[?] Pening of the Eglinton Bridge
On Saturday last the ceremony of opening a Eglinton Bridge took place in the presence a large concourse of spectators, the great ajority of whom were residents of the town of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1856
21 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Carcoar Bridge
[?] handsome structure, which is now fait approach completion, seems built in a most substantial work [?]ke manner, and will be a great ornament to our, [?] little township. It has been carried through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Line of Road. Editor of the Bathurst Fret Press and Mining Journal
In a paragraph in the Bathurst Free of the 1st. December, you gave Mr. [?]h the credit of discoloring a now line of from Solitary Creek to Bathurst, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence [We do not identify ourselves with the op[?] our correspondents] Right of Road. Beauchamp v. HUGHES. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press of Mining Journal
SIR,—As you did not in your report of case last week state my argument in defence shall be obliged by your allowing me a space your next issue in explanation, and as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of the Palmer and Mguigan Bridge
WE have barely space to inform our readers lifer, the new bridges recently erected in Russell and Howick Streets were opened by his Honor the Chief Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bathurst Free Press. Magna Est Veritas Et Prevslemt" Wednesday, May 7, 1956. the State of the Roads
IN a recent issue we animadverted at some length upon the disgraceful condition of the streets and thoroughfares of the town of Bathurst, and condenped the absurd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway to Goulburn
We have already announced that the Government Surveyors are on the way taking their levels, in order that a decision may be arrived at, as to which is tho best line to bo adopted. It appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bathurst Free Press "Magna Est Veritas Et Pravalebit" Saturday, May 24, 1856. Railways, Tramways, and Common Roads
THE Constitution question once fairly settled we look upon "improved communication" by rail or tramway as of added together and one which cannot be…
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We extract the following from an excellent article in the Ballarat Star, the arguments in which so far as general principles are concerned apply to this district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Geelong and Melbourne Railway. First Trip Along the Line
The Geelong Advertiser of the 2nd instant informs us that engines have been sporting scampering, screaming, and whistling, about, experimentally, for the last few days. mach to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Penritu. Proposed Railway Extension
A large and intluential meeting of the the inhabitants of the borough and distriot of penrith, was held in that town, on the first instant, at Mr. Salman 's the Roso Inn' the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destruction of Vauxhall Railway Station
The Vauxhall Railway Station was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday, April 13. At a quarter past 8 o'clock, the ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap, Railways
We were yesterday gratified by an inspection, at the Central Road Board Offices, of a model railway-a railway so strikingly suited to the wants of a now country, that we cannot too…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roads and Bridges
A Correspondent, in last saturday's issue, bitterly complains of the condition of the bridge at S[?]hill, which, he says, is not only dangerous to man and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Statistics of Railways
Tho following facts in connexion with Railways taken from a Lecture by It. Stophenson, Esw., M.P. More rails are laid down than are enough to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singular Detection of Robbery on the Midland Railway
The number of robberies which are known, to lake place on the various railways of the country induce us to give publicity to the following narrative, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plank and Tramways
The importance of eatablishing a better means of internal communication than that furnished by Macadamised roads, has led to considerable discussion in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opening of the Railway to Liverpool
The railway just completed between Parramatt and Liverpool, being a continuation of the original line from Sydney, was opened for public traffic yesterday. The weather was very auspicious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Statistics
The report of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade for the year 1855 is now published. Ten years have elapsed since that fever of specalation, which may…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Natural Bridge: or One Niche the Highest
The scene opens with a view of the great National Bridge in Virginia. There are three or four lads standing in the channel below, looking up with to…
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