Pick-ups of a Car Fender. the Motor-man Tells of the Many Queer Things Scooped Up in His Day
Manilla Express · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 4
When the motor-man started in on his second cap of coffee he became sociable "Yes, sir," he said, "we certainly do catch some queer things on fenders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] the Red Barn
Manilla Express · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 4
In the month of October, 1827, there appeared the advertisement of a gentleman entirely independent, Whose disposition was not to be exceeded, who had lost the chief of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Motorists
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 4
King Edward, although be has been initiated into the mysteries of motordriving is seldom his own chauffeur, but perfers to enjoy his rides without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Trams of the World
Manilla Express · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 4
The first man, curiously enough, to introduce the trams into England, was a Mr. Train. That event occurred in the streets of Birkenhead,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Boer Train-wrecker
Manilla Express · Saturday 9 August 1902 · page 3
They caught him in the kloof. His pony's pastern had been smashed by a bullet and so he could not get away. He was a mean type of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Train Robbery. Escaped Convict. Australia v. HAMPSHIRE
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1902 · page 2
a number of masked men hold up a train between Chicago an Minneopolis. The desperados blew open the car safe with explosives and robbed it of 20,000 dollars. A man named Fraser who escaped from the Penitentiary at Salem, Oregon, after killing three prison guards, baffled his pursuers for 400 miles. When they came up with Hampshire has completed their innings for 130. Noble 6 wickets for 35. The Australians lost four wickets for 69, when Noble and Darling scored at a tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Invention
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 August 1902 · page 4
The machinery and appliances in connection with the invention for overcoming the break of gauge difficulty at Albury has been completed, and all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] a Canterbury Tale
Manilla Express · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 4
In December, 1832, there was a memorable general election, for it was the first after the Reform Bill. There were many exciting contests, but one of the strangest was that for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railway Crisis
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 2
There are no fresh developments in regard to the Victorian Railway crisis, but it is generally considered that the strike will not take place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] a Story of Pitt Place, Epsom
Manilla Express · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 5
Pit Place, called after the chalk-pits that [?] near it, not after the statesman, is one [?] those old houses that fringe the Downs at [?], and give a character to the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglaries at East Moree. Another Burglary at the Railway Station. Caught in the Act
The Moree News · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 2
Locally there has been a sudden impe[?]ns in the burglary enterprise, and the Moree railway station apparently presents itself as the most alluring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Work. (To the Editor)
Manilla Express · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2
SIR,—I notice in other parts that road work is being carried out, and I think that the same should be done here. I hear that it is not done, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] at the King's Head, Margate
Manilla Express · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 3
In the year 1798 there, was almost on the sands, at Margate, a little inn called the King's Head. It was not much more than a public-house; still, it had one or two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Train Blown Down
Manilla Express · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 2
A tornado struck and hurled the Chicago expresss down a steep embankment, killing three and fatally, injuring twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railways
Manilla Express · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 2
In the Assembly the Cobar to Wilcannia railway bill passed. The Temora tp Barellan railway passed the preliminary stage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners
Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 3
IT was stated by the State Premier on Friday that nothing had yet been done by the Cabinet with regard to the re-appointment of Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manilla to Barraba Railway
Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 2
In answer to Mr. Moore's, question as to when the Manilla to Barraba railway, which was sanctioned by Parliament last session, would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Railway Commissioners—one or Three. (To the Editor)
Manilla Express · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 2
SIR.—The railway barometer has for some considerable time shown fluctuations, indicating that somewhere or somehow disturbing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North-coast Railway
The Moree News · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 4
At last Government have been aroused to the fact of the great poesibilities of the North Coast country. But methinks it was brought about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Falls Into a River
Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2
Floods destroyed a bridge in India, precipitating the Madras-Bombay mail train into the river. Eight European passengers (including four…
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