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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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The Advance of the Motor

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 2

No event in the history of motoring has served to bring home to the public the gigantic industry that is springing up with the advent of the automobile…

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John Bridge & Co's. Ltd. Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 4

For our first wool sale of the New Year and 14th for the Season, we brought forward on Tuesday, 9th instant, a catalogue of 4,928 bales,…

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North Coast Railway. KENPSEY,Monday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 5

AT a railway conference at Kempoey, on Saturday, a motion was carried asking the women of the North Coast to request the premier to make the North…

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N. C. Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 3

At a railway conference at Kempsey on Saturday a motion was carried asking the women of the North Coast Districts to urge the Premier to make the North Coast…

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New England-Coast Railway

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

The following letter from Mr. J. Strauss, organising secretary of railway matters in connection with New England and the Coast, was read at the meeting of the…

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The Railways. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

MR. E. W. KNOX, who supplied a strongly worded, minority report on the railway coal contract, has resigned from the Royal Commission, as he is…

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The Development of the Motor

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

Thses diagrams indicate the remarkable increase in the power and speed of racing cars that has taken place since 1894. At that date the average speed was only 42 miles per hour. while in the recent Pane Madrid race it was 65 and the horse-power has [?] in the same period from 4-b to 90-h[?] Owing to the keen competition manufactorers have…

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TELEGRAMS. Terrible Railway Disaster in Victoria. 70 Persons Injured. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

THE engine and three trucks out of eight also two carriages. containing about 200 excursionists ran off the line near Ferntree Gully, Victoria, yesterday The…

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Railway Accident. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 5

AN engine and two carriages and three of a train of eight trucks containing 200 excursionists ran off the line near Fern Tree Gully (Vic.) yesterday. The engine,…

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Railway Smash

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

A train containing 200 excursionists ran off the line near Ferntree Gully (Victoria) yesterday. The engine instead of taking a curve went on in a straight line and ran into…

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Fatal Train Accidant

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 4

Raymond White, aged nine, when playing on the railway line at Macdoaaldtown yesterday, was knocked down by a train and fearfully mangled…

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Chapter Vii.—road Pahttes and Ironed Gangs

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 8

The convicts tinder the immediate charge of the Government in the Colony were divided into those who were retained in the service of the…

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Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

Regret is expressed here at the likelihood of the school being closed. This place, unfortunately, is attracting no new arrivals…

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Annual Railway Picnic

The Uralla News · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

Urulla has been selected for the holding of the Moonbi-Jennings Section Picnic. Gurya and Uralla were put to the ballot and Uralla won with a majority. It…

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Railway Commission

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

THE Commissson appointed to enquire into matters in connection with the management of the New South Wales Government Railways has furnished…

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Motor Boots

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 8

Superstitious people thought they saw a Satanic visitation when a gigantic figure in seven-league boots dashed down the Avenue de Champs Elysees…

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The Railway Commission

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 4

It is understood that more than one leading commercial man declined the Government's invitation to fill the vacancy on the Railway Commission…

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Railway Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

Serious railway strikes have occurred in Chili. Several strikers were killed. The Chilian troops were sent to the scene…

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The Czar's Movements. Fast Motor-boat Sent to St. Petersburg

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

By special arrangement with the Russian Embassy, a well-known London company is despatching a motor-boat to St. Petersburg…

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The Czar's Movements. East Motor Boat Sent to St. Petersburg

The Inverell Times · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

By special arrangements with the Russian Embassy a well-known London company is despatching a motor-boat to St. Petersburg…

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