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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Railway Commissioners' Obligations. Carriage of School Children

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners deny that it is legally obligatory upon them to carry High School and Superior Public School pupils free of charge…

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Road Votes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 4

THE following amounts have been placed on the estimates foy the year ending June 1905, in connection with roads mentioned: Bald Not towards Emmaville, £50: Bea Lomond, via Moredun to…

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Motor Service to Grafton

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 4

ENQUIRIES have been set on foot as to the feasibility of establishing a motor service between…

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Road Votes

The Inverell Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

Mr. F. J. Thomas, members for Gough, kindly supplies the following particulars of amounts to be spent on miner roads in this district for year ending July 1, 1905:…

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John Bridge & Co., Limited

The Uralla News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 3

HORSEHAIR.—½d dearer. Best tail 24¼d; seconds 21¼d; mane 12d. SHEEPSKINS.—Again in keen request, supplies being hardly equal to…

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The Road Vote

The Uralla News · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

The rccent list of the Amount of money voted for the roads within the Armidale Electorate, sent to us by Mr. Kearney, and published in our…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

The long looked for rain commenced falling on Sunday morning last and Continued up till Tuesday when from 3½ to 4 inches were registered. The…

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Round the World on a Motor-car

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

THE Canadian mail steamer Moana brought from Vancouver, and left at Suva, Fiji, Mr. Charles J. Glidden and Mrs. Glidden, of Boston, U.S.A., who are motoring round the…

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Walgett Railway

The Inverell Times · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 8

Mr. A. K. Collins, M.P., has received the following letter hearing upon the Walgett Railway from Mr. J. H. Carruthers, head of the most…

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Railway Disasters

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

Several railway disasters are reported from the United Kingdom owing to dense fogs…

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Railway Rates

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

It is understood that an agreement for the abolition of differential railway rates will come into operation almost immediately…

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Stories of London the Underground Railway

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 4

The Underground is not so much to he 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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Swept Off a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 1

A REMARKABLE and tragic incident happened on the London end North-Western Railway. A party of soldiers belonging to the 19th Hussars met at Euston Station…

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130 Miles [?] Hour on as Electric Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

The [?] by Messrs. [?] and H[?] for high-speed tri[?] of the Berlin-Z[?] [?] fair experimental trips recently. On the…

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The Railways

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 4

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended December, shows an increase in the earnings of £70,790. over the…

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Closing Public Roads and Streets

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

In the proceedings of the local Council at their last meeting, correspondence was read from the District…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 5

AT Ardglen railway station on Saturday night, Mr. Brooks, the night officer, was run over by a goods train and severely crushed. His left arm has…

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Woman Under a Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

A MIRACULOUS escape from death was (says the Brisbane DAILY MAIL) witnessed at the Central Railway Station about 9.40 on Wednesday morning…

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Our Roads Grant

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

In a former issue we drew the attention of our member, Mr. S. J. Kearney, to the absence of reference in report…

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Motor Omnibus Runs Amok. Scene in Birmingham

The Inverell Times · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 3

The motor omnibuses on the Edgbaston route. Birmingham, run with pleasing smoothness, and apparently the drivers have them under perfect…

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