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

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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A Motor Service

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 4

A motor service is about to be established between Inverell and Glen lanes. It is intended to purchase a powerful car at a cost of £1000, capable of carrying 14 passengers and a…

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Attempted Train Wrecking

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

Twenty eight pounds of dynamate was found under the railway sleepers near Adrianople, with the apparent intention of wrecking mil robbing the train conveying…

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The Uganda Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 4

Very rarely (says "The Globe) has an epoch-making incident made such unobstrusive appearance in the Press as the completion of the…

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The Uganda Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 5

The Uganda railway is expected to be finished in the course of a year or eighteen months. The difficulties of making a…

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Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

An express train became derailed at Guelph (U.S.A.). and descended fifteen hundred feet down an embankment. Six fatalities occurred and…

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Special Express Wires. Sydney. Friday. Wyalong Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 2

THE Minister for Works has given instruction that the Wyalong Railway construction is to be expedited and finished in time for the next wool…

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Tramway Receipts

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 2

Tramway receipts show a great falling off for this year as compared with last year's receipts…

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Special Express Wires. Through Reuter By Sydney, Tuesday. New Railway

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 2

THE Minister for Works yesterday turned the first sod of the Temora- Barellan railway…

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The New Railway Station

The Moree News · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

BUR[?]Mr. Wit[?]address, and in giving an account of his stewardship at Moree on March 3rd last, he sta[?]that a sum of £2300 was to be…

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A True Story of an Armoured Train. Within a Yard of Death

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 4

"Sergeant, you will be in command of the train. I shall be on the verandah of the farm over there If anything untoward happens, turn…

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The Spanish "Tommy." On the Tramp

The Moree News · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 5

There are many things to admire about the Spanish "Tommy." In the seven for[?]visited there were thou[?] of[?]. I never saw one drunk or…

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North Coast Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

At Kempsey last week the Public Works Commissioners took evidence in reference to the North Coast railway. Some of the evidence was to…

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Express Train Derailed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 2

The Dublin Express train has been [?]. One passenger was killed and eight injured…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Deviation of Sales Creek Road. (To the Editor)

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

Sir,--I notice a reference in your issue of to-day re the deviation of the Hall's Creek road round Northbrook Hill. The enclosed letter from the…

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German Railway Colonisation

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 3

A German official is visiting America to investigate the American methods of colonising land along the great railway tracks, the Kaiser having in…

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New York Metropolitan Street Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 3

The report of the auditors of the New York Metropolitan Street Railway shows discrepancies in the construction of accounts and a deficit…

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Barraba Railway League

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held at Barraba on Wednesday week. The attendance was really a representative one…

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A Motor Freak and Its Disastrous End

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 5

A few weeks ago the Maker Electric Motor Vehicle Company turned out a new and peculiarly-shaped machine. [?] to "cut" all…

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Railway Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred on the western railway line on Sunday near the Wilga tauk. The tubes burst in the engine. severely scalding…

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The Railways

Manilla Express · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

The railway returns for last quarter show a falling off of over £117,000 as compared with the corresponding period of last year…

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