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

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Railway Traffic

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 2

AN insufficiency of trucks is causing considerable trouble to all concerned in the…

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Curious Railways

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 4

Spain has a novelty in the way of a submerged railway. It runs through the surf off Oreton, near Bilbao, 650ft, out into the ocean. The mines of…

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Proposed Railways

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 7

The Works Committee yesterday considered the proposed Manilla to Barraba line of railway. The Temora-Gunbar,…

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Manilla-Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 5

THE Parliamentary Standing Works Committee on Thursday considered the proposal for a line of railway between Manilla and Barraba. Mr. H. Deane,…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred on Friday evening on the Illawarra line between Sydney and Hurstville. The train, which is timed to leave the…

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First Chinese Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

The first railway built in China was completed in 1876. Although only twenty-eight miles long, it was enormously expensive, as all the materials…

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Railway Carriages

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 2

A CAUSE or grave complaint ever since the railroad linked Manilla with the great…

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Railway Meeting at Mountain Veiw

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 4

A MOST enthusiastic and highly representative meeting was held at the residence of Mr. F. M. M'Keon, Mountain View (New Mexico), on…

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Manilla-Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 2

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met in Sydney on Monday. The committee further considered…

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How the Boers Train Their Horses

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 3

An Englishman, who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the trenches with them, and this…

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Manilla-Barraba Railway Visit of Public Works Committee

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

THE Public Works Sectional Committee arrived by train on Tuesday morning, and conducted an enquiry at the Court House into the proposed…

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Manilla-Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 4

The members of the Public Work Committee have just returned from a visit north as far as Bingara, where they enquired into a proposed line of…

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A New Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

The Hons. Se, O'Sullivan, and Perry leave on Wednesday for Grafton to turn the first sod of the Grafton-Casino railway…

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A Bridge of Ropes

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 6

My profession is that of an engineer, and in the year 1855 I procured a post as manager to a silver mine on the western or Chilian side of the southern chain of the Andes, and…

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Cooma-bombala Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 7

At a meeting of the Public Works Committee a motion was moved conditionally approving of the construction of the railway from Cooma to…

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The Editor's Packet. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents. ) Manilla-rarraba Railway. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 2

SIR,—I notice that at the further consideration which was given to the proposal for the construction of a line of railway from Manilla to Barraba by the…

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Manilla-Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 4

FURTHER consideration was given by the Public Works Committee on Friday afternoon to the expediency of constructing a railway from Manilla to…

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The Railway Service. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

SIR,—As one who has had the misfortune to travel on the Manilla-Tamworth railway, will you allow me to state that it compares very favorably with the worst…

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The Roads Vote

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 7

Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan said yesterday that he would endeavor to have the Parliamentary vote for roads increased to £800,000…

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The Royal Train

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 4

IF Royal trains went tearing from one end of New South Wales to the other frequently, the railway service would consist of men—young and old…

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