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

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. [?] on the Railway

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 5 July 1894 · page 2

A live stock train ran into three horses I near Singleton yesterday, and the engine was derailed…

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RAIL v. ROAD

National Advocate · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 2

Mr. W. P. Crick:—The commissioners have too much power, and are managing the railways in such a way that the old time bullock team will soon…

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Railway Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 9 July 1894 · page 2

A man at present unknown was cut to pieces at Mount Druitt railway station on Sunday…

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Second Edition. The Colonial Secretary's Office. Partially Destroyed by Fire. Great Excitement in Bridge-street. the Brigades Work for Three Hours. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 3

An extensive fire look place the Roads and Bridges branch of the Works Department at the corner of Phillip and Bridge Streets this evening. The…

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Here and There a Shocking Railway Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 3

A train ran off the line at Bilbao, in the north of Spain. Twelve passengers were killed and 16 injured…

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Railway Men of Bathurst Read and Digest the Following and Then Record Your Votes

National Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1894 · page 2

Railway men, and men who could be employed in connection with the railways, instead of listening to the claptrap of the freetrade candidate who is opposing the…

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Railway Men's Holiday. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1894 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided that their employees shall be allowed time to vote. The workshops will be close d after midday…

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Polling Day and the Railway. Commissioners Arrangements

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 July 1894 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have had under consideration the best means of enabling the employees of the department to exercise the franchise on the 17th…

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The Railway Voters

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 13 July 1894 · page 2

Early in the week Mr. Smith wired to the commissioners urging that provision be made for the railway men to record their votes. On visiting the railway…

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The Railway Strike in America. Thursday. End of the Trouble

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 13 July 1894 · page 3

The railway strike at Chicago has collapsed, and the city is gaily decorated with flags in celebration of the event. Traffic has been resumed on most of the…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield. Water Struck on the Road. the Londonderry Mine. a Large Escort—10,100 Ounces of Gold

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 July 1894 · page 5

News from Coolgardie to 8th July states that a splendid supply of water has been struck at a depth of 134ft. 12 miles east of Woolgangee, on the…

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Australian Sleepers for English Railways. A Fearful Condition of Affairs

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 July 1894 · page 3

The Agricultural Department recently received applications from two English railway companies for supplies of sleepers made of Australian hardwood Ten thousand troops are massed at Chicago and confronted by a mob of 50,000 strikers. The soldiers have received orders to fire should rioting…

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A Train Wrecked

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 3

In the State of Indiana the railway strikers wrecked a mail train by removing the rails. Two passengers were killed and a number of others [?] fearfully…

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To the Railway Men of Bathurst. Strike To-day for Liberty

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

Railway men of Bathurst, for three years post you have lived under the rule of Messrs. Eddy, Fehon and Oliver, who were appointed by the Parkes-Sydney…

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The Railway Rates on Riverin[?] Wheat

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 3

The fast that the Railway Department, Melbourne, has been carrying Now South Wales wheat at loss cost than Victorian has long been a source of irritation to…

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Differential Railway Rates

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 3

A correspondent, writing to a Deniliquin paper, says that there teems to be some confusion of ideas respecting the Victorian differential rates, and the action…

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The Cycling Craze. Some Prominent Ladies Who Ride. How They Dress for the Road

National Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 3

Says an American paper :— The fad of the day is beauty on the bicycle. Society has gone mad on the subject. Bicycles used to be considered…

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The American Railway Strike

National Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 3

During the movements of the Federal troops in Chicago on Monday a street powder magazine exploded, killing four soldiers and seriously injuring a number…

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The Chicago Railway Strike

National Advocate · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 1

Eugene V. Debs and three union officials already under committal for trial in connection with the Chicago railway strike, have been imprisoned for…

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Railway Strike Further Rioting

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 3

The disorder in connection with the railway strike in America still continues. Attempts have been made by discontented workmen to wreck trains, and collisions…

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