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

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners. Deputation From the Council

The Moree News · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday the three Railway Commissioners (accompanied by other prominent railway officials) paid a flying visit to Moree and were [?] by a deputation from…

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In a Third-class Railway Carriage

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

The following amusing, dialogue took place a short time back, which might be a warning to outspoken people. Just as a train was about to start out of Manchester…

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A Queen Almost Run Over by a Tram-car

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 3

Queen Olgo of Greece, the sister-in-law of Queen Alexandra, was recently very nearly run over by a tram-car in Athens. Her Majesty left the Palace with Prince…

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The Motor Dog

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 3

'L'Illustration,' a Paris journal, publishes the portrait of an apparently new animal, a kind of dog, with eyes literally as big as saucers, and an extra cuticle…

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Farmer and Grazier. The Farmers' Motor

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 6

THE demonstration of an Ivel motor given at Alcester, England, in the presence of a number of Warwickshire farmers, is said to have been a…

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Railway Across the Anor[?]

The Moree News · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 4

The railway across the [?] between Chile and the Argentine Republic, [?] twenty years ago…

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Railway Uniformity

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 2

The Interstate Railway Conference opens in Sydney to-morrow, the object being to bring about uniformity in railway methods and practices…

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A Motor Car

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 April 1904 · page 2

YESTERDAY we had the pleasure of being whisked across the face of this portion of the mundane sphere at a rate of speed for an open vehicle…

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A Train to Travel 300 Miles an Hour

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 5

Dr. Albertson, a distinguished electrical engineer of the Royal University of Denmark, has finished an invention as the outcome of which,…

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Railways Without Trains

The Moree News · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 4

It is a held best New Years to buy a a[?] which snearing efforts e[?]NERS wonders change [?]engers…

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Trans-australian Railway

Manilla Express · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 2

Sir John Forrest intends to ask the Federal Parliament to sanction the expenditure of 20,000 pounds for a survey of the proposed…

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Modulated Musings. "Our" Railway

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 6

A WRITER in the Tweed River Herald says:—The dilapidated string of second-hand coffins doing duty between Murwillumbah and Lismore—…

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A Bridge of [?]

The Moree News · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 4

When the British forces were marching to Pekin in 1860., after the capture of the [?] forts. one of the rivers became 80 [?] with the heavy rains that it…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) the Bridge. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

SIR,—From recent occurrences let me say that it is absolutely necessary that the town bridge should be lighted. Under the shadow of its lengthy…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) Tee Bridge, Etc. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

SIR,—It is of no use beating about the bush: The people of the north side want two things—lights on the bridge and more police protection…

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The Romance and Tragedy of Railway Making

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 5

The romance of railways is a thing which the poets are very property trying to make the people perceive. The romance of lions and [?]…

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A Ride in a Motor Car

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 5

'General' Theodora Brump of Coronado Beach, California, who is a confirmed motorist, complains of the prejudice against motor-cars exhibited by the birds…

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Railway Rates

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 2

Under the new railway charges, six ton truck rates for general merchandise will be withdrawn, while one ton rates will be reduced, the idea being…

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The Dirty Railway Carriage

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 4

A great many people have travelled in trains during the past fortnight and many must have noticed the dirty state of the seats in not a few of the carriages,…

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The Mono Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 5

It was intended to work the [?] line between Manchester and liverpool by [?] at speeds as high as 110 miles an hour. The…

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