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

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

36 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Bathurst free Press. Magna est Ueritas et prosualebit. Cheap Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1888 · page 2

WITH regard to the railways, the Government had already decided that no more lines should be constructed on the massive and costly plan on which our main trunk linos had been…

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Our Roads Superintendent

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 2

LIKE ourselves the Blayney folks, seem to have last all patience with the very unsatisfactory and shamefully unfair system which…

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Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondents. the Chairmanship of the Railway Board

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 2

SIR,—After all the fussy sayings and doings in reference to the threatened importation of a real live "Hinglishman" to loss over railways, it is a relief to me, as an Australian, to note that there…

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Country Railways

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 2

THE idea that inland railway extension carries with it to country towns a curse rather than a blessing is a fallacy which has a strong hold on the minds of many country…

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Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et prœvalebit." Tuesday, March 13, 1888. The Railway Workshops

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 2

MESSRS. CORTIS and TONXIN deserve credit for their action in transferring their questions re the removal of mechanical work from the country centres to Sydney, from, the Works office to the…

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The Railway Workshops. Personal Inquiry by the Minister for Works

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 2

ON Saturday morning last not a little stir was caused in the vicinity of the Bathurst Railway Station by the arrival of the Hon. John Sutherland, Minister for Works, on his promised visit…

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Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et prœvalebit." Tuesday, March 20, 1888. The Railway Workshops

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 2

FOR once a Minister of the Crown has been as good as his word, and that Minister is the Hon. John SUTHERLAND. When Dr. CORTIS made inquiry concerning the discharge and…

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Sudden Death in a Railway Car­riage

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 2

ONE of those events which, when they occur, cause feelings of awful solemnity and sorrow to pass through a community, occurred at Penrith, on Saturday morning—a sudden death near to a…

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Perth to Rockley Railway

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 2

Tho following petition is now in course of signature:- To the Honorable the Minister for Works, Hon. Sir,—…

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Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondents. the Railway Works. To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 2

SIR,—I am glad to see the citizens of Bathurst are so guardful of their interests ; for, were the railway works removed from Bathurst, their absence would be felt by business people and land owners—…

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Country Roads and Railways

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 2

IT is high time that the want of a more satisfactory system of country traffic management was brought forward as a momentous question at future parliamentary elections…

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The Proposed Railway Extension to Forbes

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 2

IT would appear that there is a necessity for us to be "up and doing" and to make our voice well heard in connection with what interests we have at stake through the…

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Late Intelligence. The Government's Railway Proposals. SYDNEY

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 3

The Railway Policy includes the following lines:—Goulburn to Crookwell, Eden to Bega…

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Latest Telegrams. the Railway Proposals. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 2

The railway policy of the Government includes the following lines: Goulburn to Crookwell, Eden to Bega, Nevertire to Warren, Narrabri to Walgett, Hunter River to the Tweed, Guyra…

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The Cudal-Forbes Railway Proposal

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 3

THE Orange correspondent of the AUSTRALIAN STAR writes:—"A determined effort is to be made by public meetings, which are now being arranged to take place at Cudal…

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Our Railway Rvialry

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

WITH a view to ascertaing public opinion in the districts affected by the Government's railway proposals, the Daily Telegraph communicated with its correspondents in the towns principally…

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The Railway Proposals. Enthusiastic Public Meeting at Our School of Arts

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 3

AT the School of Arts on the afternoon of Monday last, a well attended and most enthusiastic public meeting was held, the purpose being to refute the misleading…

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More Railway Rant

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 3

IN a letter to the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, Mr. J. B. Reymond, of Forbes, barks lustily against the telegram published by the abovenamed paper anent the local public meeting…

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Our Rights. a Hard Nut for Our Railway Opponents

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 3

WHILST answering a question concerning the proposed extension of railway to Wilcannia, Mr. Sutherland, in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, said—"The distance…

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Railway Meeting at Parkes

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 2

PARTICULARS of a public meeting held at Parkes on the 25th instant have been forwarded to us for publication as follows:—The Mayor (Alderman J. A. Rose) occupied…

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