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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1855

8 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

The Roads

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 May 1855 · page 2

It will be gratifying to our readers to learn that we may entertain some hopes at last of our roads being placed in a better state of repair than they have been in for…

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The Balaklava Railway

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 May 1855 · page 3

On Friday,. the 16th of February, a mile of the road from Balaklava was' laid ; the chief surveyor expected to get up to KadiKoi on the 19th. At that place was the…

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Corduroy Roads

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 July 1855 · page 1

On the formation of this description of road we copy two letters which appeared in the Evening Mail (London paper)…

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The Campbell's River Road

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 July 1855 · page 3

The following discussion, as reported by the empire, took place in the Legislative Council on Tuesday last, in reference to the much vexed [?]estion of a road from Bathurst to Campbell's…

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Original Poetry. "Rhymes on the Road."

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 September 1855 · page 4

[Written upon seeing the following notice:—"All the odds,effects, and chattles of the late Carangers De bating Club to be said de."] Once more I rose, as bard must rise betimes…

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The Bathurst Free Press. Magna [?] Veritas Et Prevalebit" Saturday, December 1, 1855. Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 December 1855 · page 2

As the most effective reformer and most through civilizer of the age in which we alive the Railway has ever found a sincere advocacy in our columns. We…

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New Line of Road. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press artil Mining Journal. K(

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 December 1855 · page 2

Dear Sir,—In a paragraph in your last issue headed as above, I perceive you give Mr. Howard the credit of the discovery. Mr. Howarth would appear to have discovered a mare's nest, for I can…

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New Line of Road. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 December 1855 · page 2

Sir,—In a paragraph in one of your late issues, leaded us above, you hart given me credit for living found a. mare's neat. I beg to inform you that is a mistake, as it was not a mare's…

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