Magnetic Telegraph.) LONGFORD, FRIDAY EVENING.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Saturday 10 September 1870 p 2 Article
    The floods here and in the surrounding country are higher than have been known for years. Great damage has been done to the railway ... 1302 words
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  28. THE LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. [FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.] THE CONTRACT.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Saturday 21 August 1869 p 3 Article
    The Engineers' plans having been, duly approved, contracts were advertised for on 16th May, 1868, and that of Messrs. Overend and Robb was accepted on the 16th July, 1868. As the question of quantities ... 6836 words
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  29. FIRST TRIP ON THE LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Friday 20 August 1869 p 2 Article
    The celebration of the " first ride on he rail" has, for some time past, been looked forward to with feelings of lively interest by the inhabitants of Launceston ... 3423 words
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  30. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.—THE FIRST RIDE.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 9 September 1869 Supplement: Supplement to the Launceston Examiner. p 1 Article
    One by one the many important events, long and anxiously looked forward to in connection with the Launceston and Western railway, are becoming matters' of history. A ... 8771 words
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  31. LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Friday 22 April 1870 p 3 Article
    The works on the above line of railway have made steady progress towards completion since our last summary, and the manner in which the contractors, Messrs Overend ... 2840 words
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  32. CURRENT TOPICS.
    Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Monday 10 February 1890 p 2 Article
    AN accident, which narrowly escaped being attended with more serious consequences, occurred on the outskirts of the city about 1 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. ... 3295 words
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  33. A RIDE ON THE MAIN LINE RAILWAY.
    The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Friday 27 March 1874 p 2 Article
    On Wednesday last, at the Invitation of Mr James Fincham, superintending engineer of the northern section of the Main Line Railway, we enjoyed a trip over the ... 1982 words
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