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

Railways, roads & transport, 1897

381 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 20

New Bridge Mining. Newbridge

National Advocate · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 2

Mining is improving in this district. All the claims that bad obtained suspension of labor conditions have made a start again. M'Keller and party at…

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"That Badly Wanted Road." [To the Editor of the Argus.]

Molong Argus · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 2

SIR,—In your tame or the 15th, there appears a letter under the above heading signed "John Monro." That gentleman fails to explain where I am trespassing…

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Railway Smash at Redfern. Two Trains Collide. No Lives Lost. Damage to Rolling Stock. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 February 1897 · page 2

A serious collision occurred at Redfern station this morning. The engine of an outgoing suburban train ran into an incoming train from Hurstville…

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Railway Accident At Redfern. No Serious Injuries. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 3

There was a railway collision at Redfern Station this morning. Engine 85 of the outgoing train to Homebush ran into the incoming train from Hurstville…

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The Railway Accident. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 3

Interviewed yesterday, Mr. Eddy seemed to regard the result of the inquiry into the collision at Redfem as a foregone conclusion. It was one of those accidents which could…

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The Grenfell Railway. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 3

The Minister for Works has sent two surveyors to survey the promised line of railway from a point to be determined between the Blayney and Harden line to…

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The Late Railway Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 2

The official inquiry into the Redfern railway accident has resulted in a finding that it was caused through the driver of the outgoing train starting with the…

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The Recent Railway Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 3

With regard to the recent railway accident the driver of the out-going train, who beare an excellent service record, has been reduced to the lowest grade of…

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Railway Accident at Goulburn. GOULBURN

National Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 3

An accident occured on the railway line near North Goulburn this morning. Several [?]ettlers on a trolly were overtaken by a train. The men…

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A Long Swamp Road

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 2

From the Public Works Department, Mr. Click, M.P., has received a letter in reply to one, urging the repair of the road from Slattery's Hotel to Long…

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A Railway Mishap

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 2

Mr. H. Fullerton, a porter at the railway station, was standing on the buffer of a moving train yesterday morning, when his foot slipped off. The next…

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Police Court. Saturday, February 6. (Matthews, Js.P.) Damaging Railway Property

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 2

Robert Stanton was charged with wilfully damaging a pane of glass, the property of the New South Wales Government, value 15s…

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George's Plains. Improvements to Railway Station

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 February 1897 · page 2

Some time ago reference was made in the Free Press to a visit of the Railway Commissioners to George's Plains, and their promise the deputation that then waited upon…

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Wesleyan. Vale Road Church

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 February 1897 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon a large congregation assembled in the Vale Road Wesleyan Church, on which, 'occasion Rev. A. J. Webb preached. Special…

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Tramp Logic. Some Words From the Beggars' Glossary

Molong Argus · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

It is perfectly true that one half the world know not how the other half exists, and it is just a certain that there exists in the British sales a class of people (some half-million in…

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The Produce Block. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. Mr. Eddy Shunts the Blame. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 2

A deputation representing the farm and produce auctioneers of Sydney waited upon the Commissioners for railways this morning regarding the…

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Railway Men on Strike. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 3

The men employed on the Government railway workshops at Perth, W.A., have gone out on strike for an all-round increase of 1s per day…

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Traffic in Railway Tickets

The Bathurst Post · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 3

A REGISTRY office keeper named J. E. Hittman was charged on summons at the Central Police Court, Sydney, last week, with selling a railway ticket…

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The City Railway Extension. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 3

The Public Works Committee, sitting as a Royal Commission, commenced an inquiry into the City Railway extension to-day…

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Team v. Train. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

Six teams, each laden with 28 bales of wool consigned to Messrs. Dalgety and Co, have arrived a Newcastle from the Manilla station. It is anticipated that during the coming…

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