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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Glen Innes-Red Range Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 4

"PUBLIC Works Department, Sydney, 29th December, 1904. Sir,--With reference to previous correspondence regarding the road from Glen Innes to Red Range, I…

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The Tramways. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 5

DURING the four Christmas holiday's 2,111,000 fours were collected on the [?] being as [?]…

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Walcha Road

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

On Friday night last some of Mr. W. Brazel's friends had assembled at the Royal Hotel to bid him adien prior to his departure for St. Leonard's…

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Road Vote

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2
Also in The Uralla News

Mr. S. J. Kearney, M.L.A., has extracted from this year's Estimates the appropriation for the scheduled roads for this…

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Wool & Produce. [THESE reports should reach this Office not later than THURSDAY morning in order to receive proper attention.—ED.] John Bridge &. Co., Limited

The Uralla News · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 2

Although no public auctions have been held since our lst report. We have nevertheless cleared a considerable quantiry of wool privately at…

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Road Race

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 2

A FIVE-MILE bicycle road race for youths was decided on Saturday afternoon, 10 competitors taking part. W. Goodwin pedalled home first in 16min. 58sec., and the second place was filled by…

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Motor Service to Clarence

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 2

A SYDNEY telegram to our Grafton namesake reads as under :-- Two persons, largely connected with progressive movements between the Tableland and the Clarence, are making enquires here…

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Special Train Romances This Year's Railway Annals

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 5

In the days when the telephone was a toy and the motor-car an expensive hobby, no one, save royalty, ever dreamt of chartering a special railway train. A…

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Our Railways

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

THE repeated complaints made in connection with the Inverell railway have had no satisfactory result, the Commissioners stolidly refusing to…

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The Siberian Railway Its Present Condition

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 5

From accounts we have received from a traveller who within the last month passed over the whole of the Siberian railway from Mukden to European…

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Greenhouse-Kingsgate Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

MR. THOMAS. M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Under-secretary of Public Works:--"With reference to your letter of the 3rd instant, asking for improvements to be carried…

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Railway Rresponsibility. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

MERCHASTS and others are complaining of the Railway Commissioners diversting [?] of responsibility in regards to the carriage of produce and…

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Inverell-Moree Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Inverell to the city press on Monday, states:--The Inverell Chamber of Commerce has made repeated requests to the Railway Commissioners for an accelerated train service…

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John Bridge & Co., Limited

The Uralla News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

WOOL.—The first week of the New Year has seen the clearance of a fair quantity of the "held-over" wools at prices satisfactory to growers, a firm…

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The Road Vote

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

THE road rote for the ensuing year has been made public, and according to a report sent to us from Armidale for perusal it transpires that sums…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 2

Hot weather and bush fires are very prevalent about this locality. On Monday a fire broke out in Mr. O'Neil's paddock, and despite the…

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A Thief in a Tramcar

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

The following story (writes "Room Goodfellow") is related by a correspondent, who, although he did not himself witness the incident, vouches for its…

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Stories of London the Underground Railway

The Inverell Times · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

The Underground is not so much to be seen as smelt and tasted. It is not a railway at all as we know railways with embankments, air, and telegraph poles. Nor,…

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Train Wreckes. BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 5

AN Indian was arrested at Feder berg on Saturday on a charge of at tempting in [?] the Brisbane train b hosping [?] on the [?]…

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