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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

42 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 1 of 3

Out to places on the Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

George Bates, and his son William were returning home on a Railway tricycle at Guyra when the mail train from Brisbane ran…

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Seeling railway Cricket

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

Patrick Collins, a ca[?] was fined at Goulbuin, £15 and over £3 costs, for selling a railway return ticket. Some railway officials…

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Road Making. a Valuable Discovery

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 3

In California a cheap method of making roads by what is known as the "oil treatment" has been tried and proved successful. It has…

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Railway Across the Andes

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

The railway across the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine Republic, which was projected twenty years ago, is at last to be completed, the Chilean…

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Railways Without Trains

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 3

It is settled that New York is to have a railway on the moving platform principle. This new railway without trains is to have seating capacity for 70,000 passengers per…

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New Railway Rates. Effect on Cooma. District

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have just introduced a new railway rates book, which came into operation on and from Monday last, and a…

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A supposed tramway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1904 · page 2

A man named Arthur Stevens was found on Saturday night in an unconscious condition in Elizabeth Street, his left arm being cut off;…

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John Bridge & Co's Ltd. Report

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 3

WOOL: On Thursday we held our eighteenth sale of the season, bringing forward a catalogue of 575 bales. Competition was good, and prices, as compared with…

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John Bridge & CO's Ltd. Report

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

WOOL:—During the week the chief business has been the clearing up of last week's catalogue. We have cleared several lines at the passed-in-bids. Sales are…

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John Bridge & CO's Ltd. Report

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 2

Wool:—There has been a comparatively quiet feeling in the local market during the past week and business has been rather restricted. We have, however, been…

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John Bridge & CO's Ltd. Report

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 2

WOOL:—No sales by auction during the past week and business has been restricted to operations by private treaty. The majority of wools offering is scoureds the…

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Accident to a train guard

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 2

On Saturday morning guard Blackett in charge of a mixed train was proceeding to Tarago, when he sustained a severe accident. He was…

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Dunlop Road Race. Goulburn to Ashfield. Won by T. Robinson, of Cooma. Splendid Bide by J. Arnst

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1904 · page 2

The annual road race from Goulburn to Ashfield, a distance of 131½ miles, was run on Saturday. It was arranged that the limit man be…

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Amusing Scene at a Railway Station

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 3

The express was ready start, when a stout old lady came running up the platform in breathless haste. The obliging guard seized her by the the pushed her…

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Motor-car Humours

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 3

Restrictions! on motor-cars on the Conti­nent have begun to border on the farcical. In Antwerp and Brussels regulations were made that automobiles must not travel in…

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Warnambool bicycle road race

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1904 · page 2

The annual bicycle road race from Warrnambool to Melbourne, over a course of 165 miles, took place to-day, in which 124 riders…

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Da [?] for Railway Smoke

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 3

On 24th May 1886 a British florist obtained in a court of law a very large sum of money for damages done to his garden stock by the smoke of passing railway…

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Railway collison in Canada

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 2

A collision occurred, on the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway, by which 15 wars killed and 25 injured…

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John Bridge & CO's Ltd. Report

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 3

WOOL.—The past week has been rather quiet in the local trade, buyers preferring to await the sales to be held next week. We have, however, succeeded in quitting…

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John Bridge & Co's Ltd. Report

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 2

WOOL.—Sales were held in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday last and fair catalogues were brought forward consisting for the greater part of new clip the…

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