Zanzibar's Sultan. Motors Too Fast
The young Sultan of Zanzibar, who is on a visit to London, has so far graduated in the ways of Western civilisation as to have incurred the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1906
333 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 12 of 17
The Railway
THE line of earthworks and excavations on the last few miles into Barraba are daily assuming a more pronounced appearance of continuity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Railway Station. Cost to Date. SYDNEY
The cost of the new railway station and resumptions to date amounts to £831,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Timber
A GREAT many men are employed on the Crow Mountain Common getting timber for the Manilla-Barraba railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Roads
A REPORTER from this office travelled along the road from Quiriudi to Werris Creek on Sunday afternoon last, and found that it was, in many places, in a disgraceful state…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10 Miles Bicycle Road Race
THE much-talked of road race of the Quirindi Bicycle Club eventuated on Wednesday afternoon last, when a great crowd of enthusiastic sightseers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Death Compact. One Man Relented. Railway Station Drama
A strange story of a death compact was told in the Battersea Coroner's court when an inquest was held on George Buchanan Scott-Coward, aged nineteen,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Old Tramp
Though his clothes are ragged and mean, And his features haggard and wan, While with tottering steps be shuffles along…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway
Messrs Taylor and Wright have three of their bridges well advanced towards completion. The piles are adjusted in their 4th bridge (the one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight on the Line. Fierce Struggle in Front of Approaching Train
A midnight fight on the railway between a guardsman and a policeman, in front of an advancing train, was described at South-werst London. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners
The Bill dissolving the present Railway Commission and providing for the appointment of a fresh Commission, has now passed both houses. Provision…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Contracts
THE following are reported as the lowest tenderes for road work contracts: -- Gunnedah to Barraba, £126100, G. Robinson; Gunnedah to Somerton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Bridge
The District Road Superintendent is at present engaged in taking levels, etc., with a view of selecting a site for the bridge over the Peel, which will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramp Leaves L11,000. "Owd Alf."
A considerable sensation was a few weeks ago caused in the Peak District of Derbyshire by the publication of the will of Alfred Booker, at one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway
THE piles of Borah Creek truss bridge will probably be driven. A bar has been sent down 13 feet and 'tis, supposed that the underlay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramp Leaves L11,000. "Owd Alf."
A considerable sensation was a few weeks ago caused in the Peak District of Derbyshire by the publication of the will of Alfred Booker, at one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision As Show. American Sensation
After a tedious wait of three Hours, 40,000 persons witnessed a pre-arranged collision between locomotives at Brighton Beach racecourse to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Disasters. The Brakes Failed. A Train Wrecked. LONDON
An accident to the Scotch express was due to the brakes failing. The engine, tender, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Refusal of Transcontinental Railway
The Senate rejected a bill authorising the survey of the West Australian transcontinental railway. MISTAKEN IDENTITY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway
Two of the bridges down Wimborne way are finished—the third just requires a few more pieces of timber being adjusted to be abandoned as…
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