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

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Death in Train

Manilla Express · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 2

A well-known resident of Barraba district in the person of Mr. Geo. Simpson, jun., passed away on Wednesday night last…

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Tramway Profits. No Reduction Contemplated

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

It is stated the trams are estimated to have made a profit of £155,000 last year. The Railway Treasurer, however…

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Railway Commissioners

Manilla Express · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 2

Before any appoinments are made to the Railway Commission the Railway Act will be amended. The terms of office of the three…

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Germans More Aggressive. Workers Fired On. Railway Exits Under Control. LONDON

The North Western Courier · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 5

The "Times" Essen correspondent states that there is considerable movement north. It is believed that railway control posts at all exits in the occupied…

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N.S.W. Railway Commissioners. Too Many. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 5

The Government has decided that four Railway Commissioners are too many; but definite reform has not been decided on. One suggestion is that the…

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Heddon Motor Accident. Death of Victim. MAITLAND

The North Western Courier · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 4

Arthur William Wells, a victim of the Heddon Greta motor car accident on January 13, died at Kurri Kurri Hospital yesterday afternoon. His spine was…

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Motor V. Rail. Bathurst Experiment

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 4

The Bathurst Chamber of Commerce has received an offer from a Sydney Motor transport firm to carry goods from Sydney to Bathurst at a…

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Motoring & Cycling

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 4

The success of the "Citroen" team of four case in negotiating the 2000 miles Journey across the dreaded Sahara Desert draws attention to the…

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The Pilliga Railway Routes. Settlers or Prickly Pear

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 January 1923 · page 2

The Pilliga scrub, one of the most important partially settled mixed farming areas in the north-west, is being traversed by a railway line, now…

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Aerial Mail Service. Aeroplane Crashes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 2

When leaving Point Headland, West Australia, an aeroplane used on the North-West mail route, tailed to clear a, fence and crashed to the ground…

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Main Road's Grant Reduced by 20 Per Cent

The North Western Courier · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 2

The Government's main road grants and loan proposed have been agitating local government bodies throughout the State for some time. Numbers of…

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Railway Improvements. Deputation From the Council

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 3

In connection with the matter of increased conveniences to passengers arriving at and going away by train from Moree, recently brought under…

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Railway Time-table

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 1

Train leaves Moree for Sydney daily (Sunday excepted) at 2.10 p.m.; arrives from Sydney daily (Sunday exceted) at 8.35 a.m…

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Motoring & Cycling

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 1

The smallest powered motor car to yet tackle any of the interstate records is the 8 h.p. "Amlicar," which last week achieved a very creditable…

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Concrete Roads. Success in Sydney

Manilla Express · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 1

Sydney's experiment with concrete roads is comforting. "They are inevitably the roads of the future," the engineers declare…

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Remarkable New Tramcar

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 6

It is an extraordinary fact that the tramcar of the present day is in all its essential features very much the same as the first electric tramcars…

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Motoring & Cycling

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 4

The outstanding feature in motoring circles last week was the great drive put up by Mr. S. C. Ottoway, a prominent Sydney motorist, who…

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Chief Railway Commissioner. Mr. Tyrows Probable Appointment

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

The reappointment of Mr. James Fraser as Chief Railway Commissioner is practically assured on the expiry of his term this year…

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Late Telegrams. Wheat Crop Failure. Severe Loss to Railways. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

Owing to drought in the West and North-West the wheat crops of these districts is 25,000,000 bushels below the usual average…

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Motor Car for Vicar

Manilla Express · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 3

At a well-attended Anglican Church meeting at Hall's Creek on Sunday last, a speaker, when he heard of the proposal to buy…

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