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

Railways, roads & transport, 1890

528 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 27

Train Derailed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 2

The Broken Hill express train, which left Adelaide yesterday, was partly derailed at Taree. Two carriages and the guard's van ran off, and the passengers…

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A Goods Train Off the Rails. Afternoon

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 2

Early this morning a goods train ran off the line at Newtown causing a lengthy detention of traffic. No material damage was done…

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Railway Receipts

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 2

The railway revenue for last quarter has been £850,000, and the expenditure £445,000, showing an increase in revenue of £33,000 over the corresponding period…

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Tram Traffic

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 2

The tram traffic for the past quarter shows a net increase of £5000…

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The Railway Commissioners and their Employes

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1890 · page 3

On Tuesday Mr. Haynes, member for Mudgee, had an interview with Mr. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways, and submitted to him a request that he would…

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Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas of proevalebit." Friday, February 7, 1890. Business on the Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners have just issued their quarterly report, and the results recorded therein must fully satisfy all parties that the change from…

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Tram Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 3

The Botany tram ran off the line yesternight. The motor capsized and the driver, named James Logan, was killed, being smashed in a dreadful manner. The…

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Railway League

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 3

A MEETING of the Molong Railway League was held on Wednesday night last, the business being more especially to arrange for the visit of the Sectional Committee. There was a fair attendance…

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The Railway Question

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

TO notice and refute the nanny misrepresentations that have been made respecting the merits of the rival routes of Molong Parkes-Forbes and Borenore-Cudal-Forbes has now…

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Molong-Parkes-Forbes Railway. Important Meeting at Parkes

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

THE Parkes correspondent of the Evening News wires that one of the largest and most representative meetings ever held in Parkes took place on Friday night, the 31st January, in the Royal…

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Proposed Electric Tramway

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 3

English capitalists are desirous of controlling an electric tramway in Sydney…

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A New Road

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 2

Sir Frederick Darley and party have discovered a way down into Jamieson Valley from Katoomba…

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The Song of the Tramp

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1890 · page 4

I gather here and there a pic, And here and there a biscuit; I snatch a spoon when no one's by— It always pays to risk it…

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Railway Construction

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 11 February 1890 · page 3

A railway is to be constructed from St. Petersburg to Siberia at a cost of 250,000 roubles…

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The Siberian Railway

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1890 · page 3

The Siberian railway, which will be at once commenced by the Russian Government, will be four thousand miles long, and will cost two hundred and fifty million roubles…

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Road Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1890 · page 3

While Mr. James Cook was returning from the racecourse yesterday, accompanied by his wife and children, his horse plunged and kicked his leg over the shaft, breaking the latter. No…

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Another Tram Horror

National Advocate · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 3

Another shocking tramway fatality occurred on Saturday morning. At 20 minutes to 9 o'clock the Paddington tram was proceeding along Oxford-street, there being three cars…

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Saturday's Tram Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 3

An inquest was held at Walsh's Brewery Hotel, Darlinghurst, this morning, into the circumstances attending the death of the child, Mabel Mayo, who was run over and killed by…

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Dispersing" a Tramp. What Happened to Those Who Undertook It

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 1

I was eating dinner at a farmhouse in Indiana, when one of the children came in and announced that a highway tramp had called at the kitchen door and asked for a bit to eat…

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Railway Freights and Picnic Fares

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 3

The following information will doubtless prove of interest to our readers:—By laws have been adopted by the Railway Commissioners under which dairy produce in small…

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