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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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New Goods Rates on the Railways. an Important Step

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners are introducing a very important regulation in regard to a new truck rate for general goods, and it is proposed to bring it into operation on and…

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The Gate on the Crow Mountain Road. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of the 25th, I notice a letter, signed Plain Bill, complaining of a dangerous gate on the Crow Mountain road. In the first place…

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Railway Travelling

Manilla Express · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 3

SECOND-CLASS passengers on the New South Wales lines have a lot to put up with at present in the way of discomfort. Ladies suffer in this…

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Railway Goods Rates. To the Editor of the Gwydir Examiner

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 3

Dear Sir,—In your issue of the 28th inst., we noticed an article headed "New Good Rates on the Railway" and as we consider some of your remarks misleading to the…

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Morce-Inverell Railway

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 3

Operations in connection with the Morce-Inverell line have been proceeding rapidly and satisfactorily during the past month. The rails are now laid to a point 24 miles…

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Train Fatality

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 3

A lady was killed whilst alighting from a train at Arncliff last evening…

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Railway Conference

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 3

Five colonies will be represented at the conference of the heads of tho Railway Departments, to be held in Brisbane…

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Robbery of a Train

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

A train in Idaho, United States, was seized by one thousand masted miners, and blown to places with dynamite The gold mines in Russia have been…

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The Railway Commissioners and Moree

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

MOREE was honored, during the week, with a visit from the Railway Commissioners, Messrs Oliver, Fehon, and Eirkaldie. These gentlemen with…

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Railway Commissioners at Narrabri

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

The Narrabri civic authorities would appear to have been metro fortunate than the Council of Moree, in securing an interview with the Railway Commissioners on their…

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Moree-Inverell Railway. Moree to Ezzy's Crossing

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 3

The construction of the Moree-Inverell lies of railway is naturally view[?] with considerable in this part of the colony, and accounts of the…

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Another Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 3

A deputation, representing the commercial and pastoral interests of the whole of the northern district, urged the Minister for Works to construct a…

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Narrabri-Walgett Railway. Protest Against Centralisation

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

What is represented as a monster deputation of residents of Newcastle and the Northern districts, waited on the Minister of Works last week in reference to the…

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The Inverell Railway

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 4

Mr. Small, supervising engineer in charge of the second section (viz., from Ezzy's crossing to Inverell) of the Moree. Inverell railway was, the ARGUS says, in…

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Hall's Creek Road. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 3

SIR.--Your repeated references to the condition of the above road--notably the crossing at Yarr[?]b[?]lli Creek --have not yet apparently stirre[?] the…

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Railway Works

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

The Brisbane Railway Conference has decided that railway works can be bast carried out by a judicious combination of labor contracts and day…

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Railways. Not Ripe for Federation

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 6

The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete federation of the railways. In this…

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Railway [?]

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 3

The ironbark forests of the colony have been so much depleted that the Railway Commissioners find it necessary to [?]lise other woods than…

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Morse Railway Station

The Moree News · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 3

REVENUE RETURN-- The following are the revenue returns at the local railway station for the month of May, 1899:-- Inwards-- General goods, 2,230 tons, revenue £2809 10…

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Tramway

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 3

The George-street tramway will probably be completed at the end of August…

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