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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Monaro-twofold Bay Railway. (To the Editor Delegate Argus.)

Delegate Argus · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 2

Sir,—Some time ago I sent a circular to the Borough Councils, the Shire Councils, and the Farmers' and Settlers' and Progress…

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[?] SYDNEY, Monday. Motor Chaffeur Killed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 2

William Batcher, a chauffer, was killed on Saturday night in a motor accident our [?]Bay. An…

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Football at Cooma. TRAMWAY v. ROVERS

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1910 · page 2

A TEAM of the Sydney Tram ways Football Club reached Cooma. On Wednesday and played a match at the Showground in the afternoon. There…

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Boy Cut to Pieces by a Train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1910 · page 2

Boy Kirkpatrick, a telegraph messenger, 15 years of age, was crossing the railway line at Castlemaine when he was…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 June 1910 · page 3

The express train has been wrecked at Lula Burgas, near Constantinople, through the collapse of a bridge. Several cars were plunged into the…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday. Railway Smash in France

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 2

The Paris express collided with another train at Vill[?]…

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Motor Trains for Country Railways

Delegate Argus · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 3

Ministerial candidates have a strong claim to the support of country landowners in the forthcoming Council elections in view of the fact that the Ministry…

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(To the Editor Delegate Argus.) Motors and the Railways

Delegate Argus · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 3

It will be within the recollections of your readers that "Nemo," some time ago, advocated the formation of a co-operative company…

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The Railways of America

Delegate Argus · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 4

The imaginative statistician has been at work on the figures of the American railways. He has calculated that if their freight…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday Railway Duplication in New South Wales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 2

In the Assembly last night the second reading of the Railway Loan Bill, by which the authorities are raising two million…

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Fatal Railway Collision. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1910 · page 2

The Melbourne express collided with the Brighton train at Richmond this morning, telescoping three carriages, and piling up a…

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Richmond Railway Smash. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

There are 97 additional claims for injuries received in the Richmond smash, making in all 407…

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Strike on North-Eastern Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

The North-eastern Railway in England has spread to Scotland. Sixty thousand men walked out, and riots are reported. Business and…

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The Canadian Railway Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 2

Owing to the violence of the strikers on the Grand Trunk railway in Canada, the troops were called out Reports from…

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The Canadian Railway Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 2

The Grand Trunk Railway, Canada, strike has taken a serious form on both sides of the boundary. Four American regiments…

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"We Stood on the Bridge."

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1910 · page 2

We stood on the bridge at sunset, Our parcels strewn all round, And reckon'd up our savings, Three shillings in the pound…

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[?] SYDNEY, Monday, 5.20 p.m. ROVERS v. TRAMWAY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 August 1910 · page 3

In the football watch, Cooma Rovers v. Sydney Tramway team, at the [?] Ground the Rovers lost by 11 [?] A good game…

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Shocking Tram Fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1910 · page 3

A shocking tram fatality occurred in George Street, near Essex Street, late last night. A man about 50, not yet identified,…

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West Australia Monday. The Tramway Strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1910 · page 2

Further negotiations in connection with the settlement of the strike on the tram have mined…

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Manaro Railway Asked For. a Three-fold Proposal

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1910 · page 2

"I have between 50 and 60 railways under investigation, and I'll undertake to say that ninety per cent, of them are justifiable,…

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