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

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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Attempt to Wreck Northern Mail Train. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 2

Several police and black trackers, are engaged in investigating the attempt to wreck the Northern mail train…

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Serious Tram Strike

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

A tram strike at Philadelphia has caused serious riots. Policemen shot many non-unionists, dragged them from the cars, and unmercifully beat…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Friday night. Moree-mungindi Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

The Public Works Committee have unanimously recommended the construction of the proposed Moree Mungindi line…

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"Wireless" on Railways

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 3

That wireless telegraphy as, a means of communication between moving trains and dispatching offices is possible has been proved. Messages have…

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Railway By-Laws

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 2

A recent issue of the "Gazette' contains the new railway by-laws. Some are very stringent and have evidently been introduced to prevent…

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Science & Invention. the First to Electrify Railways

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 4

Sweden will be probably the first country in the world to abolish steam locomotives on all its rail-roads. For Sweden has no coal of its own, and…

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Railway Excursion

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

There will be a Cheap Excursion Train from Manilla to Sydney and intermediate stations on Thursday, June 24, leaving at 5.50 p.m. The…

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Motor Taxi Cabs SIDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 2

Motor Taxi cabs will be plying for hire on the Sydney streets in about a week. A company, with a capital of…

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North Coast Railway. Sydney

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 2

In connecting with the second section of the North Coast railway, one contract from Dungog to Gloucester,…

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The Kindly Motorist's Surprise

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

A motorist ran down and killed a hen. He was a conscientious motorist. So instead of racing along, unmindful of the grief of the owners of the hen,…

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Telegraphing From a Moving Train

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 3

In connection with the increasing use of wireless telegraphy it is interesting to recall an ingenious method of sending a message from a moving…

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A Youthful Romance. Boy's Imaginative Tramp

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 7

Before the P.M. in the Children's Court at Inverell, on Friday, a small boy named Albert Robinson, 13 years old, appeared on a charge of being a…

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Serious Accident. on the Manilla Bridge. Young Man Run Oyer by a Waggon

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

About 11.20 yesterday morning a terrible accident befel a young man named Lytton Webb, on the Manilla traffic…

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Coroner's Inquest. Fatal Accident on the Manilla Bridge

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 8

ON Wednesday afternoon Mr. J. D. Kenned (District Coroner), held an inquest at the Court House, to inquire into the circumstances…

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Compressed Air As Power for Motor Cars

Manilla Express · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 7

One of the most novel motor cars yet built is equipped with a system of compressed air transmission. Mr. Frank Lister is the engineer on whose…

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Another Railway Smash. Sydney

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 July 1909 · page 2

Another railway smash occurred at Musswellbrook late yesterday afternoon, and although not of a startling or…

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State Railway Policy. Sydney

Manilla Express · Wednesday 21 July 1909 · page 2

The State Railway policy is highly censured by the Farmers' and Settlers', and a Royal Commission is…

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Australian Aeroplane. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 3

The Federal Government has decided to offer £5000 for an Australian aeroplane, that could be utilised in war,…

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Manilla Bridge (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 3

Sir,--Kindly allow me space to make a few remarks concerning the above, which, undoubtedly is, at present, the…

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North Coast Railway. Sydney

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 3

There are at present 2300 men employed on the north coast railway works…

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