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Northern Railway has 100 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 32 references, with 9 live disagreements.

100+ facts·86 predicates·32 sources·9 in dispute

Mostly:rdf:type(4), traffic earnings increase(3), rdfs:label(3)

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Traffic Increasein disputetrafficIncrease

  • £405[29]all time · Trove Maytown Service Brought Rosey Children 77212921
  • 286[13]all time · Loop14 North Shore

Traffic Earnings Increasein disputetrafficEarningsIncrease

  • £103 12s 9d[28]all time · Bloomfield
  • £391[15]all time · Cingalese
  • £525 6s. 3d.[15]all time · Cingalese

Earnings Decreasein disputeearningsDecrease

  • 636 pounds[2]all time · Beche De Mer
  • 636[7]all time · John Davis

Traffic Increase Week Ending June9in disputetrafficIncreaseWeekEndingJune9

  • 4526s10d[32]all time · 183699339 Saturday 23 June 1883
  • £452 6s 10d[32]all time · 183699339 Saturday 23 June 1883

Rdf:typein disputerdf:type

Rdfs:labelin disputerdfs:label

  • Northern[6]all time · 01716cf1 152d 4898 A337 C476f12ac542
  • Northern[19]all time · 04952417 9bd3 48d8 A214 128b3080404a
  • Northern Railway[3]all time · 01b889dd 33f1 4f03 938a 722800f1f908

Part ofin disputepartOf

Employsin disputeemploys

Containsin disputecontains

Has Week EndinghasWeekEnding

  • 1880-11-27[17]sourceall time · Trove Trove Cooktown All Davenport Walker Monday 6 December 1880 85758122 D D Gazette Published Daily Ferio Tego Monday December 6 1880

Requires TimberrequiresTimber

  • delivered Townsville[21]all time · Trove Owen Reynolds Carrier Palmer Timeline 146668766

Has IncreasehasIncrease

  • £377[16]all time · Trove Owen Reynolds Carrier Palmer Timeline 181827363

Inbound mentions (24)

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forFor(1)

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moneySpentMostlyMadeFromMoney Spent Mostly Made From(1)

nearNear(1)

nearlyAllMadeOutOfNearly All Made Out of(1)

notReceiveRebateNot Receive Rebate(1)

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Other facts (74)

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74 facts
PredicateValueRef
Earnings Decrease Compared to Last Year181[8]
Had Earnings Increase December5894[12]
Decrease From Previous Year8646[5]
Earned Amount6744[5]
Has Aggressive AttitudeRockhampton District[13]
Traffic Increase March1894£377[30]
Revenue Increase522[24]
Gives Return on Capital£4 14s. 6d. per cent[11]
March Earnings Increase£3729[18]
Traffic Compared to Corresponding Period Last Yearincrease[27]
Traffic Increase Amount£167[27]
Has Eighth SectionConstruction Eighth Section Northern Railway[14]
Traffic Increase Vs Last Year622 pounds 4s 4d[31]
Traffic Return Week Ending1883-05-12[31]
Tenders Called forSeventh Section[25]
Traffic Earnings Week Ending May 23£132 increase[25]
Tenders Invited forfurther extension[26]
Requires WaggonsTwenty Covered Goods Waggons[23]
Tender Called for Six Sheep Vans26fttrue[23]
Tender Called for Six Timber Waggons26fttrue[23]
Tender Called for Twenty Covered Goods Waggons26fttrue[23]
Not Carried Further ThanCharters Towers[14]
Requires Vansfour composite bogie break[22]
Extension to Interior Best forTownsville[10]
Under InspectionMinister Philp[7]
FundsTownsville Harbour[4]
Had Recent Reduction of Gradestrue[4]
Prospects Very Brighttrue[4]
By May1st One Engine Takes11[4]
Formerly Max Load8[4]
Had Recent Grade Reductiontrue[4]
Has Bright Prospectstrue[4]
Profitable Historicallytrue[4]
Has Very Bright ProspectsIndeed[4]
Recent Grade Reduction Tends toeconomical working[4]
Increased by16323[2]
Arranging forthree composite carriages fitted with lavatory accommodation[1]
Carried Paying Passengers1237[2]
Increase£83[15]
Had Traffic Increase£240[1]
Traffic Decrease180[7]
Shows Increase in Traffic Returns for Week Ending June10 Compared Last Year£505 9s 9d[1]
Short by6000[7]
Has ExtensionNorthern Railway Extension[15]
Earnings Increase Week Ending May 20214[9]
Authorised toHughenden[2]
Distance to Ravenswood57 miles[2]
Open toRavenswood Junction[2]
Starts FromTownsville[2]
Construction Progressingsatisfactorily[2]
Extends to Within1.25 miles[2]
Remaining Contract ofOrourke and Mcsharry[2]
Total Distance Eighty Four MilesTownsville to Charters Towers[2]
Opened toRavenswood Junction[9]
Total Miles in Use55[9]
ThreatensRockhampton Trade[13]
ReachesInland Places[10]
Has Great Leadtrue[15]
Historically ProfitableSince Inception[4]
Contrasts WithSouthern Railways[2]
Budget Trenddecreased[3]
Currencypounds sterling[3]
Saved in Contingencies78[3]
Saved in Maintenance of Permanent Way3400[3]
Total Saving7456[3]
Earnings Change Amount20000[6]
Earnings Change1887decrease[6]
Week Earnings18861318[6]
Week Earnings1887263[6]
Revenue Contribution2493[20]
Related to TendersLower Burdekin Court House Police Station[15]
Succession to Centrallisted after[2]
Budget Impact CategoryRailways Savings[3]
Has Budget CategoryContingencies[3]

