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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 7 of 21

Railway Deputation

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 6

A representative meeting of settlers from Mungindi, Garah, Talmoi, Currah, and Boomi F. and S. Associations met at the Royal Hotel, on Thursday, to…

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Railway Accident. LONDON

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 2

A railway pier collapsed at Marland, America. Eight people were killed and eighteen injured…

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Wealthy Tramp. Starvation with L1,200. Left to Relieving Officer

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 5

Nobody over thought that Mrs Charlotte Spiers, an old woman of 74, who for years had wandered about Hampshire, was any better off than the…

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A London Scene. Three Shops Undermined. Tram Service Stopped

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

Had a small earthquake happened, the three houses that have partially collapsed in the High road at Wood Green could scarcely present a more fantastic…

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Mungindi Railway

The Moree News · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 6

During show week a delegate meeting was held in the Royal Hotel [?] to try and arrange a deputation to [?] upon the Minister to extend…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

The Moree News · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

The first visit to Moree of the sowly appointed Railway Commissioners was paid on Tuesday, when Mr. Johnson (Chief Commissioner), and Messrs…

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Motor Omnibus Slang. Wildly Classical

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 3

With the motor omnibuses there has come a new "slang" language. It has evolved from the brains and tempers of drivers and conductors…

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Miscellaneous. the World's Railways

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 3

AT the end of 1903 there were in the world about 516,000 miles of railways, which seem to have increased at the rate of about 12,000 miles a-year. The amount of…

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Visit Of Railway Commissioners

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 4

THE Railway Commissioners visited Manilla on Thursday. We understand that in all departments everything was found to be…

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Train Time Table

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 4

ACCORDING to a reply given to the Glen Lines people by the railway Commissioners the new time table will include an additional train daily which will…

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The Motor Bus Driver. As in London

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 2

The motor bus driver will give way to nobody. He would not give way to a brewer's lorry. He would not give way to a traction engine. He would…

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Train Delayed

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 2

THE Sydney mail train was delayed some hours on Tuesday. The delay was caused owing to the engine catching fire between…

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Bridge Over Manilla River

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 2

A START has been made with the erection of the timber bridge over the Manilla River, above the junction. The holes are being dug for…

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Another Alpine Tunnel. New Railway Line Planned to Pierce the Bernese Alps

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 4

Consul Keene writes from Geneva that since the Slmpion tunnel has been opened to traffic the subject of the Hues of access to the new…

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Tamworth Railway Station

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 2

WE are informed that the Railway Commissioners have decided to push on the work of enlarging the refreshment…

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Bicycle Road Race

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

ENTRIES for the ten mile Bicycle Road Race, to be held under the auspices of the local Bicycle Club on May 22, close with the Secretary on Wednesday…

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North-western Mail Train

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

ON Sunday week next, the 19th inst, the new time-table for the north-western mailtrain to Sydney comes into force. On and after that date, the…

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A Railway Reminiscence

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 4

WHEN the Railway Commissioners visited Curlewis last Thursday morning in course of a conversation with Mr. Johnson, the new Chief Commissioner,…

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The Railway

The Moree News · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

As the times for the projected alteration in the hour of departure of the train from [?]the injustice and with [?]…

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For Motor Airships. the "Daily Mail" Prize

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 3

There is now a "boom" in aeroplane making in this country, due to the "Daily Mail's" offer of L10.000 for the first successful flight from London to…

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