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

Railways, roads & transport, 1899

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Cricket. Senior Competition. Railway v. Bathurst Co. Railway Leading by 106 RUNS

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 20 March 1899 · page 3

Railway and Bathurst C.C. commenced a Senior Competition match on the Association Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon and when play had ceased for tho day the…

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Railway Extension

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

A meeting of those interested in the question of railway extension will be held at the Town Hall this (Monday) evening. The Sectional…

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Railway Extension to Canowindra. CANOWINDRA

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

The Railway League held a most successful meeting at the School of Arts, Canowindra, to-day. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Thos. Finn…

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Trans-African Railway. a Boer Comment. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

"The Rand Post," a Boer newspaper, published at Johannesburg, dealing with the recent meeting of the Kaiser and Mr. Cecil Rhodes, relative to the…

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BATHURST Daily Free Press. "Magna eat veritas at provalabit." Tuesday, 21St March, 1899. Branch Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2

The senior Metropolitan morning paper yesterday rang out a caution to the Public Works Committee against recommending the construction of any branch railway line…

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Another Tram Victim. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 3

A young man whose name is unknown was killed by a Marrickville train running over him last night. LATER…

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A Queensland Railway Official. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2

Mr. Nisbet, the newly appointed locomotive superintendent in the Queensland Railway Department, will sail for Australia in April…

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To-Day's Telegrams. Another Tram Victim. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3

A man named John O'Brien, aged 65. was knocked down by a tram at Marrickville yesternight and succumbed this morning…

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The World [Reuter's Message.] Trans-African Railway. Negotiations Wot Completed. London

National Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

Her Von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the [?] last night declared that the negotiations between Great Britain and Germany,…

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Grenfell Railway Approach. Parkes Water Supply

National Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

It has been finally decided to adopt the southern railway approach to Grenfell; consequently the Show Ground will not be required for the station. Parkes council on Monday night passed a motion authorising an extension of the reticulation area. It was also resolved to apply for an expenditure of £500 in…

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Boccoble Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 13

Mr. Richards, M. P. last week presented a petition for residents of Boccoble locality praying for possession for a bettor road…

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Condition of the Great Western Road

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 3

Years ago prior to the completion of the railway, one only means of communication with the interior of the colony was (says the Telegraph) the Great Western-road, which passes over the Blue…

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In the Bad Old Days. The Knights of the Road. The Kelly Gang

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 5

By way of a finale to his bushranging stories, Mr. White the Bathurst author, gives an incident related by Police Sergeant Hall…

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Railway Travellers

Molong Argus · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 5

The cases brought at the West Maitland Court on Monday, against two railway passengers for travelling first-class while holding only a…

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Terrible Tramway Accident A Man Killed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 16

A man whose name had not been ascertained met with a terrible sudden death at Marrickville on Tuesday night. He wanted to catch a…

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Late Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Railway Extension From Mudgee

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 13

Giving evidence before the Works Committee yesterday in regard to the Dubbo-Coonamble railway, the Hon. G. H. Cox advocated the…

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New Railway Freight Rate. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

The new truck rate for general goods is to take effect from the 1st proximo. The new rate will enable anyone who can make up a six ton truck to load (any…

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Railway Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 4

Lawson, Wednesday.-- A Chinese' hawker' who was travelling along the Mountains had a miraculous escape from death yesterday evening. While he was crossing the railway line, at Faulconbridge, a luggage…

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New Goods Rates on the Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners ire introducing a very important regulation in regard to a new truck rate for general goods, and it is proposed to bring it into…

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Bathurst Railway Water Supply

National Advocate · Monday 27 March 1899 · page 2

As the water-supply at Bathurst railway yards became insufficient for requirements just prior to the recent rain, the Divisional Engineer, Mr. A. Ferrier Watson, took…

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