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

Railways, roads & transport, 1876

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

A Railway Mystery

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 22 January 1876 · page 4

CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused in [?] the after morning by its being extensively [?] that a portion of a human [?] and several articles of wearing apparel…

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Store Stuck Up on the Binalong Road by Two Armed Robbers. —One Man Fatally Wounded and Since Dead. the Store- Keeper Fired at and Narrowly Escaped. (From the Years [?])

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 4 March 1876 · page 2

LAST Saturday evening an outrage, resulting in the murder of a respectable man named James Omant. took place at a small store, at [?]…

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Railway Communication

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting, in answer to a requisition to R. Rouse, Esq., Mayor, was held on Thursday evening, at Mrs. Powell’s hall (Star Hotel), having for its purpose the…

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Humour. Night Alarm on the Pacific Railway

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 2

RATHER a goodish location, ain’t it ? says the grand, as we steam slowly out of the magnificent “depot” at Chicago, and see on one side the stately parade of [?]…

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Mudgee Railway League

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Wednesday 26 July 1876 · page 2

A MEETING of the members of the above was held in the Town Hall on last Friday evening. the chairman of the League (Mr. Jas. Atkinson) presiding…

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The Fairlie System of Cheap Railways

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Wednesday 26 July 1876 · page 2

WE are glad to notice the arrival in Brisbane. by the last Torres Straits mail, of Mr. (i. H Royce, one of the partners of the [?] Engine Company. London, who has come…

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Dreamful Railway Accident

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 21 October 1876 · page 4

A final [?] on the of August on the [?] Railway at [?] miles from path [?]…

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The Mudgee Railway. (Form the Echo.)

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 21 October 1876 · page 2

[?] [?] until after the [?] as we learn [?] that he had done…

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