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

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

333 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 8 of 17

Shot in a Train. a Baron's Experience

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

The "Daily Mail" of 8th March writes: -- Baron von Litzwic, a member of the Prusian Upper House, sixty-eight years of age, was travelling from Stettin to…

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Train the Child. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

SIR,—I would like to follow up Mr. Wilshire's letter with the remark that every thought and care should be given to the proper training of the…

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New Road Club. the Glories of Coaching Days

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 3

A happy attempt to complete the revival of the "glories of the road," which has already been partly accomplished by the rapidly increasing passion for…

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Our Railways

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 3

"THE men on the land never agree about one single thing." That's right ! We split up all the time. One wants one thing, and the other wants another. The very spirit…

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Railway West. Trial Survey and Estimate of Cost

Manilla Express · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 2

Mr. F. E. HEYWOOD is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. R. A. O'Keefe, Minister's Secretary:— In reply to your letter of 21st inst re…

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The Border Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

Messrs. MAckey Bros., Gunyerwarialda, write thus to the Brisbane "Courier":—"Sir,—We have learnt with pleasure about the proposal of the…

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Railway Platform Refused

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

WITH reference to the renewed application made by the Farmers and Settlers' Association for the provision of a platform on the Manilla Barraba…

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A Petrol Electric Motor-car

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 3

At the electrical engineering works of Messrs. Johnson and Phillips, Ltd, at Charlton, Kent, a demonstration was given recently of a system for petrol electric…

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Motor Madness. an Eminent Doctor Suggests : the Arrival of a New Disease. By M. D. in the "Express."

The Moree News · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 4

How is it that some people who in the [?]linary affairs of life are humane considerate, and careful, lose this character the moment they sent themselves…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) a Bridge for Nothing

Manilla Express · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

SIR,—Whilst viewing the railway bridge, now in course of erection, I noticed a nice little trestle bridge built across the river to enable those…

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Marchioness Killed. Fatal Motor Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 3

On 8th March, the correspondent of the London "Dally Mall" wrote:-A shocking motor car accident occurred near here at five o'clock this…

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Prince's First Aid. Incidents of a Motor Tour

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

The Prince and Princess of Wales were the chief actors this morning in a little incident which will be remembered in Mysore long years after the…

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Railway Murder. a Mayor Shot by a Madman

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 7

A sensational affair took place early this morning in a train proceeding from Lyons to this city. About three o'clock a passenger, named Rodier, 35 years of…

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The New War Engine That Terrible Motor

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

An armoured motor car, "galloping" across broken country, leaping ditches like a hunting horse, impenetrable to bullets and shrapnel, firing its hidden…

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Somerton Bridge

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

Now that there seems a reasonable chance of having a bridge—so long awaited—erected…

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Public Opinion. The Bridge Lights

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

"RATEPAYER" writes:—In your issue of Tuesday night you say the bridge lights are a a access. I do not think they are, They are certainly…

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Orgy in a Train. "Scotch Express" Case

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

For the second time the Clerkenwell magistrate listened yesterday to the story of some remarkable doings in the night express train from Scotland…

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The Wide World. "New Terror to London." Motor Buses

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 3

"In the public interest" a gentleman sued the London Road Car Co. at Westminster County Court yesterday, a motor bus having jerked him off as he…

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Official Correspondence. "Pallamallawa Bridge

The Moree News · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 1

"Sir, -- With reference to previous correspondence and your personal inquiries respecting the proposed bridge over the Gwydir Riverst Pallamallawa,…

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New Railway Routes

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

PASSENGERS by rail between Sydney and Brisbane, on and after the 23rd inst, will have the advantage of a most interesting alternative route. The new arrangement…

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