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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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East Gippsland Roads. Government to Spend £20,000

Delegate Argus · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 4

As the result of interview with Mr. Keogh, M.L.A., on the 7th inst., the Treasurer (Mr. Beat) has decided that a sum of £20,000 shall be expended…

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Caps to Cairo Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 4

A paper on the Cape to Cairo railway project (which has [?] been carried to the north-western houndary of the [?]…

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A Railway in the Desert

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

The Khartou [?] line leaves Wadi Halfa and goes in a south-[?] direction through the Nubian Desert to Abu Hamed, which is…

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Sudden death on the railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

Mr.William Clark, an elderly man, took a train for Parramatta this afternoon, but was taken suddenly ill and expired shortly after…

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New Railway Commission. Selection by Government

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

An announcement recently stated that Mr. Dent has been appointed Chief Railway Commissioner, but the N. S. W. Government has now selected…

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Motor race, Paris to Pekin

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 2

Several motorists will compete in a race from Paris to Pekin. The race is prompted by the Paris "Matin."…

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Railway Extension

Delegate Argus · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

THE Nimitybelle "News" states, that, in a letter to Mr. Thos. Moran, a prominent worker on behalf of the old Bombala Railway League advices…

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The Border Railway

Delegate Argus · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

THE Bairnsdale "Advertiser" states that during the last few weeks the work of finding a suitable route for the proposed, railway from Bairnsdale…

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East Gippsland Railway

Delegate Argus · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 5

MR. LADE, of the Victorian Railway department, arrived at Orbost last week. He is commissioned by the department to report on the land,…

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Visit of the Governor-General of the Commonwealth. Tour Through the Manaro District. Reception at the Cooma Railway Station. Address of Welcome. Lord Northcote's Reply. Holiday to School Children

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 2

The visit of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Monaro district has excited widespread…

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Railway Extension

Delegate Argus · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 1

IN view of the fact that our Finances are in a most flourishing state and that era of prosperity has set in for this mid [?]er younger sister States…

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The Governor-General at Cooma. Conclusion of the Manaro Tour. Reception by Cooma Residents. Banquet at School of Arts. Departure by Special Train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

The Manaro tour of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia came to a close on Thursday, on which day it was…

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Killed on the Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 2

two railway fatalities are reported. A young woman named Wary Bon was run over by a in near Croyden late last night…

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The Chief Railway Commissioner. Expected to Arrive Next Week

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. Tom Johnson, the New South Wales Chief Railway Commissioner elect who is a passenger from London by the R.M.S. Oruya, will leave that [?] at…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Thursday. The Cooma Bombala railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

A deputation waited upon the Premier to-day and advocated the construction of the railway from Cooma to Bombala. Mr. Caruthers…

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Railway Extension. Cooma to Bombala. Deputation to the Minister. the Premier Optimistic. Proposed Resumption of Large Estates

Delegate Argus · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

Sydney, Thursday.—A deputation waited on the Premier to-day to urge the extension of the railway from Cooma to Bombala…

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Kiandra to Kosciusko. Proposed Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 2

At a meeting of the Gadara Shire Council(Furnut district) the engine referred to his report on the proposed and Kiandra to Kosciusko, the…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Thursday Fall from a train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

A girl named Annie mills was standing on a railway our platform of a train near Eskinevill yesterday, when she fell between…

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Railway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

Miss Annie Mills, 19, who fell off a railway car platform, met with serious injuries, her has being out off. The sufferer disc…

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American Railway Company Fined

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 May 1907 · page 2

The Chicago-Milwaokee-S'. Paul Railway has been presented for allowing rebates on coffee ship[?]…

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