Timeline

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arrangingFortrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
three composite carriages fitted with lavatory accommodation
authorisedTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hughenden
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ex:railways-savings
budgetTrenddocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
decreased
byMay1stOneEngineTakestrove-cooktown/mossman-early
11
carriedPayingPassengerstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
1237
constructionProgressingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
satisfactorily
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currencydocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
pounds sterling
decreaseFromPreviousYearbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20282312_Saturday-26-April-1890-current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
8646
distanceToRavenswoodtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
57 miles
earnedAmountbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20282312_Saturday-26-April-1890-current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
6744
earningsChange1887document/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
decrease
earningsChangeAmountdocument/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
20000
earningsDecreasetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
636 pounds
earningsDecreasetrove-cooktown/john-davis
636
earningsDecreaseComparedToLastYearbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/65790322_Saturday-7-July-1888-queensland-telegrams-brisbane-june-29
181
earningsIncreaseWeekEnding-may-20trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
214
employsdocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
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employsdocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
ex:northern-railway-enginemen
employsdocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
ex:station-masters
extendsToWithintrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
1.25 miles
extensionToInteriorBestFortrove-cooktown/prostitution
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formerlyMaxLoadtrove-cooktown/mossman-early
8
fundstrove-cooktown/mossman-early
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givesReturnOnCapitalbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/3419291_Thursday-21-June-1883
£4 14s. 6d. per cent
hadEarningsIncreaseDecemberbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3594577_Wednesday-9-January-1895-advancement-of-science
5894
hadRecentGradeReductiontrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
hadRecentReductionOfGradestrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
hadTrafficIncreasetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
£240
hasAggressiveAttitudelaura-corridor/loop14-north-shore
ex:rockhampton-district
hasBrightProspectstrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
hasBudgetCategorydocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
ex:contingencies
hasEighthSectiontrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:construction-eighth-section-northern-railway
hasExtensiontrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:northern-railway-extension
hasGreatLeadtrove-cooktown/cingalese
true
hasIncreaserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-181827363
£377
hasVeryBrightProspectstrove-cooktown/mossman-early
ex:indeed
hasWeekEndingblucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--davenport-walker--monday 6 december 1880--85758122--d-d-gazette-published-daily-ferio-tego-monday-december-6-1880
1880-11-27
historicallyProfitabletrove-cooktown/mossman-early
ex:since-inception
increasetrove-cooktown/cingalese
£83
increasedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
16323
march-earnings-increasebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/3669525_Friday-8-April-1898
£3729
notCarriedFurtherThantrove-cooktown/reynolds
ex:charters-towers
openedTotrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
ex:ravenswood-junction
openTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:ravenswood-junction
partOfdocument/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
ex:queensland-railways
partOfdocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
ex:railways
profitableHistoricallytrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
prospectsVeryBrighttrove-cooktown/mossman-early
true
labeldocument/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
Northern
labeldocument/04952417-9bd3-48d8-a214-128b3080404a
Northern
labeldocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
Northern Railway
typedocument/04952417-9bd3-48d8-a214-128b3080404a
ex:Railway
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typedocument/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
ex:RailwayLine
typedocument/01542a4e-732c-45b0-86ff-6335c6eb9605
ex:RailwayLine
reachestrove-cooktown/prostitution
ex:inland-places
recentGradeReductionTendsTotrove-cooktown/mossman-early
economical working
relatedToTenderstrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:lower-burdekin-court-house-police-station
remainingContractOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:orourke-and-mcsharry
requiresTimberrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-146668766
delivered Townsville
requiresVanstrove-cooktown/fallen-women
four composite bogie break
requiresWaggonstrove-cooktown/nunn
ex:twenty-covered-goods-waggons
revenueContributiondocument/01542a4e-732c-45b0-86ff-6335c6eb9605
2493
revenueIncreaselaura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
522
savedInContingenciesdocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
78
savedInMaintenanceOfPermanentWaydocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
3400
shortBytrove-cooktown/john-davis
6000
showsIncreaseInTrafficReturnsForWeekEndingJune10ComparedLastYeartrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
£505 9s 9d
startsFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:townsville
successionToCentraltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
listed after
tenderCalledForSixSheepVans26fttrove-cooktown/nunn
true
tenderCalledForSixTimberWaggons26fttrove-cooktown/nunn
true
tenderCalledForTwentyCoveredGoodsWaggons26fttrove-cooktown/nunn
true
tendersCalledFortrove-cooktown/davis-cooktown
ex:seventh-section
tendersInvitedFortrove-cooktown/watkins
further extension
threatenslaura-corridor/loop14-north-shore
ex:rockhampton-trade
totalDistanceEightyFourMilestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:townsville-to-charters-towers
totalMilesInUsetrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
55
totalSavingdocument/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
7456
trafficComparedToCorrespondingPeriodLastYeartrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
increase
trafficDecreasetrove-cooktown/john-davis
180
trafficEarningsIncreasetrove-cooktown/bloomfield
£103 12s 9d
trafficEarningsIncreasetrove-cooktown/cingalese
£391
trafficEarningsIncreasetrove-cooktown/cingalese
£525 6s. 3d.
trafficEarningsWeekEnding-may-23trove-cooktown/davis-cooktown
£132 increase
trafficIncreaserosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-maytown-service-brought-rosey-children-77212921
£405
trafficIncreaselaura-corridor/loop14-north-shore
286
trafficIncreaseAmounttrove-cooktown/douro-vessel
£167
trafficIncreaseMarch1894laura-corridor/loop10-reynolds-corridor
£377
trafficIncreaseVsLastYeartrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
622 pounds 4s 4d
trafficIncreaseWeekEndingJune9brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/183699339_Saturday-23-June-1883
4526s10d
trafficIncreaseWeekEndingJune9brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/183699339_Saturday-23-June-1883
£452 6s 10d
trafficReturnWeekEndingtrove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
1883-05-12
underInspectiontrove-cooktown/john-davis
ex:minister-philp
weekEarnings1886document/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
1318
weekEarnings1887document/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
263

