Our Dear Old Train
A PASSENGER by Sunday night's Manilla train writes:--"Had an awful trip to Tamworth. The engine was about 20 minutes trying…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
123 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 7
A Railway Accident
A CARRIAGE in an excursion train from Wollongong left the rails near. Stan well Park on Saturday. It bumped for half a mile, finally…
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"THE run off in the above between Johnson aud Omodie took place on Sunday last the run on this occasion being to Barraba and back…
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THE railway line has now been pushed to within five miles of Barraba, and the contractors expect to have their portion of the contract…
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TAMWORTH News writes :-- The Manilla EXPRESS lodges a complaint against motor reliability trials being held on our public roads. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fares & Freights. a Country Member's Plea for the Inlanders
Speaking in the Assembly at the close of last session, upon the proposal of the Government to borrow £700,000 for the purchase of railway rolling-stock,…
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The surveyor (Mr. Harvey), who is engaged on the task of making a trial survey of a suggested railway between Manilla and Boggabri, is now within…
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A machine which when carried on a locomotive or car records the rough places in the track has enabled the Japanese narrow gauge railroads to…
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WHEN the news became known on Wednesday morning that the Manilla train was several hours delayed, anxious inquiries were made…
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THE annual railway employees' picnic--Tam worth, Manilla, and Singleton section--took place at Willow Tree on Saturday last. The…
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In a report to the Washington Bureau of Manufactures, Mr. Thomas H. Norton, the United States Consul at Chemnitz, gives particulars of a motor…
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THE lines are now laid right into the railway yard at Barraba. The contractors' train took away two truck loads of goods on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Development in New South Wales. a Quarter of a Century's Progress
ONE of the most hopeful features in the progress of the State of New South Wales is the marvellous development of Its railways during the past quarter of…
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There will be a Cheap Excursion Train, from Manilla on Thursday, April 9, leaving at 10.15 p.m, and tickets will be issued at the Single Fare…
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BARRABA News reports that the railway extension will be opened on May 24. When the opening does take place, the train will scarcely…
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THE erection of a platform at Somerton would be an appreciable improvement. Ordinarily, there are not many passengers who take…
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Round the corner came the motor car and the driver saw right in his path a man with a gun over his shoulder and a sick-looking dog by his…
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The action brought by John Bealby Smith, deutist, to recover £2000 from the Railway Commissioners for injuries received in a railway accident…
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ON Wednesday a horse ill a sulky tied up in Manilla-street, was frightened by a motor bike, which with erratic puffs and screeches went up…
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MR. Engineer Reid, from Public Works Department, visited Manilla on Wednesday of the purpose of reporting on the damage done to…
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