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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

73 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 4 of 4

Motor cars at Braidwood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1903 · page 2

Two motor cars are in use at Braidwood. They will possibly leave town early to catch the express train at Goulburn, which…

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Tramway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 2

A Mr. Daley, of Molong, met with an accident in Oxford Street on Saturday night, having one leg crushed by being run over by a…

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LONDON, Monday. Train robbery in South Africa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 November 1903 · page 2

Some armed robbers entered a train near Pletersburg, and over-powered those in charge. They secured £13,000, and managed to…

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A Train Falls 75 Feet. Everyone on Board Killed or Badly Injured

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 4

While running at a high rate of speed Train No. 97 on the Southern Railway, the south-bound fast mail train, jumped from a bridge 74ft high…

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Electric train speed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

The electric trains running S.t Zosten, in the north of Germany, are carrying heavy loads at a speed of a hundred miles an hour…

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Transvaal train outrage. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

The bulk of the specie stolen from the Pieteraburg train has been recovered…

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General Cables. LONDON, Saturday. The Transvaal train robbery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

A man who was acting as [?] to the gold which was [?] from a train [?] an incline between [?] and Nylstroom, north…

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Fatal motor-cycle accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

Alfred Hair aged fourteen lost control over a motor blcycin on the St. Kids track and collided with a fence. The rider was killed…

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The Central Railway Station

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

Already £188,000 has been spent on the Central Railway Station, Sydney…

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Cooma-Bombala Railway

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, on November 24, Mr. Wood said:—"I desire to hair the Secretary for Public Works when, he intends to give this…

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Cooma-Bombala Railway

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly on November 24. Mr. Wood said:—I desire to ask the Secretary for Public Works when he intends to give this House an…

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A Boat Train

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 9

An "amphibious boat," now in practical operation in Denmark, would seem to have paved the way for the solution of the problem involved in the…

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Road the Newspapers

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 9

Frances Willard urges women to read the newspapers. Talking on the subject lately she said: "Women are a set of passivities on the subject as a class," and adds:…

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