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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

404 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 21

A Tamworth-Nundle Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1907 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Bowling I Alley Point Progress Association the secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Levien. member for Tamworth…

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Tram Fatality

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

A MAN whose name is supposed to be Ibbotson, met with a terrible death at Randwick at about noon on Wednesday…

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Motor-oar Traffic London Detectives Cr[?]sade

The Moree News · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

Scotland Yard is apparently doing its best to satisfy the numerous writers of Indignant letterd concerning the misdeeds of motor-omnibuses, Each day the…

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Miscellaneous Wooden Railways

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 3

THERE are still several wooden railways in existence in Canada and the United States One of them is in the province of Quebec and is 30 miles long. The rails are…

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A Motor Device for Propelling Small Boats

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 3

An interesting device in the way of applying a motor to a small craft has been brough out by G. Trouche and Company and constructed at their Buchet works near Paris…

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Tram Fatality

The Moree News · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 4

A man whose name is supposed to be Ibbontson, met with a terible death at Rendwich at about moon on Wednesday…

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A Motor Car Trip. All Records Broken

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

On Saturday last Messrs. G. Gerard W. W. Thompson, T. Sefton and E. Lovegrove left Moree in Mr. Gerard's new 22 horse-power Minerva car at…

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Railway Appointments

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

MR. CARRUTHERS on Tuesday last officially announced the names of the new Railway Commissioners as follows:--Chief Commissioner, Mr. T. R…

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A Motor Trip. in a 22 H.P. Mlnerva Car

The Moree News · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

Having two days at our disposal foot of as derided to go For round trip, embracing the town of Narrabri Boggabri, Gunnadah, Tamworth,…

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The New Railway Commissioners

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Carruthers, returned to Sydney on Tuesday afternoon from the South Coast (says the "Evening News".) On being…

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Railway Anomalies

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 5

THE anomalies in the railway charges for the carriage of goods are many and various. Indeed they are almost too numerous to mention, but it appears…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 4

From New York, on 30th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Further Information falls to lessen…

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The Future Motor Car. Interesting Discovery

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

The boy who, after studying the epitaphs in a churchyard, asked where all the bad people were buried, might be disposed, if he were a student of the…

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The Purple Motor-car

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 8

The collector ol customs at Punxatawney, Ariz, in despair, called on Chief Barnes to help him to check the wholesale smuggling over the…

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The Purple Motor-car

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

The collector of customs at Punxatawney, Ariz, in despair, called on Chief Barnes to help him to check the wholesale smuggling over the…

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The Railway League

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. R. McMillan ("Gossip" of the Sydney "Stock and Station Journal,") has forwarded us a pamphlet on "The Philosophy of Railway Freights…

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Yallaroi Road

The Moree News · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 6

At the lost meeting of the Yallaroi Shire council the Warialda to Yallaroi Road was again the subject of a heated discussion, and so far the interest of…

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Train Travelling Moree to Sydney

The Moree News · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

"Taking one consideration with ANOTHER" the lot of the unfortunate who Insrete frequently on the line, from Moree to Sydney to far from being…

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Tragedy of a Wreck. Railway President Killed

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 7

The New York correspondent of the London "Express" gives further particulars of a tragic event which was the subject of a cable message…

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Balloons for Railways

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 3

It is proposed by a German engineer to use balloons for railway purposes. A stationary balloon is fixed to a slide running along a single steel rail. This…

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