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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

576 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 29

The Railway Difficulty

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 2

It appears the Railway Commissioners were about to proceed on their annual visit over the western line when the Government politely requested…

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The Railway Commission

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 4

It is understood that the Government has made a suggestion to Mr. Oliver, Chief Railway Commissioner, with an intimation of the course the…

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Red Range-Kookabookra Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 4

Some time back the residents of Kingsgate p[?]ned the Department for the opening of a road from the Glen Innes Red Range road through portions 5,6, and 7, to the [?] land and…

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Road Up Graham's Valley

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 4

SIR,--I would like to draw our member's attention to the deplorable state of the track from Furracabad homestead towards Graham's Vallay. Bad as this thoroughfare…

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Railway Returns

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 4

ONE of the best indications of the material advancement of Glen Innes is the steady increase that is taking place in the revenue collected at the railway station, which for the quarter ending…

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Motor Car Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

At the Inquest on the body of Frank Connell, who was killed in a motor car accident near Wellings, South Australia, some peculiar facts…

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The Railway Service

The Inverell Times · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

SINCE occasion his arisen for the Government to make an alteration in the management of the New South Wales railways the time seems to be…

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Annihilating the Al[?]. the Greatest Feat of Railway Engineering

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

The Simplon Tunnel through the Alps is undoubtedly the greatest feet of railway engineering. A little more than 100 years age…

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Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

IT is considered that the present time would be opportune to renew the agitation for a line of rail way to connect…

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A Motor Car Climb

Guyra Argus · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 5

A daring feat was successfully accomplished by Mr. Charles Jarrett lately, in a motor-car by the ascent of Arthur's Seat, the historic mountain which overlooks the…

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French Motor Starting Devices

Guyra Argus · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 8

The first prise in the recent competition of devices permitting a starting of vehicle motor from the driver's seat was divided between M. Isnard, manufacturer of the…

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North Coast Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 4

MR. W. M. STEVENSON, of Guyra, the staunch advocate of rail communication between the tableland and the coast, as against the extravagant and…

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Railway Commissioner. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 5

IT is understood that the matter of the Railway Commissionors was discussed at a meeting of the Cabine[?] yesterday. The Premier stated he had no announcement to…

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On the Electric Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 7

'Pat,' sold plodding Pete,' we're getting left again.'What's the matter?' asked Pat. "Why, don't yon see, if dose railroads gives rebates to de people dot pays, us…

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Port Stephen's Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

Mr. W. Levingstone, of Huntingdon, was taken suddenly ill on Wednesday. The crops out this way are very…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. Carruthers still declines to say what determination the Government has come to with regard to the Railway Commissioners, but says that,…

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News of the Day. Inverell Railway

The Inverell Times · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. Tewksbury, railway stationmaster, has handed us the following traffic returns for April:-Coaching revenue, £522 12s 2d ; passengers booked, 253 ; goods revenue,…

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The Railway Commissioners

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

The intentions of the Govt, with regard to the Railway Commissioners are foreshadowed with some degree of certainty. The problem set them to…

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Gambling in a Railway Carriage

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 4

Two young men named James Hobson and Wm Sanderson were to-day sentenced to 14 days' hard labor without the option of a fine for…

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Railway Tests. Severity of the Tests. Sydney, Thursdny Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

A DEPUTATION of members of Parliament urged the Premier to-day to modify the severity of the eyesight and hearing tests for railway, men. They…

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