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

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Motor Oars and Farmers

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1905 · page 6

"What with the motor cars and so roach electricity being used, it is a poor outlook for tho farmer," writes n contributor to the "Mark Lane Express."…

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Paris Motor Accident

The Moree News · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 4

From Paris on May 9th, the Farm correspondent of the "Daily Mart" wrote : -- All Paris is shocked by a [?]…

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Stock on the Road

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 5

A WRITER in the " Sydney Morning Hearald" says :- Many a station--north, north-west, west, and south--would to-day be free from the noxious…

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Electric Tram Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 3

An electric express train from Liverpool to Southport, in Lancashire, England, collided with an empty train. Twenty people were killed and others injured…

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A Royal Motorist

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 July 1905 · page 2

Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, was arrested for furious motor driving, but was released on proving his identity…

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The New Zealand Railway Policy

The Moree News · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 4

The policy of the New Zealand Government says the New Zealand Minister, has been throughout to regard the railways[?]to the settlement of the[?]…

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Train Robbery

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

While the train was running between, Williamstown and Melbourne last night, a box containing £40 in bank drafts, £300 in cheques, some…

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Jubilee of Railways

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided to celebrate the jubilee of the railways in this State by an exhibition, to be held in a hayshed in…

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The Barraba Railway

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

ACCORDING to Hansard, Mr. Carruthers during the course of a speech on the Consolidated Revenue Bill, in the House the other night, said:--…

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Whalan Creek Bridge

The Moree News · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 2

From information received we learn that the water from the Whalan Bore[?] flowing down the Whsian Creek, and some of the residents of the district…

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Sixty Years Reminiscences. the Barraba Railway

The Moree News · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 6

The Barraba railway will before long be an accomplished fact. I have a remini[?] con[?]ted with this work. In or about the year 1875 or…

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Short Story The Mysterious Tramp

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 August 1905 · page 3

'NOW, then, sir, what is it you want? The Speaker was a middle-aged woman; the one addressed a tramp, whose…

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Potatoes and Motor-cars

The Moree News · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 3

" At the present moment, '' says Dr T. Lamb Phip[?], in ''To-Day,'' ''very stran[?]ous efforts are taken to make the potato the prime agent of movement [?]…

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The World's Latest Bridge

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 5

The Williamsburg Bridge, New York, is described as the largest in the world, and as having been built at the most rapid rate. The total cost has been…

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Runaway Motorists. Lady Cyclist Left Senseless. Unravelling a Mystery

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 5

Mystery surrounds the accident which has occurred to Miss Adlercron, of Park Lodge, Binfield, near Windsor…

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Railway Employment. As in Great Britain

The Moree News · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 4

How many persons [?] employment on British [?] According to [?] the number is 320,514. [?] this total Mr. Charles H. Grl[?]…

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Latest Gables. London, Friday. Railway Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 3

An excursion train was precipitated into the Elizabeth River, in Virginia, U.S.A., twelve persona being Killed and many others are missing…

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Telegrams Train Robbery of Mail Bags. Sydney, This Day

The Moree News · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

O n the arrival of the western passenger train at Red[?] this morning it was discovered that nine mail bags from station between Cowra and…

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Fall from a Train. Miraculous Escape

Manilla Express · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 2

MR. S. H. Wickerson. proprietor of the Armidale Argus, underwent a very unpleasant experience during the return trip by the mail train on Wednesday…

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Scientific Control of Wine. the Road to Renewed Prosperity

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 5

Mr Van de Velde, writing in the "Australian Vigneron," says that ha considers the road to renewed prosperity is by the scientific control of…

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