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

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Held up a Train to Get Harvesters

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1903 · page 3

Tim scarcity of labor in the Kansas wheat belt, where the crop is now being authored, is responsible for some unusual occurrences at Russell,…

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Funny Scene in a Tramway Car

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1903 · page 4

A somewhat fussy old gentleman one afternoon get up in a tramear to give his seat to a young lady. Presently there worn a vacancy, and…

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Held up a Train to Get Harvesters

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 6

The scarcity of labor in the Kansas wheat belt, where the crop is now being gathered, is responsible for some unusual occurrences at Russell Kansas,…

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The Tramp Question Solved

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 4

"I think I have solved the tramp problem in a perfectly satisfactory way." said a farmer named Baker as the subject was under discussion…

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Funny Scene in a Tramway Car

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 4

A somewhat fussy old gentleman one afternoon got up in a tramear to give his seat to a young lady. Presently there was a vacancy, and…

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The Tramp Question Solved

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 4

"I think I have solved the tramp problem in a perfectly satisfactory way." said a farmer, named [?] as the subject, was under discussion…

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Modulated Musings. Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2

Now that the reformed town of Barraba has been connected with Manilla by traction engine it is assumed that the agitation for a railway…

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The Tramp Question Solved

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 5

"I think I have solved the tram problem in perfectly satisfactory way." said a farmer named Baker as the subject was under discussion…

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Commercial Railways

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 2

At the foundation-stone function in Sydney on Saturday a good deal of light was thrown on the position the Railway Commissioners occupy in New…

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Railway Servants and Their Debts

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 4

It seems that some railway employees have the failing common to many persons of being rather dilatory in the settlement of accounts. In this…

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Mexican Railways

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 4

Mexico has in pome respects the most luxurious railways in the world. The rails of the Mexican Gulf Railway are laid on sleepers of mahogany and…

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Short Story. Crossin' the Bridge

The Moree News · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 6

By G.B.HU[?]GIN In the "Idler." We were sitting round the store "swapping yarns" with the Four Co[?]ners storekeeper, who had recently…

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Railway Picnic

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 2

A picnic, which was got up by some of the railway employees and a number of East Mores friends, was held on the llth instant, the scene of amuse…

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Ditched the Engine. Quick Work on a Railway In Disposing of a Runaway Locomotive

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 5

Railway men have to think and act quickly when by some unforeseen event a locomotive or train gets beyond control. Such an emergency arose…

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Hall's Creek Road

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

Mr. T. W. Higgins, Narara, is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. Moore :--" Yours of 18th to hand, and I have again made strong representations…

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The Roads

Manilla Express · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 2

In the Assembly recently, Mr. S. W. Moore, M.L.A. said :--There was no time when the country roads were more in need of expenditure than…

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The Bridge Petition

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 2

THE petition in favor of the construction of a bridge over the Manilla river, above the junction, on the road to New Mexico, is being very…

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Deviation of Road

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 2

A NOTIFICATION appears in tho Gazette respecting the lands proposed to be resumed, and of roads deemed to be unnecessary, which are intended to…

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The Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Wednesday 25 November 1903 · page 2

During the discussion in the Assembly on Friday on the Additional Loan Estimates, Mr. Moore said he wished to know…

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Great Railway Projects. What Enterprise Is Doing in Three Great Continents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 6

Great railway projects seem to he again the order of the day, though they now make less impression upon the world than they did when such…

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