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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 4

MR. T. R. JOHSSON, chief Commissioner for Railways, accompanied by Mr. AssistantCommissioner Kirkcaldie, and Mr. H. Richardson, Tramways Commissioner, arrived at…

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The Northern Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 4

Referring to ex-Commissioner Oliver's recent remark that in the near future many of the main railway lines will have to be duplicated, Mr. Richard…

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Jessie-stneet Overhead Bridge

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 4

A local requirement of urgency taat has commanded the attention of our City Fathers for a considerable time is an overhead bridge across the…

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Constables Bridge at Flatford

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 May 1907 · page 8

A QUESTION FOR MANCHESTER England is asked by the "Manchester Guardian" to consider whether Flatford Bridge, beloved of her great landscape…

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Interstate Train Service. Saturday Trains Arranged. Improvements at Wallangarra

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 5

As briefly mentioned in our last issue, the N. S. Wales Commissioners met the Queensland Commissioner at Wallangarra, during their visit to Tenterfield last…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 2

The local cricket team visited Wollun on Saturday last, and was defeated by 12 runs by the home team. The principal scores were Bishop 40…

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The Motor Bus Driver. As in London

The Uralla News · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 6

The motor 'bus driver will give way to nobody. He would not give way to a brewer's lorry. He would not give way to a traction engine. He would…

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Motor Racing

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 8

The Dunlop Rubber Company of Australasia, Ltd., writes:— When the last English mail left, all arrangements for the great motor race…

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Horse Attendant Killed by Tramcar. BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 8

AT about 10 minutes to 1 o'clock this morning a fatal accident occurred at Ascot, the victim being a man named Alexander L, Lamar, who was employed, by Mr. J…

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Railway to the Coast

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 4

WHILE other towns and districts are continually and insistently placing their wants and requirements before Parliament, Armidale is sometimes…

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Railway Burglary. SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 5

THE office of the railway station master at Salmon; was burglariously entered on Sunday morning and a small sum of money was taken from the safe…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 4

Owing to the breaking of a ocupiing eight wa[?], locaded with ballast, broke away at J[?] on the Blackall line, Queensland, and…

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Additional Train Service

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

UNDER the new time-table which will be brought into force on Monday 20th instant Glen Innes will have a seven-day service to the [?]troplia A passenger train will…

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Alleged Shooting at Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

In connection with the report made by a passenger on the southern express on Sunday night to the effect that the carriage had been fired at, and struck by a ballet, it is stated…

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Motor Bus Trials

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

YESTERDAY Morning at about 1015 the "Pioneer" and "Enterprise" the two fine motor houser of which a description appeard in Tuesday's issue left Tattersall's carrying…

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Railway to the Coast

The Inverell Times · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 4

While other towns and districts are continually and insistently placing their wants and requirements before Parliament, Armidaic is sometimes strargely…

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Local Topics. Bridge at Walcha Road

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 2

Tenders are invited in this issue by the Shire Council for repairs to the bridge over Surveyor's Creek, at Walcha Rood. Tenders close with…

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Brooklyn Tragedy. Appalling Motor Accident

The Uralla News · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 3

Before the eyes of her husband, Mrs Jacob Tunbridge was thrown from an automobile on Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon, March 5th, and cut to pieces…

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American Railways. "High Finance," Low Efficiency

The Uralla News · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 4

Sydney Brooks writes in the "Daily Mail":— Among the permanent problems of Amberican life and politics, the…

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Our New Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

YESTERDAY the first train, under the new system, steamed out from the Glen Innes station, and there is joy scoordingly. Passengers to Sydney may now have a remote…

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