References (32)

32 references
  1. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  2. [2]Beche De Mer13 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  3. trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/01b889dd-33f1-4f03-938a-722800f1f908
    • text/plain23 KBtrove:article/171204179
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      22 Jul 1893 - The Estimates for 1893-4. Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Saturday 22 July 1893, page 4 ? The Estimates for 1893-4. ' ALL-ROUND-RETRENCHMENT. ,^292,502 SAVED. In the Estimates laid on the table of the Legislative A
  4. [4]Mossman Early11 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mossman-early
  5. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/20282312_Saturday-26-April-1890-current-news-by-telegraph-and-otherwise
  6. trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/01716cf1-152d-4898-a337-c476f12ac542
    • text/plain3 KBtrove:article/3481749
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      24 Oct 1887 - RAILWAY TRAFFIC EARNINGS. Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Monday 24 October 1887, page 7 RAILWAY TRAFFIC EARNINGS. The following table shown the earnings of the Govern 1 Queensland railways for the week ending Kills Oct
  7. [7]John Davis4 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  8. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/65790322_Saturday-7-July-1888-queensland-telegrams-brisbane-june-29
  9. customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  10. [10]Prostitution2 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/prostitution
  11. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-beche-de-mer/3419291_Thursday-21-June-1883
  12. customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3594577_Wednesday-9-January-1895-advancement-of-science
  13. customctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop14-north-shore
  14. [14]Reynolds2 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/reynolds
  15. [15]Cingalese6 facts
    customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  16. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-181827363
  17. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--trove-cooktown-all--davenport-walker--monday 6 december 1880--85758122--d-d-gazette-published-daily-ferio-tego-monday-december-6-1880
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/3669525_Friday-8-April-1898
  19. ctx:claims/document/04952417-9bd3-48d8-a214-128b3080404a
  20. ctx:claims/document/01542a4e-732c-45b0-86ff-6335c6eb9605
  21. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-owen-reynolds-carrier-palmer-timeline-146668766
  22. [22]Fallen Women1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/fallen-women
  23. [23]Nunn4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/nunn
  24. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop9-aboriginal-women
  25. [25]Davis Cooktown2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/davis-cooktown
  26. [26]Watkins1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/watkins
  27. [27]Douro Vessel2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/douro-vessel
  28. [28]Bloomfield1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/bloomfield
  29. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-maytown-service-brought-rosey-children-77212921
  30. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop10-reynolds-corridor
  31. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/storekeeper-cooktown
  32. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/183699339_Saturday-23-June-1883

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