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

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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Assault in a Railway Carriage

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 13 May 1892 · page 2

The Hon. Patrick Greville Nugent has been sentenced to six months hard labor for assaulting a lady passenger in a London Brighton railway carriage…

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A Bridge Opened. Festivities in Perth

National Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 2

MR. W. P. CRICK, M.L.A., performed the ceremony of opening the Vale Creek bridge at Perth yesterday. A large number of citizens, both of Perth and Bathurst, were…

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Killed on the Railway

National Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 2

A movement is on foot to raise a fund in aid of the widow and children of the unfortunate man William Bolton, who was crushed to death on the line at Dubbo station…

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Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas et proevalebit." Monday, May 16, 1892. Railway Traffic

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 16 May 1892 · page 2

This fact that the railways have been made to more than pay their way during the past quarter, notwithstanding the large amount of time and attention which…

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To-day's Telegrams Sydney, Monday. Another Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 16 May 1892 · page 3

An accident occurred to a luggage train between Lawson and Wentworth Falls on Saturday night. The axle of the front bogie of the Baldwin Engine tender…

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The world. a Railway Strike in England. Enormous Mass Meeting. Salisbury and Gladstone Hissed. Starvation Wages. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1892 · page 3

A mass meeting of the railway employees of London was very largely attended to-day, and resolutions were passed with enthusiasm, demanding an…

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The Railway and Tramway Association. the General Secretary

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 May 1892 · page 3

The Railway and Train way Association Conference has decided to advertise for a general secretary who must not hold any Parliamentary position…

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Railway and Tramway Association

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 May 1892 · page 2

The annual general conference of the Now youth Wales Amalgamated Railway und Tramway Service Association was commenced on Monday in Sydney. The chair was…

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Railway Excursions

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1892 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have arranged for excursion fares from everywhere to anywhere on the Queen's Birthday, and a good many visitors will…

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Bathurst Free Press "Magna est veritas proevalebit." Wednesday, May 18, 1892. The Victorian Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 May 1892 · page 2

WE yesterday referred to the efforts which the Government of Victoria are making in the direction of retrenchment, and in which the Civil Service are more…

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Labor's Struggle. Breaking the Bonds. Railway Men Rallying in Hyde Park. Starvation Wages and Over Work. Burns Inflames the Gathering. London

National Advocate · Thursday 19 May 1892 · page 2

THE dissatisfaction of the railway employees occasioned by the long hours of work and the low rate of wages, which has been receiving attention in…

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A Clergyman in Trouble. Alleged to Have Assaulted Ladies in the Western Train. Sydney, Wednesday Night

National Advocate · Friday 20 May 1892 · page 2

A sensational arrest was made to-day when a curate named Bell was charged with separate assaults on two young ladies travelling on the Great Western…

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The Victorian Railway Commissioners. Melbourne

National Advocate · Friday 20 May 1892 · page 2

With reference to the suspension of the Railway Commissioners of Victoria, Mr. Speight, in answer to tho indictment against him when present at Parliament…

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The Tarana Railway Disaster. Report of the Board of Inquiry

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 20 May 1892 · page 2

In addition to the departmental reports with respect to the railway accident at Tarana obtained by the Railway Commissioners, and which have already been…

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Another Railway Accident. Runaway Train

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 3

A runaway of five loaded tracks occurred at the Glenbrook deviation on Thursday night, through the failure of the brakes to act. No lives were lost, but the trucks wore smashed…

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Road Limestone Flat

National Advocate · Monday 23 May 1892 · page 2

The papers asking to have a road formed between Barrett's and Bell's residences, at Limestone Flat, do not refer to the £30 I was authorised to spend…

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An Audible Railway Signal. a New Invention

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

On Saturday last we inspected a novel railway signal, the invention of Mr. S. I. K. Hasssll, of the Loco. Department, Bathurst. The operation and effect of the signal on an…

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George's River Bridge

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 2

THE first sod of the new bridge over George's River, Liverpool, was turned at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon by the Minister for Works, in the presence of a large…

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Railway Experiments. a Mail Train Delayed. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

National Advocate · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 3

Last night the express train from Sydney, was dispatched with one more than the usual complement of carriages, as an experiment. On reaching the…

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Capture of a Train Robber

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 2

A train robber and murderer nan been captured at Florida, United States. His captors tortured him until he confessed the names of his confederates…

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