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

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

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A Train on Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

The passenger train from Geraldton to Perth, West Australia, caught fire yesterday and the passengers were unable to attract the driver's attention till several…

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The Storyteller. the Detective's Story. [Continued.] Chapter Vii. the House at the Grandy Road

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

I own I felt the cold shivers creep down my back as that creaking sound struck my ears, though, as the day was chill with an east wind, I dare say it was more the effect…

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The New Railways Act of S.A.

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

At about the end of the month the S. A. Government will nominate tho Railway Commissioner, who, under the Act recently passed, will succeed the…

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Russian Railways. a Corrupt Minister

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

The Russian Minister for Railways has been dismissed for corruption in con-nection with railway contracts…

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Railway Ambulance Work

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

The following appears in the supple-ment to the last annual report of the Railway Commissioners:—The ambulance movement has made…

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The Storyteller. the Detective's Story. [Continued.] Chapter Vii. the House at the Grandy Road

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 4

A single glance was sufficient to exhaust the resources of the empty garret in which I found myself. Two or three old chairs piled in one corner, a rusty stove or so, a heap of…

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The Storyteller. the Detective's Story. [Continued.] Chapter Vii. the House at the Granby Road

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

Discerning nothing more in that quarter inviting interest, I miked myself if I had nerve to descend into the cellar. Finally concluding that that was more then could be…

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The Railway Scandal in France

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

Many arrests have been made as the outcome of the scandals in connection with the affairs of the French Southern Railway…

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Victorian Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners hope to effect a saving of £100,000 on the working of the lines…

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Drunk on the Railway Platform

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

At the Bathurst Police Court yesterday morning before Messrs E. T. Webb, G. Hawke and J. Simmons J'sP, James Corbett, for being drunk and disorderly…

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The Sturntellen. Moondyne. Book First. the Goldmine of the Vasse Ii. the Convict Road-party

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 4

The primitive history of the colony is written for ever in its roads. There is in this penal labor a secret of value to bo utilized more fully by a wiser…

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The Storyteller. Moondyne. Book First. the Gold Mine of the Vasse Ii. the Convict Road-party

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 4

It is by no means in the superior strata of society that abound the strong, true natures, the men that may be depended upon, the primitive rocks of…

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2nd Edition. The World The Railway Scandals in France. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 3

The French police have seized several incriminating documents in the houses of well-known financiers in Marseilles in connection with the railway scandals…

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The South-Eastern Railway Co. the Eddy Agitation

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 2

At a Special meeting of shareholders of tho South-Eastern Railway Company a rota of confidence in favor of the directors was carried…

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A French Scandal. Bankers and Railway Directors

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 2

Ad important and sensational development has taken place in connection with the French Southern Railway scandal. The police have compelled an official connected with the…

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Horrible Railway Accident. Two Gangers Cut to Pieces. Melbourne

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 2

A shocking railway accident happened this morning on the railway line near Melbourne Cricket Ground between Melbourne and Richmond, resulting in the…

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Cudal-Gregra Railway

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 3

THE member for the district has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Public Works, which he has forwarded to the Mayor of Cudal (Alderman W. Shield,…

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The Railway Commissioners

National Advocate · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

The 'Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy, Fehon, and Oliver, passed through Bathurst yesterday afternoon en route for Bourke, their object being the inspection of…

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South-Eastern Railway

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 3

It is openly stated in London that the share-holders of the South Eastern Railway intend to press for the election of Mr. Eddy as Chairman…

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The Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 14 January 1895 · page 2

An official inquiry was held to-day into the railway collision which took place last month at Chelsford, on the London and north-western lino, when 13 passengers were killed and 40 wounded…

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