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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Cooma to Nimitybelle Railway Opening. Visit of Members to Mt. Kosciusko

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

Following is the [?]tinerary of a Parliamentary party of 30 to 40, which will visit Nimitybelle on Saturday next, for the…

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Sydney's Growing Traffic. Circular Railway Proposed

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

When the Central, railway station was built ifc was expected that it would serve for 50 years, but within six years of the building of the station…

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Cooma to Minitybelle Railway. Opened for Traffic a Gala Day

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

The railway extension, Cooma to Nimitybelle, recently completed by Messrs. Henrikson and Knutson, the contract price…

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Leap for Life. Train Crashes Into Trolly. Four Navvies Killed

The Bombala Times · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A trolly containing a repairing gang of 16 men, rushing down an incline between Wandin and Evelyn, on the…

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Cooma to Nimitybelle Railway. Second Report

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

In connection with the open of the Gooma to Nimitybelle railway extension on Saturday last,reported in…

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Opening of the Nimity-belle Railway. in the Presence of Over Two Thousand Spectators

The Bombala Times · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 2

Saturday, the 20th of April, will be long remembered by Nimitybelle people, for on that date the first section of the line which is to come…

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Manaro Shire Council. Progress of the Times. Road Making Plant

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 2

The official demonstration of the road-making plat, recently purchased by the Manaro Shire Council, took place on…

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Road Making Plant

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

The Monaro Shire Council had a demonstration of the working powers of their new road-making plant the other day. The…

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The Railway

Delegate Argus · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

The S.R. Mail reports as follows:—It has been reported that a number of workmen have been knocked off the railway works…

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Railway News. the Line to Be Constructed

The Bombala Times · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 2

On Monday we received a wire from Mr. Miller, M.L.A., stating that the Minister for Public Works had approved of the Nimitybelle-Bombala…

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Cooma to Bombala Railway

The Bombala Times · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 5

Tenders for the second section of the above line, that, from Nimitybelle to Bombala, closed on Monday last. when only two tenders…

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Cooma to Nimitybelle Railway

The Bombala Times · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 3

The many inconvenieniences of a tri-weekly service, instead of a daily one, and the consequent conveyance of all South Coast mails by train…

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Man Killed by Tram Car

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

An unknown man was knocked down by a tram car in George Street late on Saturday night, and taken to the Sydney…

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Child Killed by Motor Car

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

Harold Beverley, aged 6yrs., was knocked down by a motor ar in Oxford Street yesterday, and killed. The driver of the…

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Railway Wages Increased £130,000

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

Mr. Catts, M.H.R., states that or had agreed to an all-round increase of 1s per day in the wages in the railway permanent…

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The Railway

The Bombala Times · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

The following letters have been received by Mr. G. T. C. Miller, M.L.A., and handed to us for publication :—…

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The Northern Railway Disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 2

The accident to the express train running between Liverpool and Leeds was due to a sharp curve near Hebden bridge. There…

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The Bombala Street Creek Bridge Suggestions Foe Repairs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 2

The matter of the bridge over the Cooma Creek in Bombala Street, and which has for some months past been closed to…

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Scientific Notes. Wireless Railway Signalling

The Bombala Times · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 3

Wireless telegraphy is being used for train signalling purposes on the Pennsylvania railroad. During the stormy weather of February and…

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Turning the First Sod. Nimitybelle-bombala Railway

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

The first sod of the second section of the Cooma-Bombala railway, viz., that from. Nimitybelle to Bombala, will be turned at Nimitybelle…